Machine monitoring

Know when each machine runs, idles or stops, without rewiring it

Many machines have a controller that is on no network, so downtime is noted by hand or seen only afterwards. CHESTER reads a machine’s outputs or its motor current from the outside, and operators call for help at the push of a button.

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How it works

From the machine to your MES

Machine

Digital outputs, motor current, buttons

Inputs and clamps

HARDWARIO

CHESTER

Our IoT device, reads machines and buttons

LTE-M or NB-IoT

HARDWARIO Cloud

Status and operator calls as they happen

REST API

Dashboard or MES

OEE, downtime and alerts for each line

Ready to order

Four kits, ready to install

Takt

Our IoT devices count each machine’s cycles on a digital input.
- 2 × CHESTER Control
ANDON

Our IoT call boxes, four buttons each and an LED that confirms a call.
- 2 × CHESTER Push
ANDON and takt

One call box and one cycle counter, for calls and cycle times.
- CHESTER Push
- CHESTER Control
Machine

Our IoT current meters, three probes each, for utilization and energy.
- 2 × CHESTER Current

With every kit

Connectivity and cloud for a three-year term, and ThingsBoard or a dashboard built for your project.

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A tube-processing machine in the production hall of ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Karviná.

CHESTER Push with four round metal buttons on the panel of an operator workstation at KYOCERA AVX — A tube-processing machine in the production hall of ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Karviná.

Reference

ArcelorMittal monitors its machines without touching them

The machines in Karviná had controllers on no network, so production was recorded by hand or after the fact. CHESTER now reads their digital outputs, and management and the workstations see OEE as it happens.

machines at ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Karviná, connected with no change to the machines

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