Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product PlantMaster Barco
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P lantMas t er Barc o’s leading MES s ystem f or discre te manuf acturing, P lant M aster monit ors and synchr o- nize s manufac turing activities fr om independent operati ons to globally distribu ted plants. P lant M aster is designed to se amlessly int egrat e with the compan y’s ERP system.
PlantMaster Client - Serv er c oncept: Wireles s monitoring C onnecting remo te sit es P lant M aster supports the connection of multiple plants to one centr al server . In the remote site, M-s ervers or WDl -s ervers , connected to a leased telephone line or the company’s Intranet, link the machines to the centr al c omputer system.
C onnecting machines t o PlantMaster Wired or wir eles s netw ork! P lant M aster supports both cabled and wireless networks to connect the machines to the central server .
Production visibility and analysis Re al time machine monitoring P lant M aster ’s most important real time analysis tool is the “PlantView”. In this c olor -coded layout of the plant, the machines are displayed in a number of colors, each color indicating a certain machine s tatus or alarm condition.
Managing job schedules Re al time job schedule P lant M aster ’s plan board lets you know within sec onds whether you can meet customer’s requested delivery dates. Orders can be enter ed directly into the syst em or down loaded from the ERP s ystem.
T racing fr om r a w mat erial to finished pr oduct Integr ating trac eability with monitoring Product trace ability has never been more important than tod ay .
Statis tical proc ess c ontrol (SPC/SQC) Quality monitoring... The P lant M ast er SPC/SQC module keeps your process within the specifications r equired for optimum product quality and generat es the documentatio n your customers demand for their quality assur ance pr ograms.
www .barco .c om/plastics Other optional modules Plastic molding Plastic e xtrusion Engineering Pharmac euticals Pre v entive maint enanc e Based on the run time monit ore d by the syste m and the mai.
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