Real Time Data System Tracks Wind Energy

OSIsoft's PI system will collect real-time data for wind farm research. ...

... "Officials at the college noted that many wind farms utilize complex advanced data monitoring systems, making their PI System an ideal educational tool. The PI System at NAWRTC collects information from 500 data points, including the temperature, wind speed, current and voltage output, mechanical, electrical, and vibration of the center’s 1.5 megawatt wind turbine. Data will be analyzed for trends to be used in preventive maintenance. OSIsoft also donated 30 client applications for Mesalands students to use. These licenses enable them to monitor 20,000 actual or calculated data points. " ...

Via OSIsoft: PI System for Wind Research and Training Center

Manufacturing Wireless Networks

Emerson customer deploys wireless network and smart sensors to obtain readings in a more cost effective manner, enabling future flexibility over traditional hardwired application. ...

... "The wireless network monitors the gas balance of the treatment plants including dew point, primary separation, compression stages contracted, consumption and plant venting. Some of the data points tapped had never been monitored before. Other points had been checked manually by staff reading local gauges. " ...

Via Emerson: Tecpetrol natural gas facilities

Six Sigma Affinity Diagram

Lean Manufacturing Requires Shop Floor Visibility

In order to operate in a lean mode, factories of the future will rely on automated data collection and shop floor visibility to sense and respond effectively to events that could lead to inefficiency or waste. ...

... "Any Lean manufacturer in order to realize wasteful use of resources and to create more value for the customer, needs an in-depth knowledge of various activities on the shop floor. " ...

Via PCQuest: Factory Future State Vision

Six Sigma Process Control Data Collection

Data collection presentation collateral ...

Machine Monitoring Delivers Six Sigma Data

Machine monitoring enables Six Sigma data collection and analysis. ...

... "The basis for effective Continuous Improvement programs such as Lean or Six Sigma is the availability and the access to reliable machine data. There are typically two approaches to data collection employed by manufacturers today. The first approach involves manual data collection and analysis - a completely paper based system. The second approach also uses data that is collected manually, but requires machine operators to input data estimates into a PC before it can be analyzed in an external database or enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.

Manufacturers realize that both approaches produce inaccurate data and limit the potential for meaningful analysis and effective decisions. Shoplogix's patented Plantnode solution eliminates manual processes in production. By fully automating data collection and analysis at the machine level and then presenting data in real-time, Plantnode reports and analytics are based on fact rather than estimate. " ...

Via Shoplogix: Advanced Machine Monitoring System