AMS ZPoint-CI is a perfectly tailored control station with integrated MES functionality. All process information can be recorded, visualized and controlled company-wide.
Our solutions are individually scalable and offer a wealth of advantages: better utilization and higher quality in production – at lower costs.
Data acquisition is the core of AMS ZPoint-CI.
Only a detailed recordialsng of the production data – as an integral part of the machines – shows existing bottlenecks consistently and promptly. This lays the foundation for a fact-based continuous improvement process (CIP).
Machine data logging (MDE), production data acquisition (BDE) and quality data compilation (QDE) allow the data from production to be recorded seamlessly and made transparent.
Transparency forms the basis of efficient production. This transparency is created with the uniform visualization.
A consistent and expandable visualization: From the worker to the production management – from the signal to the warehouse – makes deviations between ideal and current production immediately visible. Technical processes can thus be easily monitored and controlled.
Industry-standard key figures (e.g. OEE, TEEP, etc.) are clearly displayed and help to avoid or minimize machine failures and malfunctions, setup times, idle times and downtimes, reduced speeds, quality and start-up losses.
Transparency forms the basis of efficient production. This transparency is created with the uniform visualization.
A consistent and expandable visualization: From the worker to the production management – from the signal to the warehouse – makes deviations between ideal and current production immediately visible. Technical processes can thus be easily monitored and controlled.
Industry-standard key figures (e.g. OEE, TEEP, etc.) are clearly displayed and help to avoid or minimize machine failures and malfunctions, setup times, idle times and downtimes, reduced speeds, quality and start-up losses.
Increasing safety standards demand a high and constant level of quality in the production process.
The legal warranty and the product liability act oblige machine operators to comply with extensive regulations. This high level of quality can be achieved by means of cross-machine statistical process analysis to optimize the process and product.
The complete acquisition and documentation of all quality and process-relevant data is done with AMS QDA-CI. The availability of all quality data across locations guarantees cost savings, continuous plausibility, the ability to provide information and a greater capacity to act.
High variant diversity, complex processes and changing material properties make intelligent recipe management indispensable.
Dynamic and versionable recipe management gets the variety of product variants and the diversity of production processes under control. The transparent management of manufacturing parameters (e.g. force, temperature, pressure etc.) and illustration in assembly groups ensure maximum reproducibility of manufacturing processes.
Traceable manufacturing processes are the starting point for consistent part quality and the basis for successful process analysis.
The quality requirements are constantly increasing. An important basis is to avoid future mistakes
The near-real-time traceability function of AMS MES-CI can not only determine the causes of errors, but also make production processes more transparent. It determines at lighting speed whether the problem is a product, process or batch error.
Complete traceability can be ensured by linking batch and process data and by assigning the process parameters to an individual component. Integral data acquisition and versionable recipes from the backbone of traceability – whether upstream or downstream tracing.
In order to build an effective information infrastructure, the integration of existing ERP/PPS systems is necessary. Their synergies are optimally used when they function synchronously and seamlessly.
Intelligent software solutions connect the business and production levels. Information is exchanged bidirectionally and processed in defined processes. ERP connectors ensure that data is always consistent and redundancy-free across systems and throughout the entire business process.
Numerous already implemented connection solutions and the problem-free expandability guarantee problem-free communication with standard and proprietary ERP/PPS solutions.
With efficient alarm management integrated into the control station, risks in production lines can be reliably controlled and minimized. This makes operation not only safer, but also more economical.
The flood of information in production is increasing and must be brought under control. The goal is the better handling of alarms and messages. Concentration to the essential to inform the user again.
With the alarm solutions the user can focus on the essentials again. Different escalation levels, clearly defined events and maximum availability. The alarm management lifecycle is supported by CI-Watch or SMS or e‑mail messages or hall mirror. By reducing response times and relieving the user, production efficiency is increased.
Continuous condition monitoring and permanent monitoring of machines and processes increases machine efficiency, reduces setup effort and increases safety.
The biggest lever for increasing productivity is high machine availability. With live analysis, possible error sources can be identified early on and necessary maintenance work can also be carried out preventively.
User benefit several times over by increasing machine availability, avoiding unplanned downtime, reducing operating costs, increasing operational safety, optimizing process parameters and ensuring product quality.
Alexander Meisinger
Sales