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Where automotive manufacturers need predictive maintenance most

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In the fast-paced environment of a stamping shop on the production line in the auto industry, maintaining seamless operations is crucial. Predictive maintenance uses advanced technologies to monitor machine health and detect issues early, preventing major breakdowns. This proactive approach reduces unplanned downtime and extends machinery lifespan, ensuring efficient production.

  • Hydraulic pumps
  • Press drives
  • Scrap
  • Cushion
  • EOL
  • FOL
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In the dynamic body weld shop of an automotive assembly line, smooth operations are essential. Robotic welders and other machinery are critical for assembling vehicle frames. Predictive maintenance monitors equipment health to detect issues early, minimizing downtime and extending machine lifespan for efficient production.

  • Weld water pumps
  • Robots
  • HEM die presses
03

In a busy automotive paint shop, maintaining continuous operation is crucial for a flawless finish. Fans, lifts, pumps, and conveyance systems are essential for efficient painting and drying. Predictive maintenance detects equipment issues early, reducing downtime and enhancing machine longevity. This proactive approach ensures smooth, efficient production and consistent quality.

  • Dryer ID fan
  • Press loader lug
  • Sander
  • Strander/Flaker
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In a powertrain shop on an automotive assembly line, uninterrupted operation is crucial for precision and efficiency. Key equipment like engines, transmissions, and drive systems must work flawlessly. Predictive maintenance detects issues early, reducing downtime and extending machinery life, ensuring reliable and efficient production.

  • CNC
  • Gantries
  • High pressure washers
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In a general assembly shop on an automotive production line, seamless operations are vital. Equipment like conveyors, robotic arms, and fastening tools must function perfectly. Predictive maintenance identifies issues early, reducing downtime and extending equipment life. This proactive approach ensures efficient, reliable production and high-quality output.

  • Conveyance
  • Transfers
  • Overhead carriers
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Gain a competitive edge with KCF

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"Our maintenance SOAR folks have found a great partnership with KCF."
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Toyota
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Customer Success Story
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"We can believe this data and we can take actions off this data. "
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"We started small, and we are scaling as we go. As we are integrating more sensors and taking advantage of machine learning, it will provide us deeper insights into our processes and making process changes."
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Clarios
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"By deploying sensors and optimizing the strategy, they reduced this cost to about $1.8 million, saving roughly $900,000 over three years."
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Harrison Group LLC
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Toyota Keynote

“We have to connect what makes the job better for a maintenance member and ultimately improves our OA for our production facilities and shift the conversation from not just OA and downtime, but asset optimization.“
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Case Study Spotlight

Stamping press crown

Explore how KCF implemented vibration monitoring to provide early detection stamping press crown failure, preventing unplanned downtime.
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How the automotive machine health optimization platform works

KCF’s comprehensive machine health platform allows individual monitoring points on your assets to wirelessly and continuously transmit machine health data to a central cloud database.

The platform will alert maintenance professionals to assets that need attention, so that crews can act in a targeted fashion during those narrow windows of time available for maintenance. This allows your maintenance team to go straight to the machines that need help instead of using critical plant time to perform ineffective PMs on machines that are functioning properly.

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Process optimization for automotive manufacturers

Opportunities to optimize automotive production processes can only be unlocked once plant leaders are able to collect the right data to answer critical operational questions.

These (and many other) questions can only be answered with the insight provided by a holistic machine health optimization platform.

Drive process improvements in your plant with advanced analytics, expert insight from engineers with automobile industry experience, continuous asset monitoring and analysis, and predictive maintenance support.

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Why KCF

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$ 4 Billion+
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85,000
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1.2 Billion
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