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Customer application

Looking to the Future

WAGO has substantially reduced its maintenance needs for housing production using a predictive analytics system developed in-house. The system also provides valuable services in early fault detection and process optimization. WAGO also offers its analytics solutions to other companies.

WAGO products are used globally in factories, ships, rail and electrical networks, from the desert to the tundra. Sometimes, they endure a lot: dust, dirt and shocks, as well as scorching sun, icy winds and the muggy tropics. Protection against the harsh environment comes from tailor-made housings, which WAGO – like many other plastic components – often manufactures itself.

Various plastic granules are the base material for the housings; these granules are transported to the injection molding machines by a tube system. This occurs via vacuum pumps, which produce a vacuum. Like the good old pneumatic tubes, the pumps transport the different granulates to where they are needed immediately. However, the airflow inevitably also carries some dust. To prevent this from damaging the pumps, filters are installed in the exhaust air pipes.

These filters must be carefully cleaned repeatedly; otherwise, the conveying capacity suffers “This is like a vacuum cleaner: the fuller the filter, the worse its performance and efficiency,” explains Sebastian Pscheidt, Technical Engineer for injection molding technology at WAGO. In the worst-case scenario, the tube is not completely emptied when another granulate is conveyed, mixing the two materials. WAGO staff have so far prevented this by cleaning the filters at fixed intervals. Often, however, this would not have been necessary because the filters still allow sufficient air to pass through – annoying because the cleaning is labor- and cost-intensive. In addition, the material distribution system must be shut down during this time, which can disrupt housing production.