Turbines & pistons · rotating machinery parts
One turbine part can occupy a large machine for hours, and a piston line makes a part every few seconds. Both lose money in the same way: unseen stops, slow cycles and worn tools. MDCplus shows what every machine is doing, so you act while the cycle is still running.
Machine monitoring for turbine and piston manufacturing means collecting machine data automatically, so you can see machine states, stops, cycle time per part, tool and spindle condition and energy use on every machine. Turbine components are large, complex and slow to machine, so one failure late in a cycle is expensive. Pistons are made in volume with tight tolerances, so small losses repeat thousands of times. The same data answers both.
Two speeds of production
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Illustration, not customer data.
Straight answers
Connect the machine read-only and watch its state, alarms and cycle progress in real time. Then a stop in the middle of a long cycle reaches the right person at once, while the part can still be saved.
Record every stop with its time and a reason, then review the biggest reasons each week. On a line with a cycle of seconds, short repeated stops usually cost more than rare breakdowns. Downtime Pareto template.
Machine states and stop reasons, cycle time per part, part counts and scrap, tool data and spindle vibration. On long cycles, add energy per part.
Yes. Modern controllers connect directly. Older machines connect through a terminal, PLC signals or additional sensors. Check your machine.
It depends on the machine price, operators, space, energy and utilization. The machine hour rate calculator gives the cost of a scheduled and of a productive hour and shows what a gain in utilization is worth.
The connection is read-only, so MDCplus reads data and does not control the machine. It can run on premise inside a closed network without internet access.
Beyond machine states
Vibration monitoring and diagnostics on the spindle and drives show a developing fault before it stops the machine or marks a part.
Vibration monitoring guidePower monitoring shows how much energy a machine uses while cutting and while powered but idle, which adds up on long cycles and large machines.
Energy monitoring guideTool data from the controller where available, and a computerized maintenance module that plans service on real run time, not on the calendar.
Tool wear and OEEThe ideal rollout
Large machines, old machines, closed network
MDCplus connects to CNC machines and PLCs over more than 100 open protocols, including FANUC (FOCAS 2), Siemens Sinumerik, HEIDENHAIN, Mazatrol, Okuma OSP and Haas. Large and older machines connect through a terminal, PLC signals or sensors. It is installed on premise and can work fully inside a closed network without internet access.
Open the machine connectivity checker to see the connection route for your controller.
Tell us the part, the machine and how long a cycle takes. We will answer what can be read and what a sensible first step looks like, for a turbine part or a piston line.
Connect the machine and watch its state, alarms and cycle progress in real time, so a stop or an alarm in the middle of the cycle reaches the right person at once. Add tool data from the controller and vibration diagnostics on the spindle to see wear before it causes scrap.
Record every stop with its time and a reason, then review the biggest reasons every week. On a line with a cycle of seconds, short repeated stops and slow cycles usually cost more than rare breakdowns, and they only show up when states are recorded automatically.
Machine states and stop reasons, cycle time per part, part counts and scrap, tool data and spindle vibration. Energy per part is a useful extra on long cycles, because a machine that is idle but powered costs money.
Yes. Machines with a modern controller connect through it. Older machines connect through a terminal, PLC signals or additional sensors, so a large machine does not have to be replaced to be monitored.
Yes. MDCplus is installed on premise and can work fully inside a closed network without internet access.
The first machine is connected within 1 to 2 hours. The rest depends on how fast you provide the list of machines and the network access on the site.
MDCplus is a perpetual license per data collection point, where one PLC or HMI is one license. The price includes implementation and the server license.
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