The Atrax Monitoring System for

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Atrix International Inc

• The Atrax Monitoring System for

The Plastics Industry
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• Proactively manage your day to day operations
• Instant notification of variations in
  productivity and product quality
• Receive up-to-the minute information regarding
  counts, equipment availability, performance and
  more!

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• View shift by shift comparisons of productivity
• Report on productivity by hour, day, week, month,
  etc
• Monitor remote locations from your desktop

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• User-defined scrap, down and misc. event codes
• ATRAX-Alert LED display sign for instant
  notification of Overcycles, Operator Assist,
  Temperature and Pressure variance
• Monitor total production output

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Job (Cycle) Summary
A real-time view of your plant provides
pertinent information including machine status,
production data, cycle times and efficiencies.
View machine setup and estimated run time, along
with machine operator name. Color status
displays alert the user about which machine(s)
are are out of cycle, down, out of service and
more. Hours remaining to finish a job also have
color coding to let you know when its time to
prepare for the next job.
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Current Shift Summary
Another view provides Shift by Shift information
about Downtime and Scrap amounts, shift cycle vs.
last cycle, parts made by shift, and more.
Cycle efficiency is displayed for each machine
and is also calculated on a per-shift basis. At
the push of a button, last nights shift totals
can be displayed, or last weeks. Up to 1000
shift records can be maintained and viewed at the
push of a button!
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Date Selection
Simply touch the calendar to view up to one years
worth of shifts
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Cycle Detail Window
An Efficiency Graph may be viewed for each
machine. This form displays graphical and
tabulated data for the last 10 cycle durations
corresponding to the press and operator selected.
Employee Time may be the actual Cycle
time. ATRAX maintains cycle by cycle information
on all jobs. You may view all of an active jobs
individual cycles by using the REPORTS button
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Press Window
The Press Window is used for adding, looking up,
and maintaining the M1 unit information mounted
on the presses. It includes the number and type
of sensors installed on the press which the M1
unit is monitoring. In the Press Window, the
injection press is logically linked to the M1
unit attached to the machine. Any analog inputs
(optional) on the M1 are declared
here. Optionally, Cycle pressure and 7
temperatures may be monitored.
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This window is designed to aid in
cross-referencing customers with their purchase
orders. Only Customer Name and Customer Number
are required by Atrax to track ongoing jobs. The
additional information Address, Contact Person,
Phone Number, etc., are considered optional
reference information. The Customer Window is
primarily used for maintaining your Atrax
software customer database, and for
cross-referencing customers with the work orders
submitted. Selections from the Customer Name
list will display the selections work order in
the spread sheet segment at the bottom of the
window. This segment can be expanded to a full
screen Sales Detail Window by double clicking
anywhere on this screen. Once added, the
information is easily edited.
Customer Window Overview
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The Mold Info Sheet is used to define and
maintain Mold information. The M1 units mounted
on the injection presses cannot monitor jobs
without a valid mold number being entered. Atrax
uses the mold number to track the quantity and
type of product the presses are
producing. Within the Mold Set-up Sheet are
seven individual tabs, each with several data
fields. Only a few data fields are required by
Atrax to perform its data collection process.
Extra Fields tabs are used for entry of any
additional mold related information for storage
in the database for future retrieval. A work
order can be staged to run next on the mold
number. When linked with a work order, the
quantity field is filled in automatically.
Mold Set-up Sheet
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Employee Window
The Employee Window is used for adding and
maintaining Atraxs press operator database.
With this information, Atrax reports on the
productivity of individual operators.
Personnel may be designated as either Employee
or Supervisor. Only Supervisors are enabled to
change the operational parameters of the M1 units
located on the presses..
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Work Orders
The Atrax system tracks the progress of work
orders. The work order information is referenced
in the Mold Set-up Sheet and is used to report
the number of parts left to produce on the Cycle
Summary. This information can be used to check
on the percent completion status for any jobs.
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Press Settings/Set-up Sheets
Atrax uses the Press Settings tab for individual
press process parameters by mold. That is,
should you have different press settings for mold
111 on a 100 t press vs. a 500 t press, you can
define and maintain this information by press.
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Extra Fields
The Extra Fields tabs allow you to create up to
72 new fields of important user-selected
information that may be used in reports. To
create a title for the Field, press the small
book icon to the right of the field. This will
allow you to type in the description, which will
then be saved for all molds or just the one
youre currently working on.
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Cycle Detail Window
This form is used to lookup current analog input
values, set alarm values, and to observe/modify
operational performance parameters for the press
selected. The M1 units mounted on the presses
have up to eight (8) analog inputs. The ATRAX
Process feature is an inexpensive add-on
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Cycle Detail Window
This screen graphically displays pressure curves
with associated alarm curves.. The alarm
curves are derived from the set points defined
(previous screen) plus and minus a user defined
acceptable variation. The graph is configured in
pressure (PSI) versus time in seconds. The graph
displays the last ten pressure curves with
automatic updates during each subsequent cycle.
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Multi-User Network Access
The Atrax Monitoring System may be loaded on any
PC connected to the central computer via LAN
network for full capability access. Multi-User
Network provides easy access to this powerful
tool for valuable personnel anywhere in the
building. No additional charge is
required. Imagine having access to this
information within your production, scheduling,
quality, maintenance, and engineering offices
simultaneously!
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Future Module Job Scheduling
The ATRAX Job Scheduling System creates
schedules based upon Start Date, or allows you to
backward schedule based upon the required
Complete Date. The Job Scheduling screen shows
jobs by press that are presently running. Also
displayed are the tool in the press, date the
job started, number of parts to make, and time
left to run based upon actual cycle time. Start
Date field coloring corresponds to the Cycle
Summary and Shift Summary screen.
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Future Module Job Schedule Scope
The ATRAX Job Schedule Scope screen graphically
displays active and scheduled jobs by date, week,
bi-month or month. Current running jobs will
display in the standard color coding (Green,
Yellow, Brown, Red, Blue). Color coding is as
follows Green normal, Red stopped - unidentified
reason, Yellow stopped - reason identified,
Brown running over-cycle, Blue in setup. Queued
jobs are listed by work order or job order number
in Gray.
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Reports
Several pre-defined reports allow you to view
data collected by the Atrax system. View by
current, shift, or by user selected date range.
A drop down calendar is used for easy date
selection. The basic set of reports shown in
this example can be displayed simply by checking
the desired report and clicking on OK.
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M1 Machine Interface Unit
The M1 Monitor is the Atrax machine interface
used to collect and send to the system. It
includes a keypad to input codes and counts. You
may select Event codes such as Downtime and
Scrap, to send applicable codes for storage in
the database. Operators simply touch the
Operator key to log in. Scrap may be entered at
the keypad OR an ATRAX workstation.
Atrax M1 Monitor
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• Automatically correct for scrap and displays
  completion time
• Track and graph cycle times to detect variations
• Point and click, no command structures to learn
  or remember

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• Consolidate all press information for multiple
  users, multiple views
• Eliminate hardcopy filing, altering, and losing
  set-up sheets
• Generate standard reporting for comparisons
  customer documentation

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• Windows 9X/NT/2K/XP application
• No Price per View/User costs
• 1 year systems service warranty
• Optional process monitoring of Pressure and Temps
  for instant notification of out of tolerance
  conditions

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Why Use The Atrax System?

• Moderately priced system
• Easy installation and use
• Simple user interface at each machine
• Downtime, scrap, and user codes
• R.O.I. within a few months

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• Contact Steven Riedel
• General Manager
• 800 222-6154 ext. 721
• Email sales_at_atrix.com