Downtime Prevention for Automotive
Keep assembly lines running with real-time equipment monitoring. Catch quality gate failures and station degradation before they cascade across your takt time.
The Problem
Where Things Break Down
Takt time violations cascade fast
When one station misses takt, every station downstream is affected. In JIT production, a 5-minute stop can cost tens of thousands and delay customer deliveries.
Quality gates do not flag equipment degradation
Your quality checks catch bad parts, but they do not tell you the station producing them is about to fail. By the time reject rates spike, you have rework stacking up.
Supplier delivery gaps compound the problem
If a station goes down and your buffer stock is low because a delivery was late, the recovery time doubles. Two separate problems become one major crisis.
Our Approach
What Sandhed Does Differently
Sandhed connects to your existing PLCs and sensors via OPC UA and MQTT, then maps equipment health data onto your 3D floor plan in real time. You see vibration trends, temperature drift, and cycle time anomalies as color-coded overlays on actual machine locations. When readings cross your thresholds, alerts go to the right person before the line stops.
Real-Time Equipment Health
PLC and sensor data mapped to your 3D floor plan. See machine status, vibration levels, and temperature readings as color-coded overlays on actual equipment locations.
Threshold-Based Alerts
Set warning levels for any parameter. When vibration, temperature, or cycle times drift past your limits, the right person gets notified through their preferred channel.
Trend Visualization
Historical overlays show how equipment parameters change over time. Spot gradual degradation before it reaches the failure point.
Maintenance Coordination
When an alert fires, your maintenance team sees the affected equipment highlighted on the floor plan with the relevant sensor data already pulled up.
Expected Outcomes
Results You Can Measure
Less unplanned downtime
Reduction in unplanned stops
Earlier warning time
Average advance notice before failure
Faster root cause analysis
Reduction in diagnosis time
Setup time
From floor plan to live monitoring
Based on platform capabilities and industry benchmarks. Results vary by facility.
FAQ
Common Questions
Related Solutions
OEE Improvement
Most manufacturers know their OEE score. Few can point to the exact machine, shift, or station dragging it down. Sandhed maps availability, performance, and quality data onto your floor plan so you can see where OEE drops and why.
View SolutionMaintenance Management
Maintenance teams lose hours tracking down service records, chasing overdue tasks, and figuring out what was done last time. Sandhed puts every work order, service record, and maintenance schedule on your 3D floor plan where you can see it.
View SolutionCustom Dashboards & KPI Views
Your factory generates thousands of data points every hour. Sandhed puts them on drag-and-drop dashboards tied to your 3D floor plan, so every role sees exactly what they need.
View SolutionSee How It Works With Your Equipment
We will model your actual floor plan and show you how Sandhed monitors your specific equipment. No generic demo.