Case Study of CIMCO-MDC at M/s Valveworks-Kolhapur

VALVEWORKS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED is situated at A-8 & A81/1, Fivestar Industrial Area MIDC, Kagal, Hathakangale Kolhapur. About one year back, Digitech Engineers installed CIMCO's Machine Monitoring System on one of their CNC Machines at above works.

We installed CIMCO MDC Software, along with one Bar Code scanner. The live signals like, Active Program Number, Cycle Start, Alarm, Feed Hold etc are taken from FANUC VMC. The Operator Name & Part Number is fed at the start of the shift in the MDC Computer. As the production process starts, the cycle time of each part is recorded in the MDC Computer automatically. The online status show the machine status. The time line shows the activity from the start of the current shift. Whenever the machine stops for any reason, the operator then scans the appropriate bar code. 

The bar codes sheet looks like below -

This sheet has pre defined bar coded down time reason codes. But the codes can be customized as per the users. We use Motorola make, LS 2208 bar code scanner, which works on RS-232 port. This bar code scanner is designed for industrial use. 

The reports from the system are also customized. We have given the template to Valveworks, as per their needs. 

For more details contact digitechpune@gmail.com or call me on 9423586171. 

The photo on the right side is taken during installation & technical training on CIMCO-MDC at Valveworks-Kolhapur.