APS set-up time
_Reduce set-up times. Increase machine running times.
The formula for efficiency.
Every second spent changing over a machine is a pure loss of production time. tetys companion APS setup time groups your work steps into highly efficient changeover sequences, thereby drastically maximising the output of your existing machinery.
_Reduce set-up times. Increase machine running times.
The formula for efficiency.
Every second spent changing over a machine is a pure loss of production time. tetys companion APS setup time groups your work steps into highly efficient changeover sequences, thereby drastically maximising the output of your existing machinery.
_The cost trap is called product variety. And it can be avoided.
Constantly decreasing batch sizes, coupled with increasing product variety in customer requirements, are forcing many industrial companies to carry out set-up operations with ever-greater frequency, leading to increased stress. If the sequence of these operations on the machine is left entirely to the shift supervisor’s gut feeling, inefficient set-up and changeover cycles are inevitable. Complete cylinder flushes for problematic colour changes or extremely time-consuming temperature and mould changes completely erode the carefully calculated unit margin for the item.
_The cost trap is called product variety. And it can be avoided.
Constantly decreasing batch sizes, coupled with increasing product variety in customer requirements, are forcing many industrial companies to carry out set-up operations with ever-greater frequency, leading to increased stress. If the sequence of these operations on the machine is left entirely to the shift supervisor’s gut feeling, inefficient set-up and changeover cycles are inevitable. Complete cylinder flushes for problematic colour changes or extremely time-consuming temperature and mould changes completely erode the carefully calculated unit margin for the item.
_The intelligent algorithm for minimal set-up costs
With the tetys APS setup time module, you can transfer in-depth set-up knowledge from the individual machine control system directly into the central planning algorithm of the control centre.
Matrix-based sequencing
Production no longer follows a strictly chronological order based on the date orders are received. The system automatically groups orders according to identical tools, materials or geometries in order to avoid time-consuming machine set-ups.
Smooth transitions between colours and materials
Particularly in the plastics and food industries, the system plans sequences that flow seamlessly from ‘light to dark’ or from ‘allergen-free to allergen-containing’, thereby eliminating the need for intensive, resource-intensive intermediate cleaning.
A sustainable increase in overall capacity
Thanks to the massive reduction in set-up time, you will see a noticeable increase in net machine running time. This often renders planned investments in expensive new machinery to expand capacity obsolete for years to come.
Inside the Code
Technical Deep Dive: The dynamic multidimensional set-up matrix
The system logic behind set-up optimisation is based on a finely granular, multi-dimensional set-up time matrix. In this matrix, you define in the setup the exact time values for the physical transition from characteristic A to characteristic B (for example, the set-up and changeover from tool X to tool Y). The tetys APS algorithm calculates the entire run-through in such a way that the sum of all set-up times across the entire active planning horizon always achieves the global mathematical minimum.
Inside the Code
Technical Deep Dive: The dynamic multidimensional set-up matrix
The system logic behind set-up optimisation is based on a finely granular, multi-dimensional set-up time matrix. In this matrix, you define in the setup the exact time values for the physical transition from characteristic A to characteristic B (for example, the set-up and changeover from tool X to tool Y). The tetys APS algorithm calculates the entire run-through in such a way that the sum of all set-up times across the entire active planning horizon always achieves the global mathematical minimum.
_Are you still setting up, or have you started production yet?
Make consistent set-up optimisation your standard operating practice, rather than a one-off measure to deal with bottlenecks.
