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How to establish a continuous production system

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Continuous production is one of three production system options, the other two being jobbing and batch production.

Continuous production is distinguished by completing products in one physical location, in a series of continuous operations, using raw materials or subassemblies as inputs.

Depending on whether the continuous process consists of mass, process, or assembly production types, outputs will consist of either one standardized product, different products from different stages of the manufacturing process, or completed products from sub-assemblies. [Read more…] about How to establish a continuous production system

NXP and Microsoft demonstrate edge-to-cloud machine learning solution for predictive maintenance

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NXP Semiconductors has agreed a collaboration with Microsoft to bring artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities for anomaly detection to Azure internet of things users.

By combining complementary strengths – NXP’s offline machine learning capability and embedded processing with Microsoft’s cloud expertise – the two companies jointly demonstrates a new Anomaly Detection Solution for Azure IoT at Microsoft Build in Seattle recently.

The solution consists of a small form factor, low power system-on-module powered by NXP’s i.MX RT106C Crossover Processors, a full suite of sensors, and an associated Anomaly Detection Toolbox.

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BISTel launches equipment checking and predictive maintenance solution

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BISTel, a provider of adaptive intelligence (A.I.) solutions for smarter manufacturing, has announced a new, real-time, equipment health monitoring and predictive maintenance solution, HMP.

HMP provides real-time fault detection, classification and predictive analytics to let customers know when equipment might fail or will require servicing. In addition, it lets customers know the remaining useful life (RUL) of their equipment.

For semiconductor, electronics, automotive, steel and industrial manufacturers, HMP gives an early warning system to let engineers know when a problem might occur.

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BISTel partners with Siemens on MindSphere applications for predictive maintenance

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BISTeL, a provider of adaptive intelligent (AI) applications for smart manufacturing, has joined the MindSphere Partner Program, Siemens’ partner program for Industrial IoT solution and technology providers.

BISTel applications are expected to be available on the MindSphere platform Q1 2019.

The company has an advanced data analytics platform, eDatalzyer, and a real-time, health monitoring and predictive maintenance (HMP) solution, which will connect with the MindSphere cloud-based, open Industrial IoT platform.

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Omron releases AI predictive maintenance library 

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Omron Corporation is launching its AI Predictive Maintenance Library on 16 October, its first Sysmac Library for theArtificial Intelligence Machine Automation Controller, which it claims is the first in the industry.

The AI Controller fuses control functions of manufacturing lines and equipment and AI processing functions at manufacturing sites in real time.

Using the AI Controller and AI Predictive Maintenance Library, the company provides maintenance services at the best time, instead of recovery services from a sudden stop and/or periodic maintenance by skilled workers.

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Faurecia opts for IBM Cloud to drive digital transformation

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Faurecia, one of the world’s leading automotive suppliers, has selected IBM Cloud to provide the platform and support for a major business transformation designed to accelerate digital manufacturing.

Managing an ever-growing global enterprise of manufacturing and sales, Faurecia’s digital transformation is centered on seamlessly generating and communicating data, including data on production quality and manufacturing processes, to drive efficiency and productivity, while making production processes more visible and controllable.

Faurecia selected IBM to build a global cloud solution to collect, manage and analyze data from every production machine across the company.  [Read more…] about Faurecia opts for IBM Cloud to drive digital transformation