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18 MoldMaking Technology November 2015 Case Study / Automation All of this information—the employee, the tool number, the job number, time of retrieval, time of return—is acces- sible through software that governs the Axcess systems, Trajectory Cloud. In addition to a flow of real-time informa- tion, the system has been set up to provide the information managers want to see, when they want to see it, including automatic notifications and alerts. For instance, Oakley's software issues email alerts to management personnel if a tool isn't returned within 24 hours. "We know when tools are out and who has them, and we get notifications if they're not returned on time," Goddard says. The shop has also set up the software to issue an alert one week before any individual tool requires calibration, Beltz says. This leaves plenty of time to accommodate tools that must be sent to outside services. Regardless of whether calibration is outsourced or performed in-house, schedules are plotted out in advance, and they're often staggered to prevent the system from issuing alerts for identical tools simultaneously. For example, four identical calipers on 90-day schedules might instead be calibrated one at a time after 30 days, 45 days, 60 days and 90 days, respectively. This practice ensures that at least one caliper is always available while also keeping all four tools within the required calibration window. All tool compartments remain locked until an approved employee accesses the system with a unique ID via the control panel. Images courtesy of Apex Supply Chain Technologies. Powerful 5-axis HPC/HSC machining centers. Unsurpassed application diversity. For complex workpieces. Mill-turn parts up to diameter 1,300 mm, profiles up to 30,000 mm in length, structural parts up to 4,000 x 1,000 and 7,000 x 2,000 mm, large volume parts up to 47,000 x 7,000 mm. Customised solutions for titanium, steel, aluminium and composite machining. Horizontal machining centers, profile machining centers, high rail Gantry machining centers, universal 5 axis bridge mills. H A N DT M A N N M AC H I N I N G C E N T E R S – AS DIVERSE AS YOUR APPLICATIONS Handtmann A-Punkt Automation GmbH www.handtmann.de Handtmann CNC Technologies, Inc.