HEIDENHAIN StateMonitor: Intuitive user interface

Intuitive user interface

Practical, intuitive, and user-friendly: the StateMonitor user interface gives you a rapid overview of the current production status. In the Machines, Messenger, Jobs, Maintenance, and Evaluations menus, you’ll find all of the functions you need to enable the individualized collection, evaluation, and analysis of machine data, thereby allowing you to keep a continual an eye on machine availability and the utilization rate.

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StateMonitor

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Intuitive user interface

Overview of machine statuses

The Machine Status button gives you access to information about the machine status, override settings, tool data, signal notifications, and machine messages.

Graphical productivity view

The Status overview provides you with a graphical and complete overview of the machine park. A pie chart makes it immediately clear how many machines are productive, not ready for operation, or not in use. You can also find out more about the availability and utilization rate of your machines. In addition, the status overview allows you to define machines about which you would like to receive information on the operating mode or program.

“Day view” of the machine statuses

The “Day view” gives you a detailed overview of the recorded machine statuses along a timeline. This allows you to evaluate key metrics such as the utilization rate and availability for each machine. You can also view additional saved information to include in your key metric analysis.

Individualized messaging functions

Using StateMonitor eliminates the need to stand next to the machine tool at all times. Its Messenger functions inform you about whether your machine is currently productive, whether malfunctions are occurring, or whether maintenance is pending: all per e-mail on your smart phone or tablet. You can define who will receive which notifications.

The intervals at which StateMonitor sends a message can also be configured, as well as who receives notifications for which events—including people outside of the corporate network. As a result, you can always respond quickly when needed. Fewer interruptions mean greater productivity.

Convenient job organization with JobTerminal

The JobTerminal software option lets you create or assign jobs and work steps, manually or automatically plan setup and production times, save job data, and define machining sequences. Users gain information about pending, currently running, and completed jobs anywhere and at all times. The collection of operating data is fast, easy, and centralized, yielding a data pool for analyzing jobs in greater detail. JobTerminal also helps users collect job times and recacalculate them after machining.

New: With StateMonitor version 1.7.0 or later, users can automatically import job data from a higher-level system, such as an ERP or MES solution, thereby reducing manual work and avoiding transcription errors. In the opposite direction, collected job data can also be automatically forwarded to the higher-level system.

Customizable organization of maintenance tasks

The more complex a production machine is, the more critical maintenance and troubleshooting become. The goal must be to maximize equipment availability while minimizing costly production downtime. The “Maintenances” submenu lets you consolidate maintenance tasks for maintenance intervals as needed. A wide variety of configuration possibilities are available to you for this purpose. This keeps you from incurring unnecessary costs from maintenance tasks performed prematurely or too late. Your maintenance intervals can be created from a combination of maintenance periods and operating hours, or even machine messages and sensor statuses.

Even with optimal maintenance, malfunctions can never be completely ruled out. To enable a fast response in such cases, StateMonitor can log and report malfunctions, as well as immediately notify the appropriate staff member. This can save you valuable time during troubleshooting. The software’s log functionality can help you weigh up possible optimization investments based on solid data.

Detailed analysis of the machine statuses

If you wish to uncover potential for improvement and boost your throughput, informative machine analyses are essential. For this purpose, StateMonitor offers numerous possibilities under the Evaluations menu item.

Analysis of actual energy consumption

Collection of signals from additional sensors for electrical energy, compressed air and process water
Evaluation and comparison of machine energy consumption
Energy cost calculation relative to program run times

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Evaluate machine statuses

Select a machine or multiple machines for the evaluation
Define any desired period of time for the evaluation
Compare the utilization rate and availability of multiple machines

Evaluate key metrics

etermine the availability and utilization rate metrics for a defined period of time
Graphically visualize the ascertained metrics and associated status times
Export the performance metrics as a CSV file for further processing in a spreadsheet

Evaluate of program run times

Graphically visualize multiple programs
Analyze the FMAX and feed rate overrides that were applied over the course of the program
Export the program run times as a CSV file for further processing in a spreadsheet
Analysis of total program run times

Evaluate of machine messages

Visualize machine messages and notifications generated via FN38 commands
Identify the causes of production disruptions and program interruptions
Export machine messages as a CSV file for further processing in a spreadsheet

Evaluate of job times

Calculate the time that was required for individual working steps and entire production jobs
Analyze production quantities based on the following statuses: OK, Rework, and Scrap
Graphically visualize job times categorized as Prepare, Production, or Undefined run time
Export job lead times as a CSV file for further processing in a spreadsheet

Evaluate of machine-specific signals

Graphical visualization of multiple machine-specific signals
Depiction of possible signal changes during the recorded period
Identification of interrelationships between the recorded signals
Exporting of signal values for further processing (e.g., in TNCscope)
SMTP server connection for e-mail notifications
Active Directory for user authentication

Tool data analysis

Collection of tool usage durations
Determination of actual tool usage duration and usage frequency
Comparison of tools required by the NC program with the tools available in the tool table

Maintenance and malfunction analysis

Comparison of the planned vs. actual maintenance duration
Evaluation of error messages and their frequency