Automated tool management using RFID means efficiency and high machine availability. Tools can be optimally utilized and are always functional when used. This is because RFID automatically selects worn out tools or shunts them over for sharpening. And for each deployment RFID makes sure the correct tool is selected. Scrap is reduced and productivity increased.

Automated tool management gives you a continuous overview of the tool circuit through the system. You get all the data in real-time, so you can identify every individual tool. You know its tool life and exactly when and how it was used at which location. This transparency lets you track every step and optimize your planning.

Many companies take advantage of the opportunity to retrofit and upgrade. Or they decide on the purchase of new equipment and solicit bids from those machine builders who have already integrated such technologies. To be ready for the IIoT.

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