Datanomix and Caron Partner on Monitoring Software

Datanomix, a leading automated production intelligence platform, and Caron Engineering, a leader in manufacturing tool optimization technologies, have partnered to jointly develop data-driven solutions in real-time production monitoring and machine tool optimization.

This partnership is said to add a new dashboard in the Datanomix platform that aggregates and displays the metrics for all Caron devices deployed in a factory. The companies suggest this partnership and its resulting technology will help manufacturers proactively optimize whole-factory performance and profitability.

Development efforts have been focused on integrating data from Caron systems for analysis and visualization through the Datanomix platform in a number of ways. One new addition is Tool Monitoring Adaptive Control (TMAC), a new Datanomix dashboard that will display the status – including horsepower, vibration, pressure, strain and coolant information – of every TMAC-enabled machine in the factory for a consolidated view of performance. Users will be able to create alerts for out-of-tolerance conditions for rapid responses, as well as generate production charts and graphs for associated machines.

Another monitoring feature is DTect-IT, which combines high-precision sensor technology with advanced analysis to monitor, detect and correct anomalies in the machining process. Datanomix enables users to visualize DTect-IT data in the Datanomix platform for analytics and strategy optimization.

AutoComp, a tool wear compensation software, processes measurement data from any electronic gauging device and automatically calculates and compensates tool offsets in the control, without any operator intervention. Datanomix can compare this part quality data with cutting data from TMAC and DTect-IT.

In addition, the process of loading tools into the machine is automated with ToolConnect by transferring tool offset data directly from the presetter to the CNC control via radio frequency identity (RFID) tags embedded in tool holders and 2D presetter-printed barcodes. The system is customizable to meet the users’ tool load specifications and records. Datanomix says this data is valuable because it analyzes how variations in tool geometry affect cutting data.