Pharmaceutical Industry:
Automatic Data Collection
Case Study #01
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the premiere of Coreflux Use Cases (almost as thrilling as the X-Files, or Law & Order).
Today, we kick off with Case Study no.1:
A Pharmaceutical Industry client that automated its factory’s data collection in order to calculate and improve their Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE).
Spoiler alert: not only did they improve their production, they even got a nice bonus in the process.
The Challenge:
Real-time data acquisition to calculate the true Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE).
This aims to capture downtime and micro-stops events from production equipment, facilitating the implementation of efficient preventive maintenance.
Problem:
Production and maintenance data collection was performed on paper, by the supervisor at the end of each shift.
Time loss: 1 hour per area.
Production data was only recorded at the end of each production shift.
Delay: 8 hours.
Manual collection by operators often missed detection of micro-stops in production.
The Coreflux Pipeline:
Key Components:
MQTT Edge Broker integrated into each equipment controller, with Bridge asset integration.
Central MQTT Broker integrated into IT infrastructure.
Flux Assets in OT:
Siemens S7 Asset
Modbus TCP/IP Asset
Ethernet/IP Asset
Flux Assets in IT:
MSSQL Asset
NoSQL Asset
MQTT Bridge Asset
Roles:
Plant Managers
Equipment and maintenance managers
Target Group:
Operators
Benefits & Value:
Shorter potential downtime;
Longer equipment lifespan;
Minimal systematic errors;
Less time and effort needed for identifying and resolving issues.
Bonus: it simplifies stock management processes.
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