Retrofitting Services
A good alternative is the act of retrofitting existing machinery, by adding new features. The challenge arising by retrofitting is the selection of the suitable features to be added. In reality, system retrofits can contribute to improved communication and optimized production, resulting in a cost and energy efficient factory. This is where retrofitting comes in to enable older machines or systems to be compatible with new technologies.
The procedure of retrofitting a single machine, can take weeks or even months until the machine is finally retrofitted and available in the production plan. With the use of the proposed framework, the engineer was able to cut out the time required for sourcing out the needed components as well as to save a considerable amount of time from designing the needed fixture.
Retrofitting Benefits
The benefits of retrofitting lie in the fact that the particular machine or system, can be enhanced in a way to act as a smart machine and send information and data useful for enhancing productivity, effectiveness, processing speeds, reliability of the machine.
- Increasing the machine's lifespan and decreasing maintenance costs
- Retrofitting increases machine functionality and reliability
- This extends the system lifecycle and decreases the need for maintenance in the future
