Maintenance monitoring system upgraded to keep tabs on pumps, axes
CMS Lite Wittmann Battenfeld’s condition-monitoring system (CMS) continuously checks the status of servo-hydraulic axes on the company’s machinery; using this information, the system can determine the condition of the pump and axis valves.
What’s new? Wittmann’s so-called health factor — a feature that uses the colors red, yellow and green to alert users to the status of axes and pumps. At the K show, Wittmann plans to demonstrate the system on a SmartPlus 90/350 injection molding machine making an ABS part. Compared with Wittmann’s first attempts at a CMS — which the company rolled out in 2017 — the most recent iterations feature cloud data storage, a user dashboard and customer-service dashboard. Also, unlike those earliest editions of Wittmann’s CMS, no external master computer is needed to use the current system.
Benefits Real-time connectivity to Wittmann service professionals. With the system, users can get a heads-up from service staff when they see deviations in the health factor, simplifying and accelerating remote service.
Wittmann USA Inc., Torrington, Conn., 860-496-9603, www.wittmann-group.com
Karen Hanna | Senior Staff Reporter
Senior Staff Reporter Karen Hanna covers injection molding, molds and tooling, processors, workforce and other topics, and writes features including In Other Words and Problem Solved for Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing, Plastics Recycling and The Journal of Blow Molding. She has more than 15 years of experience in daily and magazine journalism.
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