Machine Analytics

Our Machine Analytics module captures data from printers and displays it on dashboards. It's also available as a tie in to MES, which uses the data to create operational efficiency (such as generating a traceability report or updating order ID automatically). 

Data types differ for different machines, we focus on these since they're operationally valuable as automation triggers:

Machine ID	ID, Name, Series - Unique identifyers and general ones
Status	Whether the printing is printing, warming, under maintenance or idling
Print being printed	Ideally, the design name as well as the build name
Progress	Layers printed, time printed,
Total	Total Layers, total time to print
Material available*	Material available in the printer
Material used	Materials consumed in the current or last build
Maintenance Events	Any log of changes to the machine, recent maintenance events
Error Messages
Build Time	Estimated and actual build time of the job being printed
Material	The current material being used

However, we get a whole data dump from printers and you can also access that data via the API we provide.

For some, like EOS, you have to pay extra to access the detailed sensor data. Others, like SLM, aren't as detailed. We don't currently integrate 3rd party sensor data, but would love to work with you on that. As I mentioned we're starting to head in this direction with Intel and a number of others.

Machines supported with Machine Analytics are listed here.