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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- (Business Wire)
Cisco® and FANUC America today announced a collaboration to
connect industrial robots in the manufacturing industry. The robots
operate on connected systems to allow new, preventative maintenance on
operational equipment, which can result in a dramatic reduction of
unplanned production downtime.
The announcement comes after Cisco and FANUC America’s 12-month Zero
Downtime (ZDT) pilot project with a major automotive manufacturer. FANUC
America and Cisco helped significantly decrease related production
downtime and as a result increased overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).
Many manufacturers operate at high volumes, and unplanned production
downtime is costly. With the FANUC ZDT Solution, the system proactively
detects and informs of potential equipment or process problems before
unexpected downtime occurs, allowing the maintenance issue to be
addressed in a planned outage window.
Cisco’s new Connected Machines offering helps enable machine builders
and end-user manufacturers to embed Cisco switching, security and
compute technologies directly in the machine itself - or in a
factory-floor aggregation device. This “edge compute” approach optimizes
available network resources and bandwidth by analyzing big data on the
plant floor prior to transmitting to a data center or cloud-based data
store for further analysis.
FANUC, a world-leading CNC systems and industrial robot company that
supplies machines to manufacturers, uses big data analytics to identify
maintenance procedures that can prevent breakdowns before they occur.
In the past, issues were discovered only after production downtime had
occurred in the factory and only when a physical connection to the robot
allowed for analysis and subsequent service. With the FANUC ZDT
solution, the robot is connected through a Cisco network and then into a
Cisco edge compute data collector in the plant.
The data relevant for the maintenance issue is sent to the Cisco Cloud
where the cloud analytics engine captures the “out of range” exceptions
and predicts the maintenance need. Then, an alert is sent from the cloud
application to FANUC service personnel and to the manufacturing customer
about the need for replacement part. The part is then shipped to arrive
at the factory in time for the next scheduled planned maintenance window.
Rick Schneider, CEO for FANUC America, says the potential for this
solution across all their implementations could add profound value for
customers and help enable the IoT Digital Transformation that many
manufacturers have long anticipated.
“Preventing unplanned downtime is a huge savings for our customers and
makes the FANUC robots with ZDT a tremendous value. With Cisco, we are
helping our customers access this new value and also re-imagining our
go-to-market strategy for after-sales service and support.”
Find out more by watching the FANUC
Cisco ZDT Overview Video.
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About FANUC America Corporation
FANUC America Corporation of Rochester Hills, MI, is a subsidiary of
FANUC CORPORATION Japan, and provides industry-leading robotics, CNC
systems, and factory automation. FANUC’s innovative technologies and
proven expertise help manufacturers in the Americas maximize efficiency,
reliability and profitability.
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