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Equipment Utilization Management
Technology Concept｜Equipment Utilization ManagementThe higher the equipment utilization rate, the less idle time the machines have, allowing them to maximize production potential. This directly enhances production efficiency and reduces the cost per unit of production.
What is OEE? Reasons for Implementation
OEE stands for Overall Equipment Effectiveness. It is an index used to measure the efficiency of manufacturing equipment or production lines. The goal of OEE is to maximize equipment operation efficiency, minimize downtime, reduce production slowdowns, and decrease defective product rates, ultimately improving production efficiency and reducing costs.
With the rise of the smart manufacturing era, factories are gradually adopting automated production methods. However, when production efficiency declines or equipment failures cause downtime, every minute of delay translates to greater losses.
Implementation Method
1. Managing Utilization with Three-Color Signal Lights
Are you able to accurately grasp the status of your production line equipment? Do you have an immediate response when an issue arises? In the industrial manufacturing sector, many production facilities are equipped with three-color signal lights as standard. These lights indicate the operational status of the equipment, such as normal operation, downtime, or failure. Utilizing these signal lights for machine utilization management is an intuitive and effective method that enables real-time monitoring of equipment operations in manufacturing or production environments, thereby improving efficiency and effectiveness.
Quick Digital Upgrade for Traditional Equipment
By installing sensors on the three-color signal lights and collecting status data to calculate the factory’s utilization rate, it becomes possible to understand the operational status of manufacturing equipment and improve production line efficiency. This system is compatible with various equipment types, has a low implementation cost, and can be quickly set up for real-time integration and statistical management of production equipment across the factory.
OEE Equipment Utilization Management System
The OEE Equipment Utilization Management System integrates all factory equipment, making utilization rates clear at a glance. System data can be integrated with third-party systems such as ERP, MES, and CRM. This accelerates the digital transformation of smart factories, automates processes to save manpower, and makes data management easier.
OEE Equipment Utilization Management System
OEE Equipment Utilization Management System
Instantly integrates and displays equipment operation status, calculates utilization rates, and provides graphical data management for easy analysis.
How to Implement
2. Understand Equipment for Real-Time Predictive Maintenance
By monitoring equipment conditions and detecting anomalies in advance, you can extend equipment lifespan, maintain operational quality, and plan maintenance at the right time. This helps prevent unexpected downtime and ensures long-term stable operation of equipment.
How to Monitor Equipment Conditions?
When equipment is used correctly, operates normally, and demand remains unchanged, its lifespan becomes a crucial factor affecting production efficiency. By utilizing different monitoring methods based on equipment characteristics, users can answer questions such as: "How much longer can the equipment operate?", "How should maintenance be scheduled after receiving an alert from the monitoring system?", and "What is the priority order for machine maintenance?"
Rotary Motor Equipment
Factories are filled with numerous automated machines, and most of them contain motor rotors. Monitoring the rotor condition inside the motor is a key factor in determining whether the equipment is operating normally. By measuring the vibration signals of the machinery, we can obtain meaningful insights.
Rotary Motor Equipment
Rotary Motor Equipment PHM
Monitoring rotor motor conditions can help identify 60-70% of equipment anomalies in a factory.
Vibration Measurement Service
Abnormal vibrations are often early warning signals of potential machine hazards. Understanding the condition of your equipment is essential to prevent unexpected production line shutdowns. By using Goodtech’s professional rotor equipment inspection service, a rotor health status report is generated after each inspection, providing a reliable basis for immediate maintenance decisions.
Vibration Measurement Service
Vibration Measurement Service
Create a dedicated rotor inspection map for your factory and provide a basis for predictive maintenance.
Identify the Root Cause of Equipment Issues
Vibration data is a crucial indicator for assessing the health of machinery and equipment. Most machines, equipment, and structures experience vibration issues. When abnormal vibrations occur, they are often difficult to detect but can cause wear and tear on other components, leading to even more severe damage.
VMS-PH Equipment Dynamic Analyzer
VMS-PH Equipment Dynamic Analyzer
Integrates all vibration measurement functions, including spectrum analysis, time-frequency analysis, vibration transmission rate, and dynamic analysis.
How to Execute
3. Track Work Order Progress to Avoid Production Line Downtime
Idle equipment leads to underutilized production capacity. For production lines operating at full capacity, even minor delays can have a direct impact on overall output. This could result in missed delivery deadlines, harming customer relationships and potentially leading to lost orders or contractual penalties. Effectively managing repair progress reduces risks, ensuring that production lines can resume operations quickly and maintain stable output.
Equipment Efficiency Management Solution
Production capacity has always been a major concern for factory managers. Machines seem to be operating, yet why isn’t production efficiency improving? There are many possible reasons, including equipment failures that slow down production lines or poorly planned production schedules. A robust management tool is needed to quickly identify the root cause and help the factory restore production capacity efficiently.
Equipment Efficiency Management Solution
For every abnormal event, an event notification is created, the processing status is updated in real-time, and follow-ups are tracked. This ensures a precise management process. Users can assign contact groups for specific events and escalate their priority levels based on their importance.
Equipment Efficiency Management Solution
Equipment Efficiency Management Solution
Creates a clear production history for equipment, integrates work order information, and calculates carbon emissions and energy consumption.
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