Are you familiar with plastic injection molding? If your answer is yes, you know that molds are the most valuable tooling in this manufacturing process. Here’s how the Mapex solution can help you manage and maintain molds.
Productivity and quality are two fundamental pillars to guarantee the continuity and success of companies specialized in plastic injection molding.
Therefore, without good management and proper care of the molds used in this type of manufacturing process, it is impossible for these companies to achieve their production and business objectives.
In this article, we review some of the functionalities of Mapex’s MES solution for monitoring the productivity of plastic injection molds and enhancing their preventive maintenance.
Mapex features for mold management
In a sector with a narrow profit margin in which it is necessary to manufacture with quality and without interruptions, it is very important to have precise control of the use, condition and maintenance of plastic injection molds.
Moreover, if we take into account the high cost of these tools, it becomes really necessary to have an MES solution that facilitates all this management and helps us to extend their useful life.
That is why Mapex incorporates some very interesting functionalities so that these manufacturers can adopt a proactive strategy and be able to reduce costs. These are just a few examples:
- Accurate recording of all information related to the mold on a single platform: characteristics, number of injected units, supplier, productivity, current status, for which references and work orders it has been used, etc.
- Possibility of blocking mold cavities.
- Digitization of corrective and, above all, preventive maintenance management related to the mold.
Capture of KPIs such as the average changeover time of each mold in order to reduce it thanks to the application of the SMED methodology.
What are the benefits of using Mapex for mold management?
Mapex is a very useful tool for the management of all types of tooling, including molds. Thanks to our MES solution, companies can:
- Know 100% reliably if committed mold productivity levels are achieved.
- Improve the process of purchasing new molds from suppliers, based on the productivities recorded by the MES solution.
- Ensure the execution of all mold maintenance plans and, in this way, guarantee its perfect condition and avoid problems such as unscheduled stops, manufacturing of defective products and waste of resources (energy, raw material, etc.).
- Increase safety in the work environment.
- Reduce the need for spare parts and storage space.
- Carry out continuous improvement actions.
- Be more competitive, productive and efficient.
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