Introduction
What is the machine state
The machine state gives you an overall view of your machine health overtime. It's essential to create your availability data as it defines if your machine is ON or OFF.
Machine state ON and OFF:
Define your machine state
The most critical part for your machine state is to define it with precision. The more precise you can be, the more accurate data you will get.
If you have a machine with a spindle per example, and that spindle has an "idle" state where it turns at 200 RPM. Since the machine is idle and not working, you should define your Machine State "OFF" when the spindle is equal or under 200 RPM, not when the machine is completely shutdown.
Simple example
The next 3 parts present a simple example on how to create a machine state. We will exercise as if we had a CNC that sends us a "1" every time a part is created, otherwise the input signal returns to "0".