IMTS TV – September 10, 2014
An in-depth look at some of the exciting technology found in the exhibitors’ booths.
Dave Edstrom and David McPhail of Memex Automation explain how MTConnect and the new Ax760MTC board can improve productivity and profitability.
Rob Colman of MP&P interviews Memex Automation’s President and CEO, David McPhail, on the newest innovation launched at IMTS 2014, the Ax-760 MTC CNC hardware adapter that connects all machines no matter the make, model or vintage.
David McPhail, President and CEO of Memex Automation, was interviewed by Business Television (BTV) for a CEO Clip documenting what Memex Automation is all about.
Starting Aug. 11 it will be shown 15 times on the Documentary Channel, BNN.ca, Insider Network, MSN Money and Canadian Business Journal.
It is a great 1 minute and 30 second video that describes what Memex Automation’s mission is.
The winner of the 2013 Maintenance Awards for Best Maintenance – Small Plant/Facility goes to Memex Automation for providing a holistic solution for improving overall maintenance and reliability efficiencies at Rose Integration, a medium to high-complexity machining shop.
Rose Integration had 30 machines operating independently, with no way of monitoring its equipment over the company Intranet and no visibility of either individual machines or plant operations. The facility turned to Memex Automation to help them install MERLIN, an all-encompassing machine-to-management packaged solution that would improve efficiencies across the board.
The machining shop can now develop customized reports that allow the plant to monitor machine parameters over time. For instance, the system allows Rose Integration to select a specific machine (or group of machines) to find out how many times a machine went into idle mode on maintenance for schedule, or to determine when to react to preventative maintenance schedules, or to shorten or lengthen operating cycles.
Rose Integration achieved full traceability of events and a by-the-second definition of each machine’s state. After the installment, the facility was able to increase overall equipment effectiveness by 25 per cent.
PEM, along with category sponsor, Fluke Electronics Canada, congratulates Memex Automation.
PEM would like to thank the 2013 sponsors — Flir Systems Canada, Siemens Canada Ltd. and Fluke Electronics Canada — and join them in applauding the winners and all of the finalists for their outstanding dedication to maintenance best practices.
About the PEM Maintenance Awards
The PEM Maintenance Award recognizes Canadian manufacturing facilities for their maintenance excellence and asset management professionalism and rewards facilities for unique initiatives in their maintenance and reliability practices.
Category winners were announced in the March/April 2014 issue of PEM magazine.
If you weren’t able to attend the 2014 MTConnect Conference and wanted to see Memex’s presentations, you are in luck! They are now posted.
Improved Utilization Through Machine Monitoring – by Ben Schawe
Length: 39 minutes.
MTConnecting Your Income Statement – Click here to see the presentation
Scaling Big Data – Click here to see the presentation