Augmented reality (AR) offers a better path towards efficient, proactive service and maintenance and collaborative remote training between meat packagers and expert OEMs.
AR is a form of Smart Connected technology that creates an interactive digital twin of your existing packaging equipment, overlaid via video within your smart device.
AR-based solutions prevent production interruption, unplanned downtime, and additional service costs from on-site technicians, saving meat packagers up to $250,000 per line in annual potential operating costs.
AR tools (such as PTC’s Vuforia experience and ThingWorx software) let technicians gather and track system data live, proactively create preemptive service alerts using condition-based monitoring and predictive analytics, solve complex equipment issues with interactive instructions, and maintain system performance and reporting.
AR has measurable ROI, optimizing production efficiency, minimizing human error, providing precise data, and preemptively scheduling maintenance activities.
AR is instrumental in interactive application training, allowing technicians to interact with applications digitally during real-time training sessions using sophisticated 3D rendering technology on connected smart devices.
AR training tools capture and store invaluable current service knowledge during training and live service functions, empowering technical teams to better retain legacy service knowledge, be more self-sufficient, and significantly lower training costs and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
AR is increasingly becoming the standard in meat packaging equipment and can optimize equipment efficiency and human productivity.