GE Fanuc CNC: White Paper Archive

White Paper Archive

Repetitive Part Cutting: Improve Productivity by Learning Path Error

Repetitive Part Cutting: Improve Productivity by Learning Path Error

Programming the correct path does not mean the machine will follow it. High speed and high precision are often contrary terms. By increasing speed precision is reduced but in order to improve productivity speed must be increased.

Accessing Hidden Capacity in Medical Device Manufacturing

Accessing Hidden Capacity in Medical Device Manufacturing

The medical device market continues to experience double digit growth. The orthopedic device and implant market exceeds 10 billion dollars and is forecasted to grow to 18 billion dollars by the year 2009.

Evolution Not Revolution

Evolution Not Revolution

HMI/SCADA software applications have come a long way since their inception in the 1980s as a means of automating and regulating simple plant floor processes.

ISA-95 Business Case Evolves Through Applications and Methodologies

ISA-95 Business Case Evolves Through Applications and Methodologies

Business-to-manufacturing (B2M) data exchange applications and system life cycle methods are being developed from ANSI/ISA95, Enterprise-Control System Integration Standard, to adapt and optimize manufacturing in the 21st Century "Pull" marketplace. The MESA/ISA95 Best Practices Working Group shall publish an annual ISA Technical Report to document these evolving applications and methods with an explanation of ISA95 business case.

Replacing Legacy FDDI Networks with Dual Redundant 10/100 or Gigabit Ethernet

Replacing Legacy FDDI Networks with Dual Redundant 10/100 or Gigabit Ethernet

FDDI (Fibre Distributed Data Interface) technology was developed in the 1980s by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) X3T9.5 standards committee to address three primary issues that were facing networking at the time: bandwidth, resilience and latency.

Improving Automation at Remote Sites

Overall Equipment Effectiveness: The Formula For Finding Your Plant's Hidden Potential

A metric that captures availability, performance and quality highlights the many places where today’s automation makes sense

Improving Automation at Remote Sites

Six Sigma - A Company-wide Commitment to Quality

GE adopted a Six Sigma Quality program in 1995. Since that time, every business unit (including GE Fanuc) has used Six Sigma to drive cost savings and improved customer service.

Improving Automation at Remote Sites

Improving Automation at Remote Sites

Advances in automation technology have provided alternatives to traditional approaches to managing remote sites & #151; and helped users speed implementation, reduce costs, improve data integrity and significantly ease accessibility.

Using High-Speed Data Acquisition to Optimize Machines and Maintenance

Using High-Speed Data Acquisition to Optimize Machines and Maintenance

Generally, plant productivity is considered from a macro overview of the process. But this may not reveal improvements to be had from a micro view of individual plant systems and machines.