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How AI is Transforming Manufacturing
Technology Category
- Analytics & Modeling - Machine Learning
Applicable Industries
- Automotive
Applicable Functions
- Discrete Manufacturing
Use Cases
- Factory Operations Visibility & Intelligence
Services
- Software Design & Engineering Services
The Challenge
Allowing defects to escape the factory damages customer relations and the brand, and leads to costly rejects or returns, while overcontrolling for defects internally leads to high labor, scrap, and rework costs. The pernicious problem of defect detection was supposed to be solved by machine vision inspection, but in many instances machine vision systems are not up to the task.
- No condition monitoring on valves & motors.
- Root cause analysis on failed equipment was difficult or nonexistent.
- Engineers spend hours per week producing spreadsheets and analytics.
The Customer
Milliken
About The Customer
Global Chemical & Textiles Company.
The Solution
Deployed AI for machine vision in the manufacturing plants. Ingests BoMs, engineering drawings, and parts specs to generate an understanding of what a complicated assembly should look like – and then watches the article on the line to make sure that assembly is correct at each station.
Operational Impact
Quantitative Benefit
Related Case Studies.
Case Study
Integral Plant Maintenance
Mercedes-Benz and his partner GAZ chose Siemens to be its maintenance partner at a new engine plant in Yaroslavl, Russia. The new plant offers a capacity to manufacture diesel engines for the Russian market, for locally produced Sprinter Classic. In addition to engines for the local market, the Yaroslavl plant will also produce spare parts. Mercedes-Benz Russia and his partner needed a service partner in order to ensure the operation of these lines in a maintenance partnership arrangement. The challenges included coordinating the entire maintenance management operation, in particular inspections, corrective and predictive maintenance activities, and the optimizing spare parts management. Siemens developed a customized maintenance solution that includes all electronic and mechanical maintenance activities (Integral Plant Maintenance).
Case Study
Monitoring of Pressure Pumps in Automotive Industry
A large German/American producer of auto parts uses high-pressure pumps to deburr machined parts as a part of its production and quality check process. They decided to monitor these pumps to make sure they work properly and that they can see any indications leading to a potential failure before it affects their process.
