ALL CONNECTED-UP FOR THE FUTURE
Creating intelligent data exchange solutions today for connected tomorrows.
#LABTT CONNECTEDFUTURE FOR LABTT HARDNESS TESTERS
VISIONARY IDEAS AND INDUSTRY 4.0
Linking together production machinery, intelligent controls for production plants and automated data sharing for work process planning, have become essential aspects of manufacturing operations over the past few years. Visionary ideas for the Internet of Things and Industry 4.0 are ensuring there is now also interconnected test and result monitoring for quality assurance.
LABTT HAS A CLEARLY-DEFINED GOAL
We aim to develop all the requisite technologies, processes and resources, and ensure that customers get 100% benefit from all the interconnected devices installed by QATM to profit from optimised data management.
All the steps, tools and developments this requires, are integral to our project: #LABTT ConnectedFuture We can already meet many of these requirements today!
WHERE THE FUTURE IS TAKING US
We are absolutely convinced, within the next 10 years the new generations of testing devices will be hooked up to – and communicate with – superordinate production planning centres, test planning systems and measuring device monitors.
“AS THE LEADING INNOVATOR IN THE FIELD OF HARDNESS TESTING, WE CONSIDER IT OUR DUTY TO DEVELOP DEVICES THAT SET NEW STANDARDS, BOTH IN THE MECHANICAL AND DIGITAL DOMAINS. EVERY LABTT MACHINE MUST GUARANTEE EASY DIGITAL CONNECTABILITY, WHILE ALSO OFFERING MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY. THIS APPROACH DEFINES OUR DAILY WORK – FROM INITIAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH TO SERVICING. WE ARE CREATING SOLUTIONS FOR TOMORROW, TODAY!”
WHERE WE ARE NOW ALREADY
OVER 60% OF ALL LABTT CUSTOMERS TRANSFER RESULTS VIA PROTOCOLS AND DATA EXPORTS.
LABTT ALREADY INSTALLS DATA CONNECTIONS FOR APPROXIMATELY EVERY 4TH HARDNESS TESTING DEVICE SOLD ON THE GERMAN-SPEAKING MARKET.
CURRENTLY, THE MOST COMMON INTERCONNECTIVITY IS WITH QDAS SYSTEMS FOR LONG-TERM STATISTICAL EVALUATION, ACCOUNTING FOR OVER 40% OF ALL QPIX CONTROL PLUG-IN SOLUTIONS.
MANY OF THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN HEAT TREATMENT PLANTS WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH USE THE ORDER MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE AMS MADE BY THE GERMAN COMPANY TTC. ALMOST 75% OF THE LABTT HARDNESS TESTING DEVICES USED BY THESE CUSTOMERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN FITTED WITH THE QPIX CONTROL AMS PLUG-IN.
OUR MISSION
Number of interconnected LABTT hardness testing devices
BENEFITS
EFFICIENT DOCUMENTATION
REDUCED OPERATOR INFLUENCE
MINIMIZATION OF ERROR SOURCES
FASTER AND IMPROVED PROCESS MONITORING
REAL-TIME RESULTS
REDUCED COSTS
OUR TOOLS
UNRIVALLED EXPERTISE
Our team is comprised of experts almost exclusively devoted to the tasks of providing advice, clarifying requirements and implementing data connection projects. Our software programmers guarantee flawless technical implementation for inter-device connectivity and we optimize application technology to ensure the best possible operational comfort and convenience.
QCONNECT
Qconnect is the interface in LABTT Qpix Control2 software, providing customers with a full portfolio of inter-device connectivity - from serial production, open XML interfaces (bi-directional) and pre-specified plug-in solutions, such as the QDAS Plug-In+, through to customer-specific connectivity solutions implemented completely by LABTT. We have a professional solution for every applicational requirement.
DOCUMENTATION AND INFORMATION
LABTT provides useful documentation about the Qconnect interface, and information materials on the plug-in modules, in order to ensure customers and partner companies can rely on the best possible support while clarifying requirements and implementing the project.
TEMPLATES
Especially when tests have to be repeated several times, modern test devices benefit immensely from template options. Once test program templates have been saved, they can be applied to any required number of test pieces. Templates can be managed via any number of devices hooked up to the network. Templates can be set-up, saved and selected by all Qpix Control2-driven devices.
AUTOMATIC EXPORT FUNCTIONS
Many pro-level export functions are built into LABTT solutions as standard. Raw data is exported into CSV/TXT and XML, report exports into MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF – as part-specific issues or as individual exports. All export configurations can also be stored individually for templates.
CALIBRATION MANAGER
This is a leap forward for calibration result management - The LABTT Calibration Manager reminds operators of the necessary tests at freely definable intervals. Test results are added to the ongoing statistical record at the push of a button.
AUTO-EMAIL
E-mails featuring result protocols and error reports can be sent straight to the customer or the production manager; and can, if desired, be fully automated after the tests. Our 2nd generation LABTT Qpix Software now makes it possible.
ONLINE SUPPORT
The built-in remote client makes support provision childsplay for both application assistance and servicing requirements.
3D CAD DATA IMPORT
The Qpix Control2 Software generation offers revolutionary 3D component imaging, enabling use of 3D component data for hardness testing. Imported CAD models simplify navigation of the component, and especially the CAS technology helps to prevent collisions.
BARCODE/QR CODE/DMC READER
Qpix software platforms support the use of barcode and QR code readers, simplifying workflows for inspectors and preventing operator error. Populating header data is simple (standard), and readers can be fully integrated to automatically select templates or retrieve data from higher-level systems (optional).
QPIX CONTROL2 PCI PLUG-IN
The ‘PCI Plug-In’ interface enables data link-ups to be managed individually and to be customized for specific requirements. The LABTT programming team guarantees flexible interface programming. The PCI Plug-In also facilitates connections to SQL data bases and customer-specific ERP systems.
QPIX CONTROL2 QDAS PLUG-IN+ NEW
This is a pre-set software module package enabling a link-up to the statistics programme QDAS/qs-stat made by QDAS GmbH. QDAS specifies more or less the whole data field communication. Setting up the interface is done with LABTT’ own, very attentively developed and simply operated QDAS Plug-In+ user interface. Even without further clarifications or adaptions, the module generates a QDAS-compatible and QDAS-analysable file.
QPIX CONTROL2 AMS PLUG-IN
ttc Informatik GmbH’s AMS order management system accompanies the production process, especially in many heat treatment plants. The Qpix Control2 Software module AMS Plug-In can be used to predefine items such as test programme templates and entire test guidelines for hardness testing. Subsequent to hardness testing, the results are sent back to the AMS system. The interface was jointly devised by LABTT and ttc, and the plug-in module offers the whole basic scope of communication between AMS and the LABTT testing device.
QPIX CONTROL2 REMOTE PLUG-IN
Entire hardness testing systems can be automated without human intervention using the Remote Plug-In. Every command, including those for mechanical motions, comes straight from the superordinate control centre. This is ideal, in particular for in-line hardness testing devices loaded by robots.
GLOBAL CUSTOMER SOLUTIONS - COPY&PASTE
LABTT places particular importance on the provision of seamless connectivity for customers with operations spread over several sites. It’s our pleasure to develop a ‘customer standard’ with you, to ensure that every subsidiary in a corporate group or business – worldwide – can rely on an identical solution for the interconnectivity of LABTT devices. Once the standard has been agreed upon, the interface can be applied to all other operational bases in a kind of ‘copy & paste’ procedure, without additional development costs for each separate device. We can guarantee all work and data management follows exactly the same procedures, across the entire group.
