Plant & Works Engineering February/March 2023

Focus on: Maintenace 4.0 Maintenance Matters February/March 2023 www.pwemag.co.uk Plant & Works Engineering | 13 Box facilitates digital integration and visualisation for SICK customers. It is not actually a physical box, rather an important digital services platform that enables plug-and- play condition monitoring to assist with preventative and predictive maintenance of sensors, machines, processes and plants. When enabled using pre-configured Apps running on SICK smart sensors, it provides transparent data monitoring through an intuitive, browser-based dashboard for desktop or mobile devices. Depending on your requirements, information such as operating hours, wear, temperature, energy usage or level of contamination, is turned into a valuable resource. Crucially, users have the power to predict e.g. to help to calculate based on real measurement values when a particular component or device is nearing the point of failure, so that it can be replaced before it leads to down time. Maintenance programs to keep your devices and systems in good condition can be inferred based on diagnoses, statistics and predictions. This makes it possible to carry out inspections, repairs and maintenance in a quick and tailored way, and to plan servicing more reliably. Smart watch monitoring Take the simple example of machine operatives who receive fill-level warnings on their smart wristwatches using data from SICK distance sensors monitoring the magazine stack height. Meanwhile, all the data collected can be visualised and monitored on a dashboard by management personnel. Instead of having to undertake routine inspections some operators have been deployed to other tasks, and the operation managed more efficiently. Augmented reality In a completely different way, Augmented Reality offers an exciting, and surprisingly simple, visualisation of data from sensors. New developments in the technology are enabling sensor data to be merged with a camera picture and the results displayed on a smart phone. SICK’s first development is SARA, the SICK Augmented Reality Assistant. SARA has enabled simple troubleshooting and configuration of LiDAR sensors on Automated Mobile Robots. Diagnosis and correction of machine downtime, such as a field infringement, can be done ‘on the spot’ without the need to connect a PC. The vision says Hannaby is for SARA to work with any SICK sensor and with any data provider, technology and vendor independent. Getting more from legacy assets Seeing Maintenance 4.0 through the eyes of sensors offers a way to squeeze every last drop out of your legacy assets while embracing new digital technologies. This new transparency could be enabled on a smart watch of an operative patrolling a shop floor, just as much as it allows for easier monitoring by a management team in the company headquarters on the other side of the world. These systems therefore present a significant new opportunity to add commercial value through better condition monitoring and predictive maintenance, bringing benefits to Overall Operating Efficiency. The results can be both surprisingly simple, and truly transformative. For further information please visit: www.sick.com Name: Company Name: Address: Post Code: Tel: Total Number of Copies @ £ p+p Total £ Drives S & S Hyd H/B Pne H/B Ind Mot Comp H/B H/B Air QUANTITY QUANTITY Hydraulics & Pneumatics There are now 6 of these handy reference books from the publishers of the Drives & Controls and Hydraulics & Pneumatics magazines. Published in an easily readable style and designed to help answer basic questions and everyday problems without the need to refer to weighty textbooks. We believe you’ll find them invaluable items to have within arms reach. From the publishers of QUANTITY QUANTITY QUANTITY 2-5 copies £4.30, 6-20 copies £4.10, 20+ copies £3.75. QUANTITY PRACTICAL ENGINEER’S HANDBOOKS HYDRAULICS INDUSTRIAL MOTORS SERVOS AND STEPPERS PNEUMATICS COMPRESSED AIR INDUSTRIAL ELECTRIC DRIVES PLEASE ALLOW UPTO 28 DAYS FOR DELIVERY $&! -!.5&!#452).' -%$)! ,4$ 4HE (IGH 3TREET 4ONBRIDGE +ENT 4. "% Postage and Packaging: 1-3 copies: £2.99 4-6 copies: £4.99 7 or more copies: £6.99 If you would like to obtain additional copies of the handbooks,please email info@dfamedia.co.uk or call us on 01732 370340.Alternatively you can return the completed form below to: Engineers Handbook,DFA MANUFACTURING MEDIA LTD, 192The High Street,Tonbridge, KentTN9 1BE #HEQUES SHOULDBEMADE PAYABLE TO $&! -ANUFACTURING -EDIA ,TD AND CROSSED ! # 0AYEE #OPIES OF THE HANDBOOKS ARE AVAILABLE AT a PER COPY $ISCOUNTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR MULTIPLE COPIES