EuroWire May 2022

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Operational data acquisition In furthering the “smart networking of people and production”, WFL offers a new software solution for operational data acquisition and predictive servicing.

workpiece. Electrical characteristic values such as voltage, amperage, apparent, active and reactive power, power factor, frequency, min/max values, and active and reactive energy are displayed. The energy consumption and switch-on times of various units such as the high pressure coolant pump per workpiece or per NC program run are also recorded and displayed. With myWFL’s integrated condition monitoring cycle, the control system continuously records and stores the friction values of the axes and spindles as well as the temperature in the milling spindle housing, and the vibration or the rolling bearing condition value of the front milling spindle bearing. Using Condition Monitoring Viewer it is possible to select the data of the various condition monitoring runs on the control system, graphically overlay them and analyse them over time. This allows for the early detection of possible malfunctions, and minimises unplanned downtime. WFL Millturn Technologies GmbH & Co KG www.wfl.at

on mobile devices via a web browser. In combination with the proprietary iControl process monitoring system, the progression over time and current values of the ambient temperature and the temperature in the milling spindle housing are also recorded and displayed in myWFL Cockpit. myWFL Energy displays the current power and energy consumption data as well as the energy consumption of each

myWFL consists of the operational data acquisition software myWFL Cockpit; the multifunctional energy optimisation tool myWFL Energy; and the myWFL Condition Monitoring System. myWFL Cockpit displays the machine state (eg productive, available or malfunction), performance (productivity and availability), modes of operation and override settings over time. Operating hours, channel status, active NC program, active tool and program runtime are also displayed. The evaluation and display of machine productivity (OEE) and technical availability in a definable observation period can be easily carried out. Data is collected and stored locally on the control system (not a cloud solution) and can be viewed on the control system display. However, the dashboards are also offered via a web interface over the internal customer network and can therefore also be viewed on a PC or

The dashboard overview displays data such as machine state, performance, operating modes and override settings

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