Thursday, February 7, 2008
8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Grand D Ballroom
8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Implementation of OMAC in 2 Packaging Lines in a New SABMiller Brewery
Fabian Ochoa, SABMiller
The purpose of this project was to implement part 5 of the ISA88 standard in two new packaging lines with the goal of obtaining the benefits of PackML and PackTags. These benefits include reduced training costs, common machine operation, minimized support costs, facilitation of troubleshooting, improvement in commissioning time, reduction of machine downtime, and facilitation of integration and communication with higher level systems.
The solution implemented by KHS includes the modifications of all machine programs converting the state model from Weihestephan to PackML v2.2 and applying PackTags v2.0. This presentation will show how the modifications were executed in standard PLC based machines, computer based machines, robot control based machines, and inspectors. The presentation will also highlight the limitations encountered, the experience and benefits obtained during the installation, and the operation and maintenance of the equipment, all of which will serve to provide insight and perspective for guidelines to be used in future implementations.
9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. The OEE Roadmap to Profits and Sustainability
Paul Zepf, Zarpac
This talk will serve to guide attendees through the process of making timely and effective business decisions through a roadmap on OEE. The OEE number by itself has limited value; however, the simple yet powerful journey to derive that number using time, quality, and speed gives clear and valuable insight into the reality of your situation and into how to successfully effect a change. This is laid out as a simple roadmap—adaptable to small and large plants—that can be used by all levels of management from the shop floor to the top floor.
9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Break
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Integrating Systems with Closed and Open Architecture Controls
Rob Caron, Caron Engineering
This presentation will discuss the efforts of a specific (well-known) customer to network their CNC machines for process control and data collection. The talk will detail the challenges that they have faced—due mostly in part to the closed architecture of their past CNC controls and the difficulty in getting machine tool builders to make the necessary changes that would allow the machines to operate in a manner that conformed to the company’s manufacturing strategy. The talk will also include a discussion of some of their newer, more open architecture controls and how these controls simplified the process of adding these machines to the current manufacturing process, as well as highlight the resultant new features. Please note that this presentation portrays many of the customer’s opinions and thoughts of what they have done and what they need for the future.
10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Break
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Simplifying Robot Automation for Your Machine Tool Operations
Erwin DiMalanta, ABB
This presentation will outline a number of tools and technologies employed in world class robotic manufacturing solutions, and will emphasize the benefits of open architecture controls for customized applications in robotic machine tending. Trends in vision guided robotics and force control for machining and assembly will also be presented.
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Plant to Enterprise Connectivity
Paul Boris, SAP
The promise of real-time Plant to Enterprise connectivity has been the “Holy Grail" of manufacturing for decades. During this presentation, attendees will learn about how leading manufacturing firms are sustaining new levels of plant performance by finding new opportunities to exploit their existing asset base and new plant systems to dramatically increase business benefits.
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