The firmware extension for optimised e-chain service management

A smart step forward in service management: the addition of a new maintenance management module to the firmware and the connection to the superwise system enables intelligent planning of service calls and retrofits.

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The management of maintenance plans is an important part of service management for gliding e-chain® applications. By implementing the maintenance management module and integrating it into the superwise service system, maintenance can be planned intelligently and system downtimes avoided. The firmware extension includes a new maintenance management module that initiates usage-dependent maintenance reminders. With the optional superwise connection, a comprehensive overview of all machine data can be utilised.
The module offers usage-dependent maintenance reminders to ensure that machines are always optimally maintained. The integration of an optional superwise connection expands the possibilities even further by providing a comprehensive overview of all machine data. Integration into existing OT systems or IoT cloud applications can create significant added value and, by detecting potential problems at an early stage, extend the service life of the systems and increase safety.
Intelligent maintenance planning can help to reduce operating costs and increase productivity.

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Management of customised maintenance plans for gliding e-chain applications
Optional: integration into customer OT systems or IoT cloud applications
superwise integration enables anomaly detection and timely service and retrofit deployments

Cost down

Prevent system downtimes
Intelligent service and retrofit planning

Proof

Ongoing test series in the industry's largest test laboratory for dynamic cable applications

Sustainability

Prevents unnecessary service calls

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"What should you consider when selecting e-chains® in terms of maintenance?"

10 tips for a "maintenance-friendly" energy chain

This short guide provides numerous practical tips and tricks on what this means in concrete terms and what designers should consider.

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Predictive maintenance successfully realised

i.Cee in practice

Sewage and wastewater treatment plants

Ports and container cranes

Conveying and bulk handling

Smart Plastics in a train wash system for condition monitoring.

Avoid breakdowns, increase service life

i.Cee provides CFL with an estimate of the system's service life, taking into account condition monitoring data such as temperature, travel speed or distance travelled, and provides maintenance and inspection instructions.

Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois (CFL)

igus e-chains with smart plastics application examples in industrial plants, cranes and machines.

Worldwide customer applications

Whether in international automotive production, the global crane industry or in regional wastewater treatment plants, i.Sense EC.P systems are used successfully wherever maintenance costs are saved and machine downtime is prevented:

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Smart machine data acquisition ...

... for predictive maintenance concepts

The i.Cee module can be integrated into predictive maintenance concepts in a number of ways. From preventive service management, which schedules regular maintenance depending on use, to location-independent fault management, which uses various mobile channels to immediately report any unforeseen change. All information is aggregated in a modern dashboard, online or offline in the local network, depending on the customer's requirements.

Predictive maintenance with smart plastics | i.Cee

Digital portals on desktop, tablet and smartphone show monitoring data and charts.

Predictive maintenance with smart plastics | i.Cee

You alone decide on the route & access of the data

Data transfer within your local company network (i.Cee:local) or via the secure cloud (i.Cee:cloud)

i.Cee:local

Your data never leaves your company network, as the i.Cee software only communicates within the networks you specify. The spectrum ranges from an energy chain within a machine to a machine park and its own output interface.

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i.Cee:cloud

With this Internet-based solution, the data makes a stopover via i.Cee.net, a so-called data concentrator. The i.Cee.net is located on site, which means you can stop or adjust the data exchange to the cloud at any time.

White paper on optimising the overall equipment effectiveness OEE

Differentiates condition monitoring from predictive maintenance

In this white paper you will learn

What does condition monitoring (i.Sense) mean at igus
What does predictive maintenance (i.Cee) at igus include?
What technology is behind both systems
What do both systems offer for energy supply in industry

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Whitepaper on the holistic view of machine control and smart plastics.

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More time for your own ideas ...

... thanks to less downtime with igus i.Cee
In automotive production, the cable never stops. Collaborating robot arms for assembly and welding are in continuous use, as are all the components that supply them with energy and data. It is in environments like this that predictive maintenance make the most sense. Whether for a new Industry 4.0 project or efficiency-driven retrofitting, our smart plastics solutions are available as universal modular systems and can be individually adapted to any system.

Predictive maintenance in automotive production