FactoryWiz Partnering with Kitamura Machinery
on Anywhere-Remote® Application
Refresh Your Memory, Inc. has announced a partnership with Kitamura Machinery on a new IoT platform, Anywhere-Remote® specifically for Kitamura Machines. It includes E-mail status updates, machine monitoring software suites that range from basic plug and play packages to those that are customized to suit each individual customer’s application and MTConnect® ready adaptor (basic), all powered by and in partnership with FactoryWiz™ Monitoring & DNC.
Anywhere-Remote® E-mail status update technology allows the user to automatically receive live machine production data anywhere, anytime via email to desktop, smartphones and mobile devices based on pre-set variables. Machine production alarms, messages and cycle information can be received in real-time, remotely via the Kitamura Arumatik-Mi® control. Machine status updates (running, idle, paused) can be generated for at-a-glance review of how the shop floor is performing, allowing for any errors or bottlenecks to be easily spotted and corrected. Period status events can be analyzed specific intervals by customer specified metrics. A variable change E-mail component of the Anywhere-Remote® E-mail status update feature allows the end user to specify variables that they wish to monitor within their shop environment.
The Anywhere-Remote® machine monitoring software suite (basic) boosts production by collecting live unbiased shop floor data, creating baseline metrics and identifying process improvement opportunities. Status and reports for Kitamura machining centers with Arumatik-Mi control are made available 24/7 on large display monitors (in common work areas), desktop monitors and all mobile devices from any web enables product anywhere in the world. NEWS
The Anywhere-Remote® machine monitoring software suite (basic) includes configurable dashboard displays showing a variety of information in real time, providing visual manufacturing material to the shop floor, as well as manufacturing management, maintenance and quality departments. The Anywhere-Remote® machine monitoring software suite is also offered in a customized to suit option tailored to specific customer requests. “With traditional manufacturing models changing quickly, having the ability to gather real-time machine metrics and information is paramount in keeping the shop floor productive and organized,” said Ted Asano, the company’s Vice President. “Having the ability to capture machine data through a variety of sources simplifies shop floor processes and helps determine where improvements or additions can be made to expand the company’s business. Being able to offer the Anywhere-Remote® software and monitoring suite solution across the Kitamura Mycenter Machining Center line-up makes decision making easier for the end user”.
The Anywhere-Remote® MTConnect® Ready Adaptor (Basic) allows for machines to be readily and easily adapted to end users already running their own in house machine monitoring software protocols.
About Refresh Your Memory, Inc.
Refresh Your Memory, Inc has supplied communications solutions to the CNC machine shop industry since 1983. We specialize in knowledge and products that bridge the divide between IT infrastructure and manufacturing equipment. Our proficiency in both sides of that chasm has allowed us to develop a successful product line consisting of part program transfer solutions (FactoryWiz DNC) and machine data collection (FactoryWiz Monitoring) that make up our FactoryWiz product family. In addition to the software products themselves we provide skilled technicians to help the end users navigate the integration of the many disparate types of equipment found in most manufacturing facilities. Our customers range from very small, local facilities all the way up to Fortune 500 corporations.
About Kitamura Machinery
For over 80 years, Kitamura machinery has created innovative machining centers that meet the strictest demands of manufacturers worldwide. By combining the best practices from decades of hands-on experience, extreme personal attention to detail and the latest technology advances, Kitamura Machinery has created a line of horizontal, vertical and 5-axis machining centers that provide customers with improved productivity through easy adaptability, reductions in defects, and accurate, reliable long-term performance. Kitamura has made customer service a priority since the very beginning – across the U.S., and around the world, you can count on the most knowledgeable machining-center service and support as our total commitment to quality, performance and value.
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