Today, I'm very happy to be with Pierre BAUDET who is the Schneider Electric plant manager in Flint (UK).
We want to discuss together how our IIoT products have to start the digital transformation of the Flint factory in UK,
to go from a normal factory to a smart factory and more digital.
And to see together how digital could have to save money and to issue more safety for our resources and assets.
Yes Pierre, how are you ?
Welcome Baher in our site in Flint and Schneider UK.
So indeed, Flint factory is quiet unique in Schneider.
We manufacture PVC trunking that are just behind me.
And for that our processes are quite used, we are a brand factory with some legacy machines.
And we are really energy consumption factory. So we use lot of electricity, lot of water, part of our process.
And also the key for us is to implement some process control and that why this factory has been selected to be a smart factory.
And we are doing right now the transformation using several component that you can see there.
And some of them are related to your business.
Oh great ! So what is the target of a smart factory ?
So why you want to go for more smart factory and more IoT etc. What is the main reason behind this.
Well, being in Schneider mean we've got a huge portfolio.
And when we look at while stock base machine, probably we are more with old legacy machines.
So key point for us is to retro feature our machines to gain, hum ...
Final true reason first is saving by implementing your solution we will have standardize solution.
That are cost effective, easy to install, and with that we also can better monitor our processes.
So that the key reason for us is to have energy efficiency and process efficiency.
That's the two main drivers behind the transformation.
Great, so it's meany financial, safety and more optimization for your installation.
Indeed, absolutely.
And what I see that you have already using the main part of my portfolio.
I see Harmony Hub on the table !
Yeah, we becoming a showcase for you !
Great, thank you !
So we've got obviously here the Harmony Hub that we've fit in one over line.
I think that the beauty of Harmony Hub it's first, for us is easy to install.
When we look at in factory, if we have to change technologies,
if it ask to stop a machine for days or weeks or if you have to spend lot of time to wiring, it's a headache for us.
I think the key point are easy to install, easy to connect and easy to scale it.
We already have in our extrusion lines, every line we've got we can connect actually all of those devices.
So we've got more than 10 devices that are paired line that are connected to Harmony Hub.
But the good point with Harmony Hub it's has 60 input, so we can connect to one Harmony Hub, six lines.
So that the beauty of it, in term of cost is really effective for us.
And the variety of equipment that we can connect is also beneficial for us.
You have power monitoring.
You've got push buttons so it's allowed operator to press and give an alert if there an issue on the line.
You've got limit switch as well, so it's counting number of part.
So all this enable of first to have power monitoring which is key of our business.
And second one, is as any business, is process efficiency.
So we understand more our processes, what are the failures and we react quicker to those failures.
Thank you very much Pierre for your time, bye-bye.