Sandvik Coromant, Sweden, has embarked on a unique venture with Microsoft to drive forward the development and digitalization of the manufacturing industry by combining Sandvik Coromant’s expertise in machining with technical solutions from Microsoft.
The collaboration will seek to link up parts of the production chain to create solutions for the next generation of manufacturing. The contract also includes an acceleration of the internal digitalization network for Sandvik Coromant.
Sandvik Coromant’s CoroPlus products, developed in part with Microsoft, is based on Azure IoT Suite, Cortana Intelligence Suite, and Dynamics 365 for Field Service. Among other things, the CoroPlus system connects people, machines, tools, and data on a single platform to offer a better basis for decision making. It provides an overview of the various developments in the manufacturing process. This can enable savings, for example, by reducing machine downtime.
One unique aspect of Sandvik Coromant’s CoroPlus is that data is not only gathered at machine level to adjust equipment, notify technicians about maintenance requirements, and warn managers about potential problems. Data is also gathered at tool level, which means that the customer’s industrial tool becomes “smart” and can be adapted and adjusted at any time for efficient use and to prevent production stoppages.
The partnership with Microsoft adopts an integrated approach to digitizing the data, expertise and experience used on a daily basis by Sandvik Coromant to guide customers, and will serve as an additional tool to facilitate streamlining of production.
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