System Gathers Production Data Without Using JDF

Optimus has launched Connect, a method of obtaining continuing production data from equipment on the shop floor without using JDF or JMF technology.

Optimus has launched Connect, a method of obtaining continuing production data from equipment on the shop floor without using JDF or JMF technology.

The new system has major implications over how data is gathered and used within a management information system (MIS), claimed the company.

Connect provides a method of gathering production data from equipment that is not JDF enabled.

As long as the hardware - press, folder and guillotine, for instance - emit electronic signals, it can linked to the Connect interface, which will use those signals to transmit data to Optimus 2020 MIS.

One of the advantages of Connect is that it is based on a proven technology developed by Optimus Spain, where there are more than 40 installations in digital, book, magazine and commercial web offset printing.

The range of equipment that has been interfaced to the system includes Komori, Roland and KBA sheet-fed presses, Harris and Heidelberg web offset machines, plus Stahl, Muller Martini and Iberica finishing equipment.

There are also Optimus customers that use the system to link large format inkjet printers to Optimus 2020.

Connect can be supplied as a standard package but can also be tailored to suit the individual requirements of a company or sector, said Optimus.

The system consists of a PC and a hardware box that detects the pulse or signal emanating from the chosen piece of equipment, plus the software interface that feeds this data in to the Optimus network.

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