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.
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.
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.
Results You Can Measure
Common Questions
Sandhed connects to your PLCs and IoT sensors to monitor vibration, temperature, cycle times, and other parameters in real time. When readings start trending outside normal ranges, the system triggers alerts before the equipment actually fails. You set custom thresholds based on your equipment. More transparent and controllable than black-box AI.
Any equipment that exposes data through OPC UA, MQTT, Modbus TCP, or EtherNet/IP. This covers most modern PLCs, CNC machines, packaging lines, conveyors, and process equipment. Older analog equipment can be monitored by adding IoT sensors. The 3D visualization works with any equipment you can place on your floor plan.
Most facilities have their floor plan uploaded and see live equipment data within 4 hours, without external help. You upload your floor plan, Sandhed builds the 3D model, and you connect your data sources. The longest part is usually deciding which thresholds to set for alerts.
Yes. Sandhed integrates with common CMMS and EAM systems through REST APIs. When an alert triggers, it can create a work order in your maintenance system with the relevant equipment data and sensor readings attached. Your maintenance team works in their familiar tools.
Most facilities report 20-30% fewer unplanned stops within 30 days. A single prevented downtime event on a high-value line can cover the annual subscription cost. The exact timeline depends on your current downtime frequency and the value of your production output per hour.
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 Solution →Maintenance 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 Solution →Custom 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 Solution →See 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.