ICONICS Case Studies Customer Success Story: Comau Pico

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	Customer Success Story: Comau Pico ICONICS

Customer Success Story: Comau Pico

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Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms
Applicable Industries	Automotive
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing Quality Assurance
Use Cases	Machine Condition Monitoring Predictive Maintenance Real-Time Location System (RTLS)
Services	Software Design & Engineering Services System Integration
Challenge	Ford Motor Company contracted with Comau Pico to design and install multiple cold and hot test stands at the Dearborn Engine plant. The requirement was to perform 100 percent testing of every engine produced at this plant (4 & 6 cylinder engines) along with the logging and trending of results for both cold and hot testing. Cold testing does not use gasoline and the engine is basically driven by an external motor. All fluids are installed and the engine is run through its cycles. Hot testing involves adding gasoline and actually starting and running the engine through various test cycles. The test stands perform measurements on the heating and cooling of fluids as well as exhaust gases, spark timing and advancement through the RPM range. Testing is also done on the air combustion mixture of exhaust gases and fuel mixtures of the injection systems. Read More
About Customer	Comau Pico is an innovative leader in industrial automation. As a member of the Comau Group, they are part of the largest full-service automotive supplier in the world. With over 50 years of experience in automated assembly tooling, Comau Pico offers an unparalleled scope of engineering and services to the North American market. Using the latest technology, they deliver complete turnkey systems and continually meet and exceed the design and manufacturing needs of their customers. Comau Pico is an Authorized OEM of ICONICS and uses GENESIS32™ software extensively on their systems. Read More
Solution	Comau Pico has installed ICONICS GENESIS32™ HMI/SCADA software suite (including GraphWorX™32, TrendWorX™32, AlarmWorX™32 and ScriptWorX™32) at Ford Motor Company on the engine test stands, designed by Comau Pico at their Dearborn, MI engine plant. Comau Pico has also installed this same software at other Ford plants including those in Mexico and Canada. GENESIS32 was used primarily for its ease of use, speed and its 100 percent OPC compliant capabilities. All testing parameters are recorded and trending data stored via LAN to a historical database. Comau Pico has installed over 50 of these engine test stands into six Ford engine plants. Ford is also using ICONICS GENESIS32 software on “In Process” test stands at other facilities. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms

Applicable Industries

Automotive

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Quality Assurance

Use Cases

Machine Condition Monitoring

Predictive Maintenance

Real-Time Location System (RTLS)

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

System Integration

Challenge

Ford Motor Company contracted with Comau Pico to design and install multiple cold and hot test stands at the Dearborn Engine plant. The requirement was to perform 100 percent testing of every engine produced at this plant (4 & 6 cylinder engines) along with the logging and trending of results for both cold and hot testing. Cold testing does not use gasoline and the engine is basically driven by an external motor. All fluids are installed and the engine is run through its cycles. Hot testing involves adding gasoline and actually starting and running the engine through various test cycles. The test stands perform measurements on the heating and cooling of fluids as well as exhaust gases, spark timing and advancement through the RPM range. Testing is also done on the air combustion mixture of exhaust gases and fuel mixtures of the injection systems.

About Customer

Comau Pico is an innovative leader in industrial automation. As a member of the Comau Group, they are part of the largest full-service automotive supplier in the world. With over 50 years of experience in automated assembly tooling, Comau Pico offers an unparalleled scope of engineering and services to the North American market. Using the latest technology, they deliver complete turnkey systems and continually meet and exceed the design and manufacturing needs of their customers. Comau Pico is an Authorized OEM of ICONICS and uses GENESIS32™ software extensively on their systems.

Solution

Comau Pico has installed ICONICS GENESIS32™ HMI/SCADA software suite (including GraphWorX™32, TrendWorX™32, AlarmWorX™32 and ScriptWorX™32) at Ford Motor Company on the engine test stands, designed by Comau Pico at their Dearborn, MI engine plant. Comau Pico has also installed this same software at other Ford plants including those in Mexico and Canada. GENESIS32 was used primarily for its ease of use, speed and its 100 percent OPC compliant capabilities. All testing parameters are recorded and trending data stored via LAN to a historical database. Comau Pico has installed over 50 of these engine test stands into six Ford engine plants. Ford is also using ICONICS GENESIS32 software on “In Process” test stands at other facilities.

Impact #1	Ford uses ICONICS DataWorX™32 and GraphWorX32 to enable and sequence the recording of the testing and production area of each test stand.
Impact #2	This parameter information is then communicated via the internal Ford Motor local area network to an Oracle®-based database called POSMON®.
Impact #3	This testing information is now available to all authorized users who have access to this database, from management to plant floor supervisors.

Impact #1

Ford uses ICONICS DataWorX™32 and GraphWorX32 to enable and sequence the recording of the testing and production area of each test stand.

Impact #2

This parameter information is then communicated via the internal Ford Motor local area network to an Oracle®-based database called POSMON®.

Impact #3

This testing information is now available to all authorized users who have access to this database, from management to plant floor supervisors.

Benefit #1	Comau Pico has installed over 50 of these engine test stands into six Ford engine plants.

Benefit #1

Comau Pico has installed over 50 of these engine test stands into six Ford engine plants.

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