What if your oven had a smartphone?

If you think about it: if your furnace had a smartphone, it would completely change the relationship with your system. It would allow your furnace to get your attention when needed, look for ways to improve performance, and even communicate to fine-tune the best production pace. That is exactly what ABP is aiming for.

The myABP customer portal will be the hub where you, the machines and ABP exchange information in order to create added value. “Exchanging information” in the ABP context does not mean using simple dashboards. Instead, the data turns into insights.

In practice it looks like this: Your system informs you of the period for the next maintenance; the step-by-step maintenance log is also provided and your team can use the myAPB portal to plan and distribute the necessary service tasks.

Service apps for the system in your foundry

So the next question arises: when the devices think and decide which service apps would they download? The aim of the system is to achieve maximum availability in addition to excellent product quality and the highest possible energy efficiency. Good apps must therefore be able to:

• Monitor the health of their main components
• Evaluate process efficiency and costs
• Chat and share digital content on social media

It works like this with ABP: Thanks to the connection to the device sensors, the data is transferred to the powerful ABP Edge computer. This industrial PC processes all information about the operating status of your systems, converts it into the necessary actions and makes it available to the people it affects – always at the right time.

Open concept as a platform for ABP machines and third-party providers

The ABP solution is an open concept: all features are not designed for your own equipment, but can also be implemented on third-party machines.

Far too much time and energy has been expended in the maintenance and operation of the ovens. ABP responds by bringing more technology into the process, facilitating communication with its experts and providing service apps tailored to the needs of customers.

We think: This is the best solution for a much better overview at the workplace. The ABP system monitors the process, reminds users in the event of an emergency and provides the necessary know-how. We enable our customers to do what they do best: produce!