Equipment health
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hook your devices up to them . The software on each gateway allows for easy data extraction . Ultimately , Kinetic allows manufacturers to see all of their data from different sources in one model and allows them to choose whatever model they want . Kinetic also allows the manufacturer to categorise the data in a way that suits them .”
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Equipment health
“ Equipment health monitoring is all about improving the health of the machines on the plant floor ,” says Bui . “ Manufacturers want to see which equipment is used the most , if there ’ s an incident is there an instantaneous response , where is the unplanned downtime occurring , etc . The challenge here is that there are probably multiple device types being used so their interdependency needs to be monitored . For some newer customers it ’ s also a case of needing to collect data from legacy devices that are integral to the production line . Our Kinetic and gateway solutions can help create the correct protocols for this data extraction . We can create alerts that say ‘ something is wrong with this equipment , go and look at it ’,” Bui continues .
Cisco , however , takes this process one step further . “ Catching issues on the edge can help combat unplanned downtime by streamlining equipment maintenance . For example , you can say ‘ look at the robotic arm and the fan belt together ’ whereas previously you ’ d just
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