Case Study: Avalign Technologies boosts OEE and throughput with MachineMetrics

Avalign Technologies boosts OEE 40% with MachineMetrics

Avalign Technologies, a manufacturer of surgical implants and instruments, faced challenges with machine downtime and inefficient manual data tracking. This made it difficult to understand their Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and identify production bottlenecks. To gain accurate, real-time insights into their operations, they turned to the vendor MachineMetrics and its machine data platform.

MachineMetrics was implemented across 148 machines, including lathes and grinders, using a Digital IO approach that quickly connected even legacy equipment. The solution provided actionable data that revealed the root cause of under-utilization and enabled process re-engineering. As a result, Avalign achieved a greater than 30% increase in equipment utilization, regularly reaching OEE scores above 60%. Measurable impacts included a 9.9% increase in throughput capacity and savings of 14,000 hours on grinders alone.

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