Case Study
Global tool manufacturer reduces energy costs
About the project
A leading company in tool manufacturing digitizes its production processes and uses data to reduce energy costs. To improve energy efficiency and visualize energy consumption, real-time energy data is made available on dashboards by Cybus Connectware.
The globally leading company in the field of precision technology with several production and sales locations worldwide specializes in solutions for clamping and gripping technology.
EFFICIENCY INCREASE
9%
MACHINES CONNECTED
120
STAKEHOLDER BENEFIT
Energy data access in real-time
INDUSTRY
Machinery and tool maker
EMPLOYEES
3500
PRODUCTION SITES
8
For us, this project was another step towards making production more efficient and also more intelligent. It was particularly important to us that we remain strategically and technologically independent.
It will be exciting when we connect even more solutions via this approach. It is all the more pleasing that we created a reference case which others can also benefit from.”
Production Manager
Clamping and automation technology manufacturer
Challenges
- Rising energy costs across all plants
- Obtaining energy data in a heterogeneous machine fleet
- Making data available to stakeholders
Solution
✔ Energy meters measure energy consumption
✔ Energy meters connected via Cybus Connectware
✔ Company-wide data availability and visualization of energy consumption via dashboards
Benefits and results
- All stakeholders have access to real-time energy data
- Operating costs reduced
- Fewer cleaning cycles reduce machine downtime and improve efficiency by 9%
Architecture
- Connectware installed on-premises
- Integrations for OPC UA, S7, Heidenhain, Werma, InfluxDB, Modbus TCP
- Dashboard (Grafana) and InfluxDB locally hosted
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