Smart Molding International 1-2021

12 newsfeed smart_molding international 1/2021 Milacron, a leading in - dustrial technology com - pany serving the plastics processing industry, joins its IIoT partner, ei3, in The Organization for Machine Automation and Control (OMAC) workgroup to es - tablish best practices for remote access methods. The collective knowledge among this workgroup fo - cuses on timing, safety and security that will ultimately be a model that is appro - priated among the growing remote connections in in - jection molding, extrusion equipment and automation systems. Adoption of remote ac - cess through Milacron’s IIoT Platform, M-Powered, has been accelerating in the last 15 months including a 70% increase in connections, despite our technicians not being able to enter user facilities to connect new machines near the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. This critical digital infra - structure among manufac - turing companies allows reliable remote access for cloud computing insight - ful data of machines and automation systems across global machinery fleets in the plastics industry. Milacron has observed a gap in industry require - ments for secure remote monitoring services avail - able on the marketplace. M-Powered customers own their data. Milacron’s role is to keep data and assets secure, while it focuses on pioneering an indus - try leading IIoT platform for manufacturers that presents a competitive advantage. With the sup - port of ei3 data scientists and their state-of-the-art equipment located world - wide, Milacron’s mission is to exceed the demands of plastics processors by providing unique insights based on data to improve safety, quality, availability, cost and sustainability. Working with OMAC, Mi - lacron will leverage its ex - perience from deploying M- Powered remote access to large user communities and the key features that made it possible: its inherent safety, industry-grade robustness, and the ability to accom - modate requirements from both IT and OT. The guidelines resulting from the OMAC workgroup aremeaningful toMilacron’s customers when dealing with the intricate inbound connections that yield unique intelligence on cur - rent and future operations, sharp manufacturing qual - ity, optimized uptime and OEE. Milacron is proud to -help the workgroup carry out OMAC’s vision to estab - lish a robust framework that allows various organizations and applications to obtain their goals while maintain - ing safety and security. M-Powered M-Powered is a portfolio of easy-to-use observation - al, analytical and support services that gives custom - ers a competitive advan - tage. Leveraging Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technology, M-Powered runs sophisticated algo - rithms that utilize real-time machine learning to moni - tor machine operations and alert before any potential issues. M-Powered yields unique intelligence on: • Current and Future Op - erations • Sharp Manufacturing Quality • Optimized Uptime and OEE The addition to your com - pany’s bottom line from implementing IIoT solutions are: maximum quality, avail - ability, utilization. M-Powered takes our entire suite of services delivered by our ServTek aftermarket brand to the next level of customer performance. M-Powered connects parts, service, re - builds, retrofit and preven - tative maintenance service to our customers’ machines to provide a unified, stron - ger offering: optimized uptime. ServTek delivers performance. Now, with M- Powered, ServTek provides competitive advantage. Milacron www.milacron.com “IIoT platforms are consistently emerging on the market with promises to drive smarter, more efficient operating environ - ments. If the security and digital infrastructure are com - promised it can carry damaging consequences that go well beyond data theft. In a joint partnership effort with ei3, we want to combine our knowledge to enhance current practices that mitigate risk and uphold customer trust.” – Edward Jump, M-Powered IIoT Digital Analytics Leader at Milacron Milacron to aid development of industry standards for secure remote access