Zyfra the Russian industrial digitalization leader has released an updated version of MDCplus real-time machine monitoring and manufacturing data collection system. The system’s operating principle suggests that each machine automatically sends its operation data into a single digital system. Machines equipped with this software send data reports about the equipment condition, workload and modes of operation to computers also equipped with this software. It makes production processes transparent and provides objective data to inform management decisions concerning redistribution of machine workload, control of personnel performance and product quality, and reduction of downtime.

Presently MDCplus encompasses about 10,000 machines at 330 enterprises in more than 20 countries of the world, including India, Russia, Romania, Singapore, Turkey, Finland and France. The new version gives enterprises an opportunity to control and analyze the production cycle of each part and connect machines to the monitoring system without assistance. The new software update also features the option for control and life cycle analysis of each work piece or part. Labels on work pieces can be used to track each processing stage.

Precise information about location of the part and operations performed helps reveal deviations in technical processes and promptly identify defective parts. These features help reduce the cost of corrections and exclude the possibility of defective items shipment to the client. MDCplus system also offers energy efficiency modules, automated support of maintenance and repair services, and integration with predictive analytics system. Equipments which use the software have an increased production performance by an average of 20% and actual equipment utilization by 10–30%, and reduce unscheduled downtime by 20%.

“To connect a machine to the monitoring system, it has to be integrated into the local internal network of an enterprise. It takes just a few steps to connect the machine to the system remotely and to start collecting data with its help. Continuous improvement of the system is particularly necessary in the context of high alert due to the pandemic of the novel coronavirus infection. It also helps accelerate integration of monitoring in production,” said Vitaly Tuyev, Product Owner, Zyfra.

“We have successfully completed a pilot project for remote connection of machines at the enterprise of Harsha Engineers, a Romanian subsidiary of India’s Harsha Engineers Ltd., one of the world’s leading manufacturers of bearing cages,” added Alexander Lizunkov, Director, International Implementation of Industrial Equipment and Personnel Monitoring Systems, Zyfra.

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