A highly qualified team of 45 employees ensure that the solutions developed in the Swabian town of Weingarten, Germany, always represent the latest technology. Process monitors ‘observe’ a manufacturing process through a variety of sensors such as force, pressure, or strain, then ‘learn’ the correct sensor signal profile for a machine cycle, and check if each following sensor signal is identical or nearly identical to the ‘benchmark’ profile. Even small deviations from the learned profile, such as tool breakages, will be detected to ensure product quality. The machine will be stopped immediately to avoid the production of bad parts while also protecting the machine and the tooling against overloads.

Many users of the SK process monitoring systems are also networking the monitors to collect vital production data such as up time, down time, number of parts produced, reasons for being down, and analysing their performance by means of the Schwer + Kopka SK-go!® system.

“Customers from around the world trust Schwer + Kopka when it comes to effective machine monitoring solutions, innovative sensor designs, and shop floor data collection solutions for entire factories.”