TE Wire & Cable and Plataine join forces to develop smart thermocouples
The joint solution improves quality compliance and tracking processes, and reduces the risk of using unfit thermocouples.
Plataine president and CEO Avner Ben-Bassat and Vlad Fedorchak, TEW&C business unit manager Aerospace Composites, announce the Smart Thermocouple solution at SAMPE 2018.
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Ben-Bassat and Fedorchak unveil their joint thermocouple solution at SAMPE 2018.
Photo | CompositesWorld
TE Wire & Cable (Saddle Brook, NJ, US), manufacturer of thermocouple wire, and Plataine (Waltham, MA, US), provider of Industrial IoT and AI-based optimization software for advanced manufacturing, announced on May 23 a partnership for Smart Thermocouple solutions.
The joint solution integrates IoT, AI and thermocouple technologies to improve efficiencies and quality. TE W&C thermocouples are connected to Plataine’s IoT-based AI software via a simple hardware infrastructure based on RFID tags and engraved bar-codes. Plataine’s software monitors the thermocouples’ location, status and duty-cycles to provide automated real-time alerts and recommendations to optimize thermocouple calibration, refurbishment or replacement. A dedicated web page allows users to plan ahead for efficient thermocouple utilization.
According to Plataine president and CEO Avner Ben-Bassat, the joint solution improves quality compliance, reduces the risk of using thermocouples that are no longer fit for purpose and eliminates manual tracking processes and production delays. Plataine’s software weaves a web of digital threads from raw-material to end-product, allowing thermocouples to be paired to molds and parts for full traceability in the event of quality issues or audits.
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