HLAN Networking of the Electronic
Inspectors
Graphene™ delivers also turnkey complete systems networking all existing electronic inspectors in a Packaging Company. On the base of hardware by Cisco™, hp™, NETGEAR™ or any other choice, we can always integrate all inspection equipments into the Packaging factory own mainframe or let them be accessed by individual terminals.
What is the most comfortable way to maximise Production and Quality levels of the Food and Beverage Packaging Lines ? Three different answers exist, following the rationale of the different roles played in the Food and Beverage Packaging process:
- Maintenance Staff rationale
An example of the rationale driving the Staff involved in Maintenance activities, can be recognized in their necessity to control constantly and parameterize all the inspection equipments in each Packaging Line. As an example, all models of electronic inspectors based on cameras:
- Empty Bottle Inspectors (EBI) model InLine™ or InLine,
- Final Inspection systems FinalView™,
- VISION™ Full Bottle Inspectors,
- SX™ Bottle Sorting units,
need frequent controls and readjustments of their sensitivity, of the position of the inspection masks and, due to the conveyor belt progressive extension, also of the synchronisation.
But, there are also other relevant reasons: to reject the minimum means to increase the Production efficiency much more than the mere increase due to the elimination of the False Rejects. High reject ratios means fallen bottles, jams and Machines’ downtimes (examples: Filler, Labellers, Craters, Decraters, Palletisers,etc.). Let frequent activities like the software and parametric maintenances or the typical control of the rejects become a comfortable routine.
- Production Staff rationale
An example of the rationale driving the Staff involved in Production activities, can be recognized in their necessity to constantly control, record, log, print and save data. Data describing at constant intervals, as an example associated to the change of Staff Shift or a batch of production, what rejects, originated by what of the individual inspections, reduced with losses the Production efficiency. What cause, when and along how many seconds, created losses after having introduced a Production downtime. Only objective numbers and records related to amounts of stops, caps, closures, glass or PET bottles, cans, lids, crates or cases, let facts speak, caring the vital interests of the Production Professionals.
NETGEAR™ is our standard hardware, aside of hp™ and Cisco™ (
Netgear/2014)
- Staff Training Dept. rationale
An example of the rationale driving the Staff involved in Training activities, can be recognized in their necessity to pass from theory to practice. Whioever has observed the preference of the Staff involved in Production (Operators and Supervisors) and Maintenance, for the practical activities and exercises, rather than hours of theory. But, training Production and Maintenance Staff in the running Packaging Line, due to the extremely noisy environment, means that just a few attending the course shall really hear all what is being in the meantime explained.
The best way to reach all these goals is just one: the safest Ethernet cable networking of all of the electronic inspection equipments to:
- your own laptop (or, your Company desktop),
- Maintenance Department's computer,
- Production Manager's computer,
- Packaging Line Manager's computer,
without any interference, no software nor hardware, into the Company own pre-existing Ethernet network. The best way to cut losses and increase the Production efficiency, is the most comfortable one: from Your chair. Supervisiong it all in the concentration only available in your Office, far from the difficult and noisy environment of the Packaging Lines. To train Production and Maintenance Staff in the running Packaging Line, due to the extremely noisy environment, mean that just a few attending the course shall really hear all what is being in the meantime explained.
Turnkey Networking Solutions
And, as a consequence, we master execution and turnkey delivery of the entire hardware and software system, including high-Quality Switches, Modem-routers, Category 6 Ethernet cable, etc. Our hardware choice is NETGEAR™.
Have Your Company’s IT Department any preference toward some different brands or standards, like Cisco™ or hp™ ?
Do you favour VLAN-solutions, integrated in your Company pre-existing network ? It’ll be for us a pleasure to tailor hardware and software components following your preferences.
Pricing
Systems with these potentialities are normally offered for (80,000-100,000)$. So expensive to cost as much as an additional, non-existing, electronic inspector. Rare Bottlers may afford such an investment. Our viewpoint is that what the Electronic Inspectors in each Packaging Line really need is ...You. They need your maximally concentrated attention and know-how, to let you see what performances they are immediately later capable to assure to your automated Quality Control. Graphene™ makes available this important Company Upgrade as an hardware + software + installation + commissioning package whose all-inclusive pricing starts from $ 990.
Provide us some basics, like the position in the Line or Lines’ Layout of the electronic inspection equipments, and from where you’d like to control them. Graphene™ shall show you how to meet your specific requests.
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