Why Import Smart Manufacturing?

In the era when market trends are changing rapidly, and AI, 5G, big data and other digital transformations seem to be inevitable. Businesses are attempting to introduce AI, or build screens to monitor factories, thinking that this is smart manufacturing. However, even with enormous investments on new technology, without knowing the actual needs, businesses might be trapped in the dilemma of not knowing how to utilize the technology at hand.

• Before embarking on digital transformation, you have to think about the following questions: What type of smart solutions can be introduced to meet the needs of the factory? How can new technologies be used to maximize benefits?
• Traditional factories are faced with increased production costs resulted from an incalculable amount of production waste. Therefore, rather than increasing production, or taking more orders, there is a more direct way to improve profits is to solve unnecessary cost waste.

Three Reasons for Choosing FCS

1. Having been engaged in the plastic injection molding industry for 50 years, FCS is a specialist in molding equipment, and we understand your difficulties.
2. FCS provides professional consulting services, so that digital transformation is not blindly following trends, but obtaining visible increase in benefits.
3. Different from the "theoretical" smart factory solutions in the market, FCS's iMF 4.0 Intelligent ManuFactory System is based on practical experience to accurately target hidden costs in the factory.

💡 iMF 4.0 Intelligent ManuFactory System – Smart manufacturing solutions tailored for the manufacturing industry

"iMF 4.0 Intelligent ManuFactory System" is mounted on the injection molding machine, and connects with the auxiliary information to achieve autonomous adjustment and control of quality parameters. The system can use intelligent sensing modules to improve product yield and reduce production waste, and achieve advance warning and avoid unexpected shutdown losses through project monitoring and feedback suggestions, helping customers seizing "smart" manufacturing opportunities.

Import digital transformation to achieve smart factories

"iMF 4.0 Intelligent ManuFactory System" is a smart solution designed for industries interested in embracing digital transformation to help them achieve smart factories in three steps:

• Step 1: Further learn the production general situation by quantifying the production information in the factory.
• Step 2: Use visual production information charts to target unnecessary production waste.
• Step 3: Use charts as the basis for decision making to eliminate waste and improve production efficiency.

Import iMF 4.0 Without Pain Points to Realize Fast and Smooth Production Management

FCS assists customers in importing iMF 4.0 Intelligent ManuFactory System, and completing production equipment networking (applicable for injection molding machines of different brands), to replace labor statistics with intelligent computing, and immediately generate working status and reports. With this system, personnel can grasp the production progress on the panel to effectively carry out work order scheduling, so that the machine working efficiency is improved. Additionally, abnormalities can be identified and eliminated in real time. Because the production process is completely recorded as the basis for review and improvement, smart injection molding can be completed step by step to eliminate waste and reduce costs.

🔷 Case 1: Water Purification Technology Industry

Implemented the iMF 4.0 Intelligent ManuFactory System, connecting 17 machines in total, including 15 injection molding machines and 2 filling machines.

Customer Dilemma	Solutions
Machine status relied on manual inspection, making it difficult to identify issues in real time.	Real-time production dashboards provide instant visibility into machine performance, enabling efficient visual management.
OEE, production output, and other key metrics were calculated manually, resulting in time-consuming processes and potential calculation errors.	Production analysis reports automatically process cloud database data and generate real-time reports.
No historical machine abnormality records were available, making root cause analysis and troubleshooting difficult.	The reports track downtime and abnormality causes, allowing managers to perform effective root cause analysis and continuous improvement.

iMF 4.0 Import Effects

🔷 Case 2: Plastic Injection Molding Industry

Implemented the iMF 4.0 Intelligent ManuFactory System, connecting 10 machines across different brands of injection molding machines.

Customer Dilemma	Solutions
Equipment utilization and production status relied on manual inspection, making real-time monitoring difficult.	Production dashboards provide real-time visibility of each production line, allowing operators to monitor equipment utilization instantly.
Defect records were handwritten manually, increasing the risk of data errors and making historical records difficult to retrieve.	Operators can use the app to record defect quantities and causes, supporting follow-up actions and continuous improvement.
Large volumes of production data made it difficult to effectively track yield, good parts output, and production progress.	Production dashboards and execution systems enable real-time work order tracking, helping managers monitor order progress efficiently.

iMF 4.0 Import Effects

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• Smart Machine: Applying additional sensors to monitor and meet the slight fluctuations caused by the environment, material, or machine abrasion, and to improve the adaptive control of injection molding machines.
• Tie bar clamping force monitoring system
• Intelligent flow balance system
• Adaptive control for viscosity variation of melt
• Mold cooling flow and temperature monitoring system
• Smart Auxiliary: The IMM and auxiliaries could operate, communicate with each other through the standard communication protocol, to be adjusted and controlled.
• Robot System
• Material Feeding
• Heaters
• Chillers
• Hot Runner
• Smart Manufacturing: Real-time online quality monitoring through the sensors of viscosity variation of melt, or cavity pressure, and detecting the defectives with automations, to effectively reduce the inspection manpower.
• Distinguish good or bad
• Improve rate of production
• Improve Effectiveness
• Smart Management: Using intelligent managing system to collect the key data of viscosity variation of melt.
• Find the bottleneck of a better production
• Detect the deviation factors of molding quality
• Plan the preventive maintenance and reduce unexpected downtime