For machinery manufacturer the machine is the heart of the business model and the main customer touchpoint. Access to the installed base is therefore key and an asset management system is ideal for capturing valuable machine data.
Availability and performance are the critical KPIs for a machine. However, the targets for those cannot always be met. Often, the reasons for that are not transparent and similar errors tend to occur several times before being noticed. Downtime Tracking can help to obtain a better overview and raise the Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
You might think that X4 Remote is all about Remote Maintenance and connectivity to get your machine ready for IIoT and Industry 4.0. While that is certainly true, our premium offerings Cloud Logging and Cloud Notify extend the platforms ability way beyond simple remote connectivity.
The machine building industry is in the middle of a fourth industrial revolution. Smart industrial machines and the advent of Industry 4.0 mark an era in which machine builders are constantly trying to keep up with the constantly changing technological landscape of our time. Strong investments in new technologies like IoT are key in staying innovative.
Operators of highly automated intralogistics systems such as warehouses, airports or mail distribution centers are faced with a perpetual challenge: how to ensure high system availability, avoid unplanned downtime and detect failures in advance while minimizing maintenance and inspection efforts?
At Lenze, we promote open standards and compatibility between systems. That is why all modern Lenze controllers support the OPC-UA standard for communication between components. Sometimes however, there might be controllers that do not yet support it. For this reason, our industrial remote access solution X4 Remote also supports a broad variety of industry standard protocols. Today we’re happy to add support for another protocol.
