Industrial
The Industrial module measures machine uptime, downtime reasons, and operator performance for SMEs running mills, packers, presses, and CNC. It produces an OEE-proxy that does not require deep PLC integration.
1. Wire a machine
Two pickup methods:
- Run-light tap — a Trakora Edge box reads the machine's existing run light or contactor coil.
HIGH = running,LOW = stopped. Sample at 1 Hz. - Vibration — stick a Trakora vibration sensor on the motor housing. Above a threshold = running.
Either method is wired into the machine record at Industrial → Machines → New.
2. Operator badge logging
Each operator has a UHF wristband or Mifare card. They tap on at the start of a shift and tap off at the end. Trakora attributes uptime to whoever is logged on.
3. Downtime category codes
When the machine stops for more than 90 seconds Trakora prompts the operator (on a wall tablet) to pick a reason:
- Material out — feed run dry
- Tool change — die or blade swap
- Breakdown — unplanned, escalates to maintenance
- Quality — bad output, recalibrating
- Operator — bathroom, briefing, lunch
- Power — utility outage
Codes are configurable per machine.
4. OEE proxy
Trakora computes:
- Availability = uptime / planned uptime
- Performance = actual cycle count / theoretical cycle count
- Quality = good count / total count
OEE = A × P × Q. Theoretical cycle count is set per machine at commissioning; good count and total count come from the operator scanning at the output station, or from a counting sensor.
5. Live floor view
A wall-mounted dashboard shows every machine as a tile: green = running, amber = idling, red = down. Click a tile to see who is on, the current product, and the last 24 h trend.
6. Daily/weekly reports
- Top 5 downtime reasons by minutes
- Best and worst operator by uptime
- Machine MTBF and MTTR
- Production count by SKU
Still stuck?
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