Machine Monitoring Platform Increases Factory Uptime By Thirty Percent Metrology and Quality News [Video]

AVPE Systems, a manufacturer of components and assemblies for the aerospace industry, has achieved a 30 percent increase in shop floor uptime since implementing FourJaw Manufacturing Analytics. Part of the Broadway Group, AVPE supplies aerospace customers in the UK, Europe and Asia with complex machined components. It specialises in airframe and landing gear parts and machining castings, forgings and 3D printed parts.

AVPE introduced FourJaw’s plug-and-play analytics platform in 2023 as part of a broader business transformation programme to enhance productivity, eliminate process inefficiencies and gain capacity. Data gathered using FourJaw has enabled it to identify and address the top causes of downtime across its factory, boosting overall production uptime by almost a third.

The manufacturer has also used data gathered with FourJaw to improve the accuracy of its planning processes. Armed with a real-time view of production schedules across its factory and a more precise understanding of how long each …