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Worldclass OEE Lands at Supplier of Jet-Fighter Parts
Quality-control inspection of finished products at Magellan is complemented by Merlin’s ability to track more than 100 key-performance indicators on machine tools, including product rejects.
stand-alone CNC machines configured in a cell-like environment. The stand- alone machines utilize the Merlin Ax9150 hardware board along with the G55 handheld scanner, giving us visi- bility of the machines that we previ- ously lacked. The Merlin operating por- tal on the Makino cell provides detailed machine information right on the shop floor. We feed Merlin with work-order and product standard data directly from our Cincom ERP system.”
Ung notes that prior to installing Merlin, the stand-alone machines were not reaching production targets and the plant was considering buying another machine. “Merlin identified and then helped us reduce optional machine stops, or M01 codes,” he says, “programmed in by an operator. The data showed us that there were far too
many M01s and other downtime events. We shared this information with our team, which was able to reduce the number of monthly hours
caused by downtime events from 400 hr. down to 100 hr. This resulted in a net increase in machining capacity of 100 hr./month per machine. Multiply
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