Case Study: Durham Duplex boosts machine productivity with FourJaw

Durham Duplex boosts machine productivity by 400% with FourJaw

Durham Duplex, a manufacturer of machine knives and industrial blades, faced production bottlenecks and demand that was outpacing their supply. Their manual data collection processes were laborious and inaccurate, leaving them with little visibility into machine productivity. To address this, they turned to FourJaw and its machine downtime monitoring platform to identify and eliminate these constraints.

FourJaw implemented its solution by first equipping machines with IIoT sensors and operator tablets to automatically collect utilization data. This provided clear data on machine downtime and production runs, empowering operators to address productivity issues. As a result, Durham Duplex saw a 400% increase in machine productivity in one cell, boosting output from five products a day to twenty-five. The FourJaw software also identified a lost hour for machine warm-up, which was subsequently recaptured, adding more productive time to each shift.

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