Work with Dashboards

Switch to another dashboard

If you already have a dashboard open and want to switch to another dashboard, do the following:

1. Click the dashboard name. This will open a list of all configured dashboards.
2. Click the dashboard you want to switch to.

Heat Map

With the Heat Map dashboard, you can quickly see which of your machines are currently producing and which are not.

Green shows that the machine is producing.

The green that you are used to seeing with the Andon lights is now able to be adapted. Now you have rule based green. The machine is producing rule depends on your machine and the process. The rules can be setup for the entire shop or for individual machines depending on the need. The default rule in CoroPlus® Machining Insights, when the system is set up, is the following:

• Default rule:
  Execution = ACTIVE

Through time and consultations with your Sandvik Coromant representative, you will learn more about your process and how to optimize the “machine is producing” rule. Optimizations could be to consider the controller mode, feed rate or duration time. Here are some examples of optimization options:

• Example Rule 1:
  Execution = ACTIVE and Controller Mode = AUTOMATIC
• Example Rule 2:
  Execution = ACTIVE and Path Feedrate != 0
• Example Rule 3:
  Execution = ACTIVE and Path Feedrate != 0 and Spindle Speed != 0
• Example Rule 4:
  Execution = ACTIVE and Path Feedrate != 0 for duration > 30 seconds
• Example Rule 5:
  Execution = ACTIVE and Spindle Speed != 0 for duration > 30 seconds
• Example Rule 6:
  Execution = ACTIVE and Controller Mode = AUTOMATIC and Path Feedrate != 0 for duration > 30 seconds
• Example Rule 7:
  Execution = ACTIVE and Controller Mode = AUTOMATIC and Spindle Speed != 0 for duration > 30 seconds
• Example Rule 8:
  Execution = ACTIVE and Path Feedrate != 0 for duration > 30 seconds and Spindle Speed != 0 for duration > 30 seconds
• Example Rule 9:
  Execution = ACTIVE and Controller Mode = AUTOMATIC and Path Feedrate != 0 for duration > 30 seconds and Spindle Speed != 0 for duration > 30 seconds

Orange shows the planned downtime (PDT).

In CoroPlus® Machining Insights, a planned downtime means something happens at the machine you know of and is a requirement of the process to be successful, like planned maintenance, repairs or testing of new programs. Through time you will learn if they are becoming excessive. These can also become automated for a robotic scenario or a bar feeder.

Red shows the unplanned downtime (UDT).

In CoroPlus® Machining Insights, unplanned downtime means something happens at the machine that was not planned, like broken tooling, waiting on material or program crashes. By identifying these, you can research them, then have a root cause analysis, and finally solve the issues to increase productivity in the shop.

Production Status

With the Production Status dashboard, you can see more shop-based data that will provide real time updates of key metrics. This helps you determine how to engage your team(s) and target your resources to help removal unnecessary obstacles.

The Production Status dashboard will show this additional information:

• Number of parts produced (Parts)
• Machine utilisation percentage (Utilisation)
• Time taken to produce (Producing)
• Component name currently in machining

Detailed Production Status

With the Detailed Production Status dashboard, you can now see a more detailed view of the shop. This would be great for a group of machines in an area so that full details on the machine are available immediately.

The Detailed Production Status dashboard will show this additional information:

Planned and unplanned downtime (PDT and UDT)

• Number of bad parts produced (Bad parts)
• Current cycle and current part