Due to the wear of machine components, performances degrade over time. Fidia aims to monitor this degradation and prevent it, to avoid any changes in the performances of the machines.

Early diagnosis and prevention of machine component failures are key points and can become a significant advantage to improve quality and competitiveness. As known in the literature and practice in the field, most common failures are related to the movement components and sub-systems of the machine, such as spindle, racks and pinions, balls screw, bearings, gears, shafts, belts, guideways, etc.

In some case, a component suffers a major and unexpected failure, resulting in an abrupt termination of machining. Other non-blocking malfunctions could occur with either performance degradation or out of tolerance or scrap parts.  All these aspects influence final quality and costs of products. A Zero Defects Strategy is mandatory to achieve and maintain production targets.

FIDIA empowered its numerical controls with a monitoring system allowing not only to monitor and analyse data coming from the CNC, but also from the PLC and sensors of the machines.

The installed systems allow to analyse and monitor any shift in the performances of the machines over time and enable the users in understanding the causes and the contributing factors.