Machines We Connect

We support machines with all types of controllers including

Machine Data Analysis

Dashboards

Our fully automated machine monitoring & OEE software provides visualizations of real-time manufacturing production data, instant notifications, as well as historical analytics, allowing factory workers to make faster, smarter, more confident decisions based on real-time data.

Connect to any machine

Connect, collect & visualize data from any piece of equipment on the shop floor. We support a variety of machines including Fanuc, Mitsubishi, Okuma, Mazak, DMG MORI, Makino, and many more.

Monitor and analyze health

Easily identify bottlenecks and points of failure that are generating the most downtime.

Take action at the right time

Configurable notifications allow the right person to take immediate action at the right time.

How It Works?

Learn how FactryFact's Machine Monitoring increases overall productivity

Gather Live Machine Data

Sensor connected to machine collects data, sends it via IIoT to the cloud. Requires no local IT infrastructure, no maintenance. Works in offline mode as well.

Visualize Machine Data

Visualize critical machine data in real-time via interactive dashboards, charts and graphs from any web enabled device. Track live production, quality, downtimes, OEE.

Identify Problems

Track production KPIs such as OEE, machine utilization, performance rate & partcounts. Identify operation bottlenecks and production improvement opportunities.

Optimize Production

Automated daily, weekly, monthly OEE reports helps you to compare various parameters based on machine, department, operator, or shift.

Features

Manage Schedules

Schedules Gantt chart provides a visual view of project tasks scheduled over time on various equipements and machines. It is used for project planning: it's a useful way of showing what work is scheduled to be done on specific days. It also shows components being produced, operators working on machines, etc. Schedules can also track machine and operator productivity.
Create and manage schedules for operators and machines. Production managers can specify start time, end time, program number, cycle and clamping times, and target quantity for a schedule. Production log data can also be entered against the schedule to measure Quality and Performance parameters of OEE. Schedules can also track machine and operator productivity.

Analyze Downtimes

Downtime can be a major concern for most manufacturers. It's a lost capacity that can never be regained. Often times, machine downtime is manually recorded which is highly inaccurate and can make it hard to analyze or improve the data collected. FactryFact's Downtime analysis can drive improvements based on accurately analyzing downtime and downtime loss.

Detect Anomalies

Anomalies might point to unusual pattern in machine's behavior. Anomaly Detection can alert a business that something has changed and may require further action, like tool failure or fatigue. Earlier detection of anomalies helps to reduce unplanned downtimes and production losses. FactryFact offers a variety of charts and dashboards to detect outliers and anomalies.

Analyze Machine States

Various machine states are captured and displayed as bar chart to show the overall status of a day or a shift. Production managers can analyze this data to calculate the efficiency of a machine or operator on a given day and take course corrections. The pictorial representation of machine operations helps the management to have a bird-eye view of the floor operations.

Analyze Downtime Trends

Downtime data is valuable for many reasons. First, by understanding downtime trends, you can prioritize and implement corrective action to prevent additional equipment failures. Downtime data can also help the production manager prioritize preventive maintenance and equipment replacement. Statistical analysis, reporting and charting of downtime history will reveal equipment breakdown trends.

OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness)

OEE is the gold standard in measuring manufacturing productivity, but in today’s scenario there are challenges faced in data collection and different formulas adopted by different stakeholders to showcase their numbers in GREEN and need a dedicated skilled manpower fulltime. Our entire suite of product designed keeping in mind that every operator is responsible for their own data.

Program Transfer

CNC machine programs are your heart of the business and a key differentiator on how smartly you run the machine. Its your untold IP (Intelletual Property) and the same needs to be preserved. Backup your programs outside of CNC Machines to adhere to ISO certification guidelines. We make them available within your shop floor PC. You can send and receive programs wireless. Current Program transfer methods are time consuming (we know you will not agree).

Some quick facts

60
Years of Cumulative IT Solutioning Experience
8
Years of Machining Industry Experience
290709
ERP Transactions handled across various modules

Our Journey

2020 - Incubation
FactryFact - Machine Monitoring. Incubation of the Brain Child
5 Years ago
2021 - Interceptor Mark - I
Interceptor Mark - I & Machine State Monitoring designed, tested and deployed in one of the Early Adopters
4 Years ago
2022 - FactryFact - M² and Interceptor Mark - II
* Machine Monitoring rechristened as M².
* After successful completion of year-long testing deployed in first client outside the test bed.
* Introduction of Interceptor Mark - II with enhanced features
3 Years ago
2023 Interceptor Mark - III
* Introduced AI/ML powered data acquisition and processing related to schedules, downtime reasons, OEE Program Transfer.
* Remote configuration & upgrades
* Mobile notifications
2 Years ago
2024 POR
1. User Experience, Mobile App, Paging
2. Interceptor Mark III-E Acquire environmental data
3. Prediction of Machine Anomaly
4. Production planning module
5. Integrate Ethernet based data collection
6. ERP Integration
Last Year

Free Platform — Here’s Why


FactryFact is offered as a free platform because we believe that small and medium machining shops deserve access to the same powerful tools as large manufacturers. These businesses often face challenges with limited resources, lack of real-time data, and avoidable production losses. Our goal is to level the playing field by providing a simple yet effective solution to monitor machine states, track performance, and reduce downtime, without adding financial burden. By making the platform free, we aim to support the growth, efficiency, and sustainability of the machining community across the manufacturing ecosystem.

FAQ

What is Machine Monitoring?

Machine monitoring is the process of collecting, normalizing and analyzing data from machines to improve their performance and reliability.
This data can be used to identify potential problems before they cause downtime, optimize the performance of the machines, and improve overall efficiency.

Why do I need a Machine Monitoring solution?

Machine monitoring can be used in a variety of industries, including manufacturing, healthcare, and transportation. It is a valuable tool for any organization that wants to improve the performance of its machines and reduce downtime.

Here are some of the benefits of machine monitoring:

Improved productivity: Machine monitoring can help to identify and resolve problems early, which can lead to reduced downtime and increased productivity.
Reduced costs: Machine monitoring can help to identify areas where production processes can be improved, which can lead to reduced costs.
Improved quality: Machine monitoring can help to identify potential problems with the production process, which can help to improve quality.
Enhanced safety: Machine monitoring can help to identify potential hazards and take steps to prevent accidents, which can enhance safety.
Improved compliance: Machine monitoring can help to track compliance with safety regulations and other standards, which can help to avoid costly fines.

How is M² solution deployed in my shop floor?

M² can be implemented in your shop floor by following 3 major steps.
Assessment - Check for the prerequisite configuration in your CNC machine and tweak them as required.
Deploy Interceptor - The heavy lifting of data collection at the edge in realtime is done by our proprietary hardware - Interceptor. The same needs to be installed one per machine.
Activate your account in M² cloud - FactryFact team will activate your account in M² cloud. You are READY TO GO !!!

What are the prerequisites for the deployment?

M² automates data collection processes and to achieve this there are few prerequisites.

Machine :
a. Ladder Logic
b. RS232 Port availability

Infrastructure :
a. WiFi network coverage on 2.4GHz band with Internet connectivity

What is the Production dashboard in M²?

Production dashboards are effective when displayed in the shop-floor Television. It gives realtime information on who is running, which machine, what component / program and from when they started production, what is the expected production and what is actually produced so far and what is the targeted quantity for the shift.

Can M² detect power failures in the shop floor?

Yes, this is the feature of Interceptor and it can detect Power failures in two different states.
Power Off - Machine is Idle and power outage happens.
Power Interrupt - Power outage happened when machine is in Cycles.

How will I be notified for any important event?

M² Lite is a mobile app through which important notifications will be sent. The notifications happen at three levels.
Organization Level
Role Level
User Level

Can I try M² in my environment before buying?

Absolutely, you can test the M² solution on your shop floor for a duration of 30 days before finalizing your purchase decision

Can I access M² outside my shop floor?

Yes, M² solution is cloud-hosted and optimised for use across multiple devices, enabling seamless data accessibility from anywhere and at any time

What are Machine cycles in M²?

Machine cycles are a more granular level of information from Production dashboards screen, which gives detailed information on machine and its state changes and reasons for idle more than stipulated time period.

Can I get pareto charts from M²?

Yes, We provide Pie charts and pareto charts to display downtime reasons. This can be used to analyse the trend

How M² helps detect Anomaly?

Anomaly detection is used to detect slow running machines and mal-practices happening during night shifts.

Does M² provide an OEE report?

Yes of course, that's the bread and butter of the business. OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) used to measure how well "I am maintaining the uptime of the machines" and how well " I utilise those machines" and how "qualitatively I am producing outputs" and is there any room for accommodating new work which just popped up out of the blue moon.

How much data should I need to feed manually?

None, post deployment activities there is no separate data to be fed on a day-to-day basis. M² along with Interceptor captures all required data from the machine automatically

How long will it take to update dashboards?

Realtime, data collection happens at the edge by design and its realtime.

What if I lose Internet connectivity?

Interceptor has been designed to be immune to short internet connectivity losses. Data won’t be lost unless there is a coinciding power outage at your shop floor.

Does M² help us to plan production?

M² solution doesn’t support production planning yet, but our next launch M³ utilises the data captured by M² and focuses on Production Planning & Scheduling. Please watch out for the launch of the product

Does M² support Legacy machines / controllers?

Yes, we have tested M² solution on multi vendor legacy controllers. As long as the prerequisites are met we will be able to support the Machine