W Provision of liquid melt to several moulding shop areas in differing mate-rial qualities and if necessary forming pouring batches,

W Taking into account any cooling times needed,

W Continuity and capacity of cast finishing treatment, possibly with external serv-ice providers,

W Forming heat treatment batches.

That is why we have developed flexibly configurable planning levels for the PPS solutions which are typically deployed in foundries:W At the scheduling level, production lots

are formed and planned according to defined capacities and availabilities. This is the basis for confirming delivery dates. Depending on the organisation structure in a particular company, it is possible to plan for each production level according to current demand or to schedule production lots for all the different production steps.

W As part of the detailed planning in each production area, this is followed by planning machine assignment so as to control the production in the subse-quent time-period, and the most suita-ble, optimal sequences are defined at this point too. This is usually carried out on the basis of a wide variety of target criteria and restrictions and is dialogue oriented.

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The OPTI PPC System is just the tool you need for the operative and strategic planning of your production. With the OPTI PPC System both long and short term scheduling and capacity situations an be controlled and monitored quickly and reliably.

PPC SYSTEM

The OPTI PPC System is successfully de-ployed in various sectors but its strengths are particularly suited for planning and synchronising moulding, melting and cast-ing processes. It is suitable for the differ-ent kinds of continuous and discontinuous processes which have to be synchronised and the availabilities and capacities which have to be checked in different types of foundries: W Tool availability, preparation and provi-

sioning, and the availability of moulding boxes and pits for mass castings

W Coordinating moulding shop and core production, if necessary taking into account pattern plate and core box allo-cations and combinations,

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programming in the foundry industry.

The OPTI PPC System takes care of the requirements for all types of foundry includ-ing both typical series producers and job-bing producers: W In job order production, weekly sched-

ules are usually created for the moulding shop whereby the production areas can decide on their own sequences and use of personnel. Special attention is paid to areas where bottlenecks can often occur, e.g. pits, special boxes or special alloys.

W For serial castings the last plan is up-dated with information on production progress and the new orders which have come in to form the production plan for the next period (shift, day, week). The focus here is on synchronising the mould, melt and casting processes and aligning with upstream production steps, in particular with core manufacturing. By considering the order sequencing for the moulding plant and by deriving the needs for cores, pattern provision and melting operation requirements, it is pos-sible to work out the requirements and precise timing (assuming production is running smoothly).

The latest production plans can be ac-cessed online or can be handed over to the plant control system to control opera-tions in the control centre.

Scope of functions

W Order management with different order types including test and reservation orders

W Capacity planning according to opera-tional areas, machines and individual process steps

W Production variants can be combined as desired

W Online information system for productionW Extensive configuration possibilities

for entering confirmations from produc-tion online with actual times, outage and overhead cost times – mobile data entry possible too

W Comprehensive analysis and evaluation possibilities, calculation of key perform-ance figures, including final costing and performance efficiency evaluations

W Integrated tracing of batch, test and cast number (casting markings) across all manufacturing levels for the final product

W Variety of processing options for external services

W Processing of all booking data for com-prehensive product cost accounting

W Sophisticated block and release concept for planning and confirmations

W Extension options for special casting procedures (centrifugal, continuous, investment and pressure die casting) and support when using permanent or lost moulds and models.

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