A question for the machine manufactures.
Is there a single software package out there that will let you track
1) Parts sold for repair
2) new machine sales and parts used from inventory and po's
3) Service work
4) billing out the clients
5) automated ordering of parts
We have looked at...
I am starting this thread to see how other people do things. Every one has things they think there company does well and things they do that need improving, so this thread is to also help people learn from there pains and gains. Feel free to to also comment on places you think people could...
I am looking at using ePro Canvis 3.2 (Eaton's HMI package) or Allen Bradley RSView32 in a distributed architecture (sort of). This would be about 200 computers running 1 hmi package, but there are about 20 different apps, but each PC connects to a different plc.
Has any one used Canvas or...
I am looking at using ePro Canvis 3.2 (Eaton's HMI package) in a distributed architecture. This would be about 200 computers running 1 application, but there are about 20 different apps, but each PC connects to a different plc.
Has any one used Canvas?
What did they think?
Did they have good...
Sorry, below is a little more detail.
Pump info:
Max pressure: 4000 lbs
Application: Pressing metal nail plates into lumber.
Application info:
We run the press until it hits 2000 lbs of pressure they release pressure. We repeat this process over and over about every 8 minutes. We have the...
We manufacture a small press line, we have made and tested 6 of these lines. We tested them in our facilities many times (100+ for each unit) with out any problems. When we shipped it to the costumers site all they had to do is run 480v AC to the main cabinet. 2 if the 6 presses the transducer...
Guys,
I work for a manufacturing company that manufactures building materials and home improvement products (treated lumber, steel siding, concrete products, etc). We are looking right now to find or create a standard for our HMI's. Currently all older HMI's that interact with our business...
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Has any one ever used a Opto 22 PCI AC5 card with Visual Basic .Net? I can get it to work in VB6. I have tried using it with VB.net 2005. I could not directly add a reference to the .dll that comes with the card (OptoPCI.dll) - check accessability .. valid assembly/com component...
I have have a single 5 horse hydraulic power unit I would like to run two pieces of a steel roll forming line with. In the past this hydraulic unit was used for running a single motor to drive the product through the line. I would like to also use this hydraulic unit to power two conveyors...
Does any one know where I could look at some sample Microsoft Project (2003) project plan files? I was hoping for one with examples of a Controls, Manufacturing Engineering, or Information Systems project.
I have recently taken over as the manager of the Manufacturing Engineering department of the company I work for. Our current project management does not seam effective. I have not had the opportunity to work for any other Manufacturing Engineering departments and was hoping some one may give me...
I ran into a similar problem here is how I went about resolving the problem. We are a larger manufacture with many sites. We have six on site developers and 5 support personal that need to be able to trouble shoot problems and reload PLCs.
We use a program called SubVersion to back up and...
Hi,
Our current project process is very bulky and time consuming; I am working to consolidate this process and speeding it up. I was hoping I could learn from other peoples on experience. I have an over view below of our current process.
I am considering going to an agile process. Has any...
The double entry comes it to play in two ways, every thing the secretary is entering exactly what is on the form into the excel spread sheet. Also if a bug requires a code change, then it is on both the the spread sheet in in the web passed program called magic.
I realize a database would...
Sorry, I should have given a little bit more information. I work for a Automation Department, it is a hybrid department (IT, Controls, and Manufacturing Engineering). We create and modify production lines for produce a wide verity of products.
Break Down of current Process
Change / New...
Guys,
How do you track every thing going on? I have nine divisions my group supports (15 different buildings), all extremely different. We receive 4-5 new system / change requests, 8 - 10 new urgent maintenance items, and have 5 team members with each having 2 - 4 items they are working on...
