All foundries have data. Logbooks of it. Structured data in files, excel sheets, tables etc.
What we have to offer are systems that help foundries integrate and transform that data – regardless of type, volume or time into a single coherent, integrated and comprehensive silo of knowledge.
Data is generated in several sources and locations in a foundry, much of it remains uncaptured, or recorded and forgotten. Data is often manually recorded and sometimes transferred to general electronic formats, as each day/shift passes – this data also disappears into reams of archives and is forgotten or remains as random data. We believe the first step towards Foundry 4.0 is the digitization/digitalization of a Foundry’s data.
Now, Sandman DigiSmart helps you record, summarise and analyse this huge amount of data in a simple, straight-forward and uncomplicated manner to get useful correlations of Sand test results with rejections
Available on the cloud, it enables a foundry to capture their data in standardised formats and provides meaningful co-relation, which gives you actionable insights to learn from past trends and keep moving towards a consistent process which, by definition helps control variability and thereby casting outcomes.
Even a 1% reduction in rejections or additives consumption, without the need to change any existing resources can lead to HUGE SAVINGS, by simply harnessing the POWER OF DATA!
SANDMAN enables you to quickly make insightful correlations between sand properties, additives, and rejections. The line charts can be easily customised across variable date and time series, multiple properties, rejections types etc. with directional support to understand causes of casting defects during the set period which is infinitely variable to choose.
Sandman DigiSmart gives you a taste of the power of data analytics to help you make informed decisions regarding your greensand processes. Our powerful Correlation Influence Matrix and High Influence Properties will help you to rapidly pinpoint problem areas and take corrective action.
Our powerful Business Intelligence dashboard of Sandman gives you an updated view of your Green Sand system status and presents insights derived from available data in a way that’s easy to understand and enable better informed decision-making and data analysis. The dashboard tis specially designed for foundry MIS needs.
SANDMAN DigiSmart enables you to comprehensively digitalize your greens and data.
As managers age, change and move on, their shop floor experience also moves out with them or is available in limited formats. To overcome this inevitability, a UNIQUE feature of ANNOTATIONS is offered by Digismart which enables you to record shop floor, system-sand related experiences, and events to assist foundry in the future for informed and legacy data based decision making.
The SPC tools will aid run-time statistical analysis of how sand parameters are performing against rejections by type, component or group over an unlimited time range.
Sandman DigiSmart has provisions that allow you to uniquely customise the software to suit your Foundry and preferences. A Foundry can add/remove users, configure your foundry line, sand categories and parameters as per your requirements.