Innova 5.5.0 Release
Innova 5.5.0 was released on September 30th with new, exciting features and added support. Following are the release highlights. For further information on the release, please contact us at
[email protected].
Innova OEE
Release Highlights
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Innova Overall Equipment Effectiveness
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Transfer Hub
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Support for Pluto Poultry StreamLine
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Standalone Labeling
Innova Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) uses the OEE industry
standard to deliver the four vital production equipment KPIs: availability, performance, quality and overall utilization. Runtime information
is picked up from the production lines in real time, providing an instant
view of the current health of production.
With Innova OEE it is simple for line operators to provide stop reasons
for OEE losses with minimal impact on their normal tasks. That information can then be analyzed by production management with easy-touse dashboards and customizable reports to identify the main losses
and decide on improvement actions to increase effectiveness.
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Support for Trim Standardization Systems
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Support for Flexicut Machines
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Improved Support for TMS Systems
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Order Processing on Graders
Key Benefits
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Records run-time data and production stops. With direct connection to the devices OEE related data is recorded together
with process related data for combining data used in dashboards and reports. No manual input needed for collecting
data.
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Minimal operator input needed. Information about why
equipment has stopped is quickly provided using
easy-to-use shop floor terminals. Supported platforms
are: M6215, WPL9000 and Web browsers, including
built-in browsers on M3210-based equipment such as
MCheck2.
Easy-to-use data editor. To manually manipulate
OEE data, an editor is available. When changing data
the effect is shown immediately.
Quick installation. Support for OEE is quickly added
to supported equipment with a standard configuration.
Customization for matching the exact customer setup
is possible.
Real-time monitoring. Several dashboard components are available for real-time monitoring on
desktop PCs and shop floor terminals.
Reports for historical analysis. Collection of reports
for analysis and to pinpoint areas for improvement. All
reports can be customized using the Innova report
designer.
Equipment support. Native support for an increasing
range of Marel equipment. Digital input support allows
for connection to other equipment.
MultiHead
MultiHead (Pluto) Extra
M6215
WPL
WPL 9000
On device
WPL9000
WPL 8000
Extra
M6215
GROA / PL8
Extra
M6215
Generic Line
(Digital input)
Instead of using an extra M6215, the Web-based operator
screen can be used. It runs on most devices that contain a
browser, such as third-party terminals, tablets etc.
For devices that are not supported by Innova the Generic Line
solution can be used. Currently, the Generic Line supports the
GROA/PL8 module. The GROA has 8 digital inputs and is connected to Innova using Ethernet. The digital inputs of the
GROA can be configured to:
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Supported Equipment
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The following equipment has OEE support with this release.
OEE support for more equipment will be added in later
releases.
Module
Equipment
Checkweighing MCheck2
M-Check
4700/4800
SensorX
Operator
input terminal
Comments
On device
M3210
(WEB)
Extra
M6215
No alarm support
G1000/2000/3000 Extra
M6215
No alarm support
SensorX Gen2
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Extra
M6215
For not natively supported
devices
Set the OEE Status using signals (Running, Idle, Failure etc.)
Indicate alarms (Raise and lower alarms in Innova, will
also affect OEE failure state)
Perform counter registrations (good and bad items,
throughput, product)
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Includes data grid, report and dashboard.
It is possible to use one GROA/PL8 for more OEE entities or
use more than one GROA/PL8 for the same entity.
Transfer Hub
The Transfer Engine, which is part of Innova Integration Services, can be used to transfer packs and pallets between systems. This engine has been significantly improved to make it
easier to configure and use.
New features include:
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Figure 1 Transfer hub used with multiple sites
On a sender site an export is triggered either from a PDA or a
Windows client. An export handler sends the exported data to
the hub and an import handler polls the hub for indication of failure or success of the transmission.
Notifications about export status can be sent to local users
using the Innova Alarm system.
Use of Transfer Hub instead of direct site-to-site transfers.
End-to-end transmission status notifications.
Use of standard export and import handlers. Transfers
can be started from a PDA or IPC using unit operations.
Support for industry standard XML format allows for
integration with third-party systems.
Possible to send product information via e-mail.
A Transfer Hub allows multiple sites to send data through a
single server. This reduces the amount of configuration
required at each site. Each sending site pushes messages to
the hub and all receiving sites poll the hub for new messages.
The complete transfer history for all sites is stored on the hub,
while each site locally stores a history of transfers into and out
of the site.
Figure 2 Sender site flow
On a receiving site an import handler polls the hub for pending
messages and imports any new data. After importing, the
handler informs the hub about the success or failure of the
import.
Notifications about import status can be sent to local users
using the Innova Alarm system.
Figure 3 Receiving site flow
Each site can be configured to be both sender and receiver,
allowing packs and pallets to move back and forth between
systems.
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Innova Stand-Alone Label
Designer
The Innova Stand-Alone Label Designer replaces the current
Comformat Editor. The Innova Stand-Alone Label Designer
exports the generated comformats to files; the files are then
transferred to the WPL using a USB memory stick.
Key Benefits
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Uses the standard Innova Label Designer
More products can share one label layout (Comformats)
Products are maintained in the product maintenance
form
Automatic generation of group comformats if the
product has more than one layout
Figure 4 Stand-alone label designer
Products are maintained In the Product maintenance form.
In this form it is possible to assign a label design to each of the
print heads available on the WPL. It is also possible to define
other WPL-related values, such as label position, rotation and
stroke length.
Automatic generation of multi comformat if the
product is an average weight product
Supported Equipment
The Innova Stand-Alone Label Designer supports the Marel
Weigh Price Labelers in the 8000 and 9000 series and OCM
8500 and OCM 9500.
Using the Innova Stand-Alone Label Designer
The label designer is configured to create comformats by
default. The properties for the comformat can be updated in
the Properties pane to the right. These properties include all
WPL-specific properties, such as the Label Action and Weigh
Price Action.
The label designs are exported to file and then transferred to
the machine.
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Figure 5 Product maintenance form
In the Product maintenance form is it also possible to see a
preview of all labels that will be printed by the Weigh Price
Labeler or the OCM. The preview shows both the Item and
Pack labels.
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Station infeed control. Innova sets the online state of
a station on the line based on the availability of the station in Innova. The infeed state can also be controlled
manually by the operators from the RT-220 terminal
screens.
Product buffers and discharge control are configured
with the Line Output settings of the active Trimming
program.
Full QC support. Innova is notified about pieces coming from the line and will request pieces to be
delivered to the appropriate QC station. If a piece is
successfully delivered to a QC station on the line, the
piece appears on the Innova Trimming QC station.
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Figure 6 Label previews in the Product maintenance form
It is also from the Product maintenance form that the comformats are generated. If one or more products are selected in
the product list, and you click the Create Comformat button
then the comformats are generated on the disk or on a
USB memory stick. The directory structure used is the one
expected by the WPL when reading comformats from a USB
memory. During the creation process, all single, group and
multi comformats are generated for either the item or pack.
The process also saves any bitmaps used on the layouts to
the disk or USB.
Support for Pluto Poultry
StreamLine
Support has been added to the Innova Trimming module for
the new Pluto-based Poultry StreamLine control software. The
new control software has been designed and implemented to
be fully compatible with the Innova Trimming module in terms
of configuration and data registration. A Pluto-based
StreamLine can therefore be connected to Innova and configured in similar way as other flowlines. All existing reports
and control screens are fully compatible with the new Poultry
StreamLine.
Main features:
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The Innova development team is busy working on a number of
new features and improvements for our customers, including:
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Support for Trim Standardization Systems
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Support for Flexicut machines
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Improved support for TMS systems.
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Order processing on graders.
Dates and versions for release of features and improvements
are subject to change.