In a world of connected devices, your machinery should be too. The standard at the forefront of this for the machinery industry is MTConnect. What this is, is a protocol that your machine can be configured for that allows you to utilize all of the tools and apps that have been created for it. Being a standard means that your machines can speak the same language even if they aren’t made by the same company!
In order for your machine to be compatible, you need an Agent and Adapter. This just means a translator between your machine and MTConnect. By doing this in house, we can better tailor the data to the machine and industry it is being used in while still maintaining complete standard compatibility.
Having the data is only half the battle. Data is only useful if you can analyze it and use it to make decisions about your production. TrakHound is the MTConnect client and data aggregator that can solve this problem. They do this by providing a simple, easy to use dashboard to view and manage all of your MTConnect devices, as well as offering services for deeper analytics, custom data needs, remote data access and more. TrakHound stands apart from the competition by unifying the data storage model, something the MTConnect standard itself does not address.
