MES for the plastics industry
Transparency for production, processes and products – these are the objectives of “Industry 4.0”.
MES stands for Manufacturing Execution System and is used to record process data from production.
It is primarily used as a production planning and process control system.
Increasingly, this process information is assigned to the product via the MES system and attached to the component via labels.
sar@mes
SAR has been developing its own sar@mes for 18 years, primarily for OEMs with complex and multi-layered process levels.
With the Industry 4.0 campaign, this data collection and processing is becoming increasingly important for SMEs and smaller companies.
The advantages are that production capacities can be optimally utilized, the relevant data can be used to optimize processes and cycle times and quality can be specifically increased by linking it to the component.
sar@plastics
For this reason, sar@mes was modularized and linked with SAR’s automation knowledge from the plastics industry.
Based on this, a modular MES variant was created that can be cascaded depending on the size of the company: sar@plastics is optimized for the entire process chain in the plastics sector.
Automation working group
As part of the automation working group of the “Kunststoff Netzwerk Franken”, Stefanie Eisenreich from SAR first explained the software modules required specifically for the plastics processes, from material delivery and the plastics processing process through to intra- and goods logistics.
Advantages for management
She visualized the benefits for management, operators and maintenance teams.
The latter are increasingly confronted with preventive maintenance and rapid troubleshooting and can thus contribute to optimal OEE key figures.
Final showed you proven methods to realize the implementation of an MES with optimal human resources in a manageable time frame.
For further information, please contact us at kss@sar.biz
