We’ve talked a lot about how the Leap Sensors product line was designed with user-friendliness, improved maintenance, and a high level of modularity in mind. What we haven’t talked as much about is Leap Sensors’ potential to improve productivity by tracking Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).

OEE is one of the most effective ways to measure OEE manufacturing productivity. Monitoring OEE is an important metric because it provides manufacturers with a comprehensive view of how well their equipment is operating and helps them to identify areas for improvement. OEE performance measures what amount of manufacturing time is actually productive. A perfect OEE maintenance score would be 100%, meaning that the equipment is operating at maximum efficiency without any downtime, producing only high-quality products. Being able to measure OEE machine monitoring and recognize losses due to ineffective manufacturing practices gives you important information on specific areas for improved productivity.   

There are many formulas used to calculate OEE KPI. The most common key performance indicators (KPIs) that are included in these various OEE metric tracking methods are

  • Fully productive time: production time used producing only good parts, as fast as possible.
  • Ideal Cycle Time: the theoretical fastest time it takes to manufacture one part.
  • Planned production time: the total time your system is scheduled to produce.
  • Downtime: all unplanned stoppages in production.
  • Good count: parts produced that are manufactured to meet all quality-control standards.

This reporting and data is critical for knowing how operations are running in order to address issues that arise, eliminate chronic issues, make plans, and maximize efficiency and profits.

Phase IV’s Leap Production Line Counter is ideal for OEE. Its simple but sophisticated design utilizes edge computing to provide OEE metrics such as simple count, number of stops, downtime, and line rate. By downloading this information into an Excel spreadsheet, you can calculate several OEE KPI’s. These include: Rate Utilization (also known as Performance), Availability, Mean Time Between Stops (or Mean Time Between Failures), and Mean Downtime per Stop (often known as Mean Time to Repair). All of these things can be measured and tracked with time-stamped production counts reported from the sensor. Receive a pre-configured, ready-to-use spreadsheet from us with your Production Counter order and you’ll have your OEE report ready to go.

Altogether, If you want to improve the performance of your manufacturing processes, overall OEE is a key metric. By measuring availability, performance, and quality, OEE effectiveness provides a comprehensive view of overall equipment efficiency and helps to identify areas for improvement in operational effectiveness. The Leap Production Line Counter Sensor makes it easy to track and utilize this crucial information. Learn more about how Leap Sensors can improve your OEE equipment effectiveness by talking with one of our wireless sensor experts today.