5/29/2020

Delta's Equipment IoT Solution is Mutually Beneficial to Printing Machine Manufacturers and Printing Houses

There has been a boom in startup companies in recent years. With a limited business scale and capital, however, downstream printing houses  tend to lease their production equipment from manufacturers to avoid high costs and maintenance issues. This is common in the printing industry. For example, a famous Chinese printing machine manufacturer with more than 50 years’ experience in producing multi-color offset presses is known for its advanced, high-speed and precise single sheet flat multi-color presses. The manufacturer usually cooperates with downstream printing houses by leasing the pricey offset presses.



The manufacturer provides its customers with equipment and maintenance services for installment payments. In addition, a global customer base makes it difficult for the manufacturer to effectively deal with equipment issues in time. This often results in service complaints and wasted travel costs. To improve the problem, Delta provides the manufacturer with an Equipment IoT Solution to build a complete remote monitoring system.     



Delta’s Equipment IoT Solution is tailor-made for printing machines. It adopts the Hot Swappable Mid-range PLC AH Series with multiple I/O terminals. The AH Series can effectively monitor production status, and connect with human machine interfaces for in-line staff to adjust parameters such as paper feeding, color printing, and paper discharging. With the 4G cloud router quickly transmitting the production data to the cloud platform, the processed data can be displayed on the DIAView SCADA System. The engineers and managers of the manufacturing company can monitor the equipment status on their global customers’ sites. Delta also customizes a financial monitoring system for equipment leasing status. The manufacturer can remotely stop the machine operation under specific circumstances (delayed payment or breach of contract) to prevent losses.



In actual application, Delta’s Equipment IoT Solution offers the following benefits for the entire printing machine supply chain from supplier to end user:



For printing machine manufacturers (suppliers):


  1. Reduced maintenance cost to enhance service efficiency: It is not easy to troubleshoot equipment issues for global customers. Traditionally, it requires on-site work to fix the equipment with high travel costs. It also results in long equipment downtime and low efficiency. Delta’s Equipment IoT Solution features remote monitoring and analysis for maintenance. Users can easily figure out the anomalies and assign essential staff. It enhances service efficiency by 30%, and can save 1M NTD travel costs annually.

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  3. High system compatibility to optimize equipment: Delta’s Equipment IoT Solution adopts self-developed software and hardware with complete structure and high system compatibility. In addition, the solution is extendible to other printing equipment. The auto data collection function helps end users lower labor costs and errors, and control production quality precisely.


         



For printing houses (end users):



  1. Real-time equipment monitoring and parameter setting: Connecting the printing machine with a human machine interface, operators can adjust the paper feeding, printing color, and paper discharging parameters in time. The system uploads the production data and displays the status in real-time. In case of equipment errors, it provides instant alarm notifications for operators and managers to handle them quickly, reducing downtime and waste on production costs.

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  3. Enhanced management efficiency with less labor: Traditional printing processes demand manual checking and data logging. Labor can be pricey, prone to errors and delays, and it is difficult to record production quality and traceability completely. Delta’s Equipment IoT Solution and DIAView SCADA System collects production data automatically with production traceability in detail. It effectively lowers the necessary labor and reduces errors. Analyzing the production quality data using graphics and managing orders in batches can satisfy customers’ requirements for quality and enhance service efficiency.       




With abundant practical experience with equipment IoT applications, Delta offers the printing machine supply chain a complete solution including consultation, assessment and implementation. The Equipment IoT Solution adopts Delta’s self-developed software and hardware as a one-stop service. This solution assures system compatibility for the entire supply chain and creates mutual benefits for printing machine manufacturers and printing houses.

News Source:IABG MKT Dept.