Business goals

• Are you currently using any method to measure OEE or monitor production? If so, what and how?
• Describe briefly your production set-up, machinery and processes. How many machines/lines are you eventually looking to monitor?
• What are the main factors, challenges or reasons to install an OEE product?
• How do you measure the success of the project?
• What is your main decision criteria for an OEE product?
• What do you see as the main internal constraints regarding using Evocon OEE?
• What is your readiness to implement a new OEE solution internally? Do you have a deadline?
• Are you simply researching different solutions?
  • Are you the decision-maker and how much resources have been signed to you for the implementation?

Pilot line

• Which line or machine would you like to monitor with Evocon free trial?
  • We suggest a line that is a bottleneck of the process or one that will be used extensively.
  • Please provide the name of the machine or short description of the process.
    • We recommend photos or videos to get the best overview of the process.
• What would you like to count or measure?
  • Evocon device can measure digital signals.
  • The system can convert these signals to pieces, weight (kilograms, tons, …), volume (m3, litres, ...), etc. based on the active product in shift view.
  • Counting produced products also gives production time and downtime information via target cycle times which are inserted to the system.

Technical information

• What is the event that you would like to register from the production? How can this event be turned into a digital signal?

• Which hardware do you need from Evocon?

  • The easiest plug and play setup usually consists of an Evocon device, a sensor and cables.
  • If the line or machine is already collecting data, hardware-free solution can be used instead.

• Evocon devices require a wired network connection and power. Evocon device 3 supports Wi-Fi as well.

  • Sensors are connected via standard industrial M12 connectors.
  • Evocon device 2 relies on DHCP to configure the network address and requires access to the internet over ports 80 and 443 (HTTP and HTTPS).
  • Evocon device 3 can use both DHCP and Static IP configuration and it requires access to the internet over port 443 (HTTPS and MQTT protocols).

• We can provide an industrial sensor that works with your setup.

  • We have optical sensors with object detection, optical sensors with reflector and inductive sensors in stock. If you would like to use an existing signal from a sensor or PLC output, we can provide a (solid state) relay. Laser sensors, measuring wheels and buttons or switches can be used with the Evocon device as well and can be purchased through Evocon.

• Standard sensors come with a 2-meter signal cable to connect to the Evocon device.

  • If longer cables are required, we can provide 5m, 10m or 25m options. If a longer cable is required, we can provide a pair of male and female A-type M12 connectors that local electricians can connect to a cable (minimum 3 wires with 0.34mm2 cross-section).

• If you are already gathering data from the machines, it is possible to use a hardware-free solution and send us data over HTTPS API. We can provide more details and examples for that connection upon request. Read more on the hardware-free solution.