PI in Discrete Manufacturing

Jack Aude

OSI Software, Inc.

Background

700 Engines / Shift

100 Birth History Stations 50 – 100 Measurements / Station

Assembly Stations

Hot Test Stations

Cold Test Stations

System in Place

Birth Histories in OracleCumbersome interface

Extremely slow

Unreliable

Challenge

Collect the data

Organize the data

Present the data

Collect the Data

Put it in PI

Install Interfaces

Install API Node

Organize the Data

Each Station is a Unit

Batch ID is the Shift

Batch Active is the Shift Number

Serial Number is the Operation

Measurements organized into tasks and aliased to the Units

Present the Data

ProcessBook

Data Link

Excel

Active View

Cold Test Stations

Hot Test Stations

Birth Histories

Birth Histories

Conclusions

Rolling out PI to entire facility

Scrapping the “corporate owned” Oracle based Birth History