Improve Productivity

Automatically capture machine data to drive your continuous improvement strategy.

GAIN VISIBILITY

Understand what's happening on your factory floor to improve production efficiency.

REDUCE COSTS

Gain production capacity, enabling you to make more products with the same resources.

What Is Downtime Monitoring?

Downtime monitoring software is used to improve production efficiency and factory floor productivity. FourJaw's Plug & Play machine downtime tracking technology captures accurate real-time data on downtime events in your manufacturing facility.

Our customers use this information to understand the cause of machine downtime, identify opportunities for improved machine utilisation, increase production capacity, whilst understanding the true cost of jobs.

PLUG & PLAY SOLUTION

How It works

The MachineLink Hardware uses sensors and powerful algorithms to recognise when the machine is in a productive or unproductive state.

The Operator Tablet automatically prompts operators to select downtime reasons, shows performance through a shift, enables work booking and can be used as a communication platform.

The Web App visualises your factory floor data, so you can manage your operations on a day-by-day basis as well as provide actionable insight into where productivity and energy improvements can be achieved.

KNOW YOUR MAIN DOWNTIME REASONS

Downtime Pareto

FourJaw's Downtime Pareto chart gives a view of the top downtime reasons as a percentage of total downtime.

FourJaw's Downtime Pareto chart gives a view of the top downtime reasons as a percentage of total downtime
Make changes that will have the biggest impact to improve your Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) to gain valuable production capacity and maximise machine utilisation

Flexible pricing plans

Plug-and-Play installation that works on any machine.

Onboarding, Training and Ongoing Support are all included in the price.

Monthly

Yearly

SAVE 20%

Minimum order quantity of 5 machines

Essential

£45.00/mo Per machine - Billed monthly

£36.00/mo Per machine - Billed annually

Utilisation Metrics

Energy Monitoring

Benchmark productivity with basic reporting

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Standard

£90.00/mo Per machine - Billed monthly

£72.00/mo Per machine - Billed annually

Utilisation Metrics

Energy Monitoring

Benchmarking

Resolve issues faster with real-time alerts

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Recommended

Pro

£180.00/mo Per machine - Billed monthly

£144.00/mo Per machine - Billed annually

Utilisation Metrics

Energy Monitoring

Benchmarking

Downtime Tracking

Job Tracking

Free Hardware

Drive improvement with real-time data insight

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Empower Your Machine Operators

Machine operators often know about production issues that impact productivity, but lack the tools to effectively communicate them to production managers.

FourJaw machine monitoring solves this problem with easy-to-use tablets that allow operators to log and communicate machine downtime issues in real-time. This data enables both operators and managers to identify areas for improvement and boost machine availability.

Image shows machine downtime tracking software being used by operator

PLUG-AND-PLAY DOWNTIME MONITORING SOFTWARE

Frequently Asked Questions

What are examples of machine downtime?

Machine downtime counts as anything that has stopped the normal operation of your machine, and your machine is not outputting at its usual capacity. This could be for several reasons, which can differ from machine-to-machine, but some examples include:

Unplanned Maintenance
Tooling Change
Manual Setup
Tool Breakage
Programming

How do you measure machine downtime?

To accurately measure machine downtime, we recommend using a solution such as a machine downtime monitoring system. Solutions like this, enable manufacturers to capture, in real-time when a machine is not running or producing parts. Calculated as a percentage, equipment downtime analysis allows you to track and compare production levels over a period of time. The calculation is as follows:

Total Time Machine is Up * 100

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Total Time

Machine downtime measures how frequently machines, cells, or factories are faced with unplanned downtime. Recording and reporting downtime allows production managers to review resource utilisation and identify production inefficiencies.

What is equipment downtime analysis?

Equipment downtime analysis is the process of reporting, reviewing and strategising, using information given by a machine downtime software.

Downtime analysis is an essential part of running a successful manufacturing plant. It enables production managers to better understand issues affecting production and fix them.

Is downtime monitoring important?

Yes, machine downtime monitoring is important. Tracking downtime gives managers accurate and reliable information which can paint a clearer picture as to what is causing production delays and issues. Production managers can use this information for decision-making and production planning to improve efficiencies, productivity and OEE.

Can you monitor energy with downtime monitoring? Yes. FourJaw's downtime monitoring software can also monitor energy usage. Enabling manufacturers to understand energy usage by machine, factory or cell. Find out more about energy monitoring here.