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Includes Support For:

  • Monitor 1 to 256 Machines per PC
  • Software Enabled not Hardware
  • Unlimited # of Events
  • Reports & Graphs
  • No New Cabling Required
  • Predator DNC™ Plug-in
  • Automatic Monitoring
  • Manual Monitoring
  • Remote Request™
  • Open Database Architecture using Database Objects™

Monitor up to 256 Machines

Have an entire shop floor of CNC machines? Predator Manufacturing Data Collection™ (MDC) supports up to 256 machines per PC for simultaneous cycle starts, cycle ends, and an unlimited number of user defined input events. Track machines, personnel, parts, and processes in real-time. Organize your machines by grouping them per building or cell. Connect your PC's and create an entire real-time shop floor machine monitoring and data collection network.

Software Enabled Not Hardware

Frustrated with installing and maintaining proprietary hardware-based machine monitoring and running the risks of voiding your CNC machine's warranty? Predator MDC™ eliminates the need for proprietary hardware because it is software based and works with the machines existing RS-232, RS-422, or Ethernet input and output capabilities. Supports most major CNC machine and control builders, including Fanuc, Fadal, Haas, Okuma, Yasnac, and many others.

Monitor an Unlimited # of Events

Need to monitor more than 4 or 8 events per machine? Since Predator MDC™ is software-based, an unlimited number of machine events can be monitored. An unlimited number of user-defined events can be added to any machine or just selected machines. Time, operator, or process/program studies can be made by customizing the events that are monitored on each machine.

Reports & Graphs

Need to generate summary reports and graphs? Predator MDC™ includes over 30 standard reports. Custom reports can be created with numerous third party applications, such as Crystal Reports.

Examples of Available Reports and Graphs:

  • Shift Summary Report gives detailed shift information regarding good parts, scraped parts, scheduled and unscheduled downtimes, and much more...
  • Production Detail Report lists by resource (in this case by department), good parts, scrap parts, quality percentage, scheduled parts per hour, production parts per hour, and production percentage achieved for the time period selected.
  • Production Detail by Part Report similar to the Production Detail Report listed above, this report utilizes the part number as the resource.
  • Production Detail by User Report similar to the Production Detail Report listed above, this report utilizes the user as the resource.
  • Machine Time Report lists totals by resource (in this case by department) for logon time, cycle time, setup time, down time, and idle time for the time period you select.
  • Machine Time by User Report similar to the Machine Time Report listed above, this report utilizes the user as the resource.
  • Productivity Summary Graph is viewed by the resource selected and compares production time, planned downtime, unplanned downtime, and setup time as an overall percentage for the resource and time period selected.
  • Good vs. Scrap Summary Graph is viewed by resource (in this case by department), compares the good parts run by each shift for the the time period you select.
  • Good Parts Summary Graph is viewed by resource (in this case by department), compares the good parts run by each shift for the the time period you select.
  • Hours Summary Graph for a department, compares the total scheduled shift hours, actual production hours, and actual cycle hours, against the total number of shift hours available.
  • Downtime Summary Graph for a department, details all scheduled and non-scheduled downtimes as a percentage of the overall downtime for any time period you select.

No New Cabling Required

Tired of running dedicated wiring from machine to machine just for monitoring purposes? Predator MDC™ eliminates dedicated wiring and leverages your existing Predator DNC™ and network wiring. Fully supports Predator DNC™, Flex, Flex/2, Flex/3, Flex/N Bundles, and Grizzly Cables™.

Plugs into Predator DNC™

Already have Predator DNC™? Predator MDC™ expands Predator DNC's power and flexibility by leveraging the DNC network's idle time to monitor every machine wired to Predator DNC™.

 

Automatic Monitoring of Manufacturing Data

Frustrated with data collection errors? Predator MDC™ supports automatic, error-free, and unattended machine monitoring for events such as job start and end, setup start and end, cycle start and end, to name a few of the events that can be monitored. This type of data is collected automatically using Custom Macro B or similar protocols without requiring operator training or input.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manual Monitoring of Manufacturing Data

Want to record information directly from the operators? Predator MDC™ also supports manual monitoring of events that are initiated by machine operators such as begin shifts and end of shift. PC's with Predator MDC™ located on the shop floor can be used to manually collect data using several methods including using Predator's Shift Summary form and entering the data collected using the PC's keyboard and mouse, or use bar codes utilizing Predator's Remote Request™ functionality.

Fully Supports Predator's Remote Request™

Tired of walking back and forth between your CNC machine and your PC? Remote Request™ allows the operators on the shop floor to record events in Predator MDC™ directly from their CNC controls. Even mix Predator DNC™ remote requests with Predator MDC™ remote requests.

Open Database Architecture

Have a corporate database standard or requirement? Predator MDC™ is based on an open architecture client/server database standard. Select from Microsoft Access 2000, Microsoft SQL Server, or Oracle. Predator MDC™ is so powerful that the same machine event can even be recorded in different databases at the same time.

Note: Predator Manufacturing Data Collection, Predator DNC, Remote Request, and Database Objects are trademarks of Predator Software Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks belong to their respective holders.