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At the Fakuma 2018 show in Germany in October, KraussMaffei announced that two new limited-distribution products from the company’s new Digital Service Solutions ´óÏó´«Ã½ unit are now ready for general rollout. Both were first implemented for Netstal machines and now will be offered for all products of the KraussMaffei Group.

One is the e-Service platform, making service available anytime, anywhere. Features include access to machine-specific documents, 3D spare-parts finder with direct purchase-order trigger or integrated ticket system. It was presented as a test system at K 2016 and has been field tested since. Some 200 machines are connected at present. Access to the main features is free.

Second is the AnalytiX cloud-based production-monitoring app for recording, storing and analyzing up to 500 signals from an injection machine at a resolution of 5 millisec. These can be standard machine signals or special signals such as mold cavity pressure. A simplified dashboard (pictured) provides key performance indicators of stability and productivity for all machines “at a glance.” Data is available anytime, anywhere on mobile devices. KM calls this “having an injection molding machine in your pocket.”