Proactive Investors – September 18, 2014 – Memex Automation (CVE:OEE) says it substantially improved its sales pipeline at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) held last week, generating more than 800 sales leads.
IMTS is the largest manufacturing technology trade show in North America. Held every two years, this year’s IMTS attracted 114,147 registrants and 2,035 exhibiting companies from 112 countries.
MERLIN, Memex’s MTConnect hardware and software solution, was featured 11 times by the trade press at IMTS, the company said.
“This was our most successful IMTS ever,” said chief executive officer David McPhail.
“Mazak, the world’s largest machine tool manufacturer, demonstrated MERLIN running live throughout their 800,000 square foot plant in Florence, Kentucky.”
“Hundreds of major manufacturers witnessed a thorough demonstration of MERLIN at both the Mazak and Okuma booths.”
The chief executive also said that many said to him that “if [we] can generate productivity similar to Mazak’s published improvements (+42% utilization, July 28, 2014, Automation.com), then that’s good enough for us.”
MTConnect is the open, royalty-free standard that is intended to foster greater interoperability between manufacturing devices and software applications. It is used with the company’s new CNC hardware adapters, bringing OEE network connectivity from the shop floor to management, no matter the make, model or vintage of machine.
The result is a tool that allows Memex’s Merlin software to track a large number of data inputs that measure OEE [overall equipment effectiveness] in real-time, machine by machine as well as other operational machine information.
The Merlin device monitors production and capacity utilization on the shop floor, improving profitability, reducing waste and ensuring compliance with regulations. It enables customers to address production bottlenecks as they happen, converting idle time back into production and ultimately improving throughput and increasing income from plant operations.
The company’s product was recently described in a case study by Mazak, which said that Merlin-related efforts to reduce downtime yielded a 42 percent improvement in utilization for the monitored machines. In addition, Mazak also reduced operator downtime by 100 hours per month, while 400 hours per month of previously outsourced work was returned to the company.
Memex will also be presenting at the Cantor Fitzgerald Technology Conference, to be held in Toronto on September 23, at the St. Andrew’s Club & Conference Centre.
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Memex Generates over 800 Sales Leads from IMTS
/in ArticlesProactive Investors – September 18, 2014 – Memex Automation (CVE:OEE) says it substantially improved its sales pipeline at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) held last week, generating more than 800 sales leads.
IMTS is the largest manufacturing technology trade show in North America. Held every two years, this year’s IMTS attracted 114,147 registrants and 2,035 exhibiting companies from 112 countries.
MERLIN, Memex’s MTConnect hardware and software solution, was featured 11 times by the trade press at IMTS, the company said.
“This was our most successful IMTS ever,” said chief executive officer David McPhail.
“Mazak, the world’s largest machine tool manufacturer, demonstrated MERLIN running live throughout their 800,000 square foot plant in Florence, Kentucky.”
“Hundreds of major manufacturers witnessed a thorough demonstration of MERLIN at both the Mazak and Okuma booths.”
The chief executive also said that many said to him that “if [we] can generate productivity similar to Mazak’s published improvements (+42% utilization, July 28, 2014, Automation.com), then that’s good enough for us.”
MTConnect is the open, royalty-free standard that is intended to foster greater interoperability between manufacturing devices and software applications. It is used with the company’s new CNC hardware adapters, bringing OEE network connectivity from the shop floor to management, no matter the make, model or vintage of machine.
The result is a tool that allows Memex’s Merlin software to track a large number of data inputs that measure OEE [overall equipment effectiveness] in real-time, machine by machine as well as other operational machine information.
The Merlin device monitors production and capacity utilization on the shop floor, improving profitability, reducing waste and ensuring compliance with regulations. It enables customers to address production bottlenecks as they happen, converting idle time back into production and ultimately improving throughput and increasing income from plant operations.
The company’s product was recently described in a case study by Mazak, which said that Merlin-related efforts to reduce downtime yielded a 42 percent improvement in utilization for the monitored machines. In addition, Mazak also reduced operator downtime by 100 hours per month, while 400 hours per month of previously outsourced work was returned to the company.
Memex will also be presenting at the Cantor Fitzgerald Technology Conference, to be held in Toronto on September 23, at the St. Andrew’s Club & Conference Centre.
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Memex to Present at Cantor Fitzgerald Technology Conference and Generates 800 Sales Leads from the IMTS Conference
/in Press ReleasesBurlington, ON, Canada – September 17, 2014 – Astrix Networks Inc., operating as Memex Automation (TSX-V: OEE) (“Memex” or the “Company”), the global leader of manufacturing M2M productivity solutions, is pleased to announce the Company will present at the Cantor Fitzgerald Technology Conference held at the St. Andrew’s Club & Conference Centre, Toronto, Tuesday September 23, 2014.
Memex substantially improved the Company’s sales pipeline at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) during the week of September 8 – 13, generating more than 800 qualified sales leads. IMTS is the largest manufacturing technology trade show in North America. Held every two years, the 30th edition of IMTS attracted 114,147 registrants and 2,035 exhibiting companies from 112 countries. MERLIN, Memex’s MTConnect hardware and software solution, was featured 11 times by the trade press at IMTS.
“This was our most successful IMTS ever,” said David McPhail, CEO. “Mazak, the world’s largest machine tool manufacturer, demonstrated MERLIN running live throughout their 800,000 square foot plant in Florence, Kentucky.” Hundreds of major manufacturers witnessed a thorough demonstration of MERLIN at both the Mazak and Okuma booths. Many said to McPhail that “if it can generate productivity similar to Mazak’s published improvements (+42% utilization, July 28, 2014, Automation.com), then that’s good enough for us”.
About Memex Automation Inc.
Memex Automation (TSX-V:OEE) is the leader of the measurement of Machine to Machine (M2M) productivity solutions and the measurement of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (“OEE”) in real-time. OEE is the measurement of plant-wide capacity utilization. MERLIN (Manufacturing Enterprise Real-time Lean Information Network) generates OEE enterprise-wide, plant by plant, machine by machine. On April 15th PEM awarded the Company the 2014 Plant Engineering & Maintenance Award for Best Company Under 50 Employees. Frost & Sullivan awarded MERLIN its 2013 Technology Innovation Leadership Award. Microsoft picked MERLIN to be its mid-market ERP machine connectivity solution. Mazak, North America’s largest original equipment manufacturer of machine tools, purchased MERLIN to manage its plant and published in Automation.com a 42% increase in utilization of the monitored production machines. Okuma America Corporation, a world leader in CNC machine tools, announced in April that Memex Automation became a Partner in THINC. For more information, please visit: www.memex.ca.
Contacts:
Sales:
John Rattray, VP Sales and Marketing
Phone: 905-635-0590
Email: john.rattray@memex.ca
Investors:
Thomas Smeenk, VP Business Development
Phone: (905) 536-3138
E-mail: thomas.smeenk@memex.ca
Press:
Leanne Rattray, Marketing
Phone: 905-635-1540
Email: leanne.rattray@Memex.ca
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation services provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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IMTS 2014 Huge Sucess for Memex Automation!
/in BlogDave Edstrom gives a recap of the incredibly successful IMTS 2014 from his blog Photons and Electrons.
Memex on IMTS TV
Below was the view from our booth to Lake Michigan. We had the fountain in the middle, food on the left and beer on the right. THE best location of ALL the 1,900 exhibitors!
It was like this the ENTIRE time. It was amazing the amount of interest that we had in all of hardware and software products.
Above is my getting ready to use the Oculus Rift.Above is me actually using the Oculus Rift and nearly following over. Interesting technology. It is not quite yet ready for prime time IMHO.
Above is Dave McPhail getting ready to use the Oculus Rift.
Legacy CNC machines can now improve OEE with new MERLIN MTConnect hardware
/in ArticlesChicago, IL – The International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS Booth E-3368) – Sept. 8, 2014 – Astrix Networks Inc. (TSX-V: OEE), operating under the trade name Memex Automation Inc., is solving the “last meter of productivity challenge” with new CNC hardware solutions that utilize MTConnect and is being demonstrated live at IMTS. MTConnect is the open, royalty-free standard that is intended to foster greater interoperability between manufacturing devices and software applications.
For older FANUC-controlled machines that still populate about 50% of CNC machine shop floors, Memex Automation’s new Ax760–MTC is a fully configurable hardware adapter that allows you to communicate with your CNCs utilizing the MTConnect standard. The plug-and-play hardware connects into the main FANUC I/O Link bus to transform FANUC signal into the MTConnect software protocol without disrupting the machine. The result is a machine that can passively detect data, on both the X and Y addresses from 0.0 to 127.7, as well as 16 additional digital inputs, allowing Memex’s MERLIN (Manufacturing Enterprise Real-time Lean Information Network) software to track a large number of data inputs that measure Overall Equipment Effectiveness (“OEE”) in real-time, enterprise-wide, machine by machine and other operational machine information.
For any machine, the Ax9150 UMI-MTC is a fully configurable MTConnect hardware adapter that allows you to communicate with your CNC utilizing MTConnect. Rather than buying a new controller, you can enhance your oldest legacy controllers so they can take advantage of today’s MTConnect communication standard and take advantage of MERLIN OEE benefits. In many instances, this can substitute for a machine monitoring retrofit. The Ax9150 UMI-MTC offers simple installation regardless of CNC make, model, or type.
“Increasing the utilization of both legacy and new assets is critical to a modern company and MERLIN makes that happen,” said Dick Morley, who is on the Board of Memex Automation and is known as the “father” of the programmable logic controller (PLC). “Memex Automation is clearly on the road to the future for automation and M2M. Finally, we have a company taking a leadership position.”
At Memex Automation’s IMTS Booth E-3368, visitors will see a “Technology Preview” of Web-based features of MERLIN. The software will have many advantages for displaying data on various devices as well as allowing users the ability to customize the display to meet their specific requirements. At the same time the company will be demonstrating MERLIN in a live Manufacturing Operations Platform, connecting machines at the last meter. This demonstration will be running in real-time, as well as connecting into Mazak’s IMTS booth, showing Mazak machines at their booth running MERLIN in real-time, as well as machines in Mazak’s Florence, KY, plant.
About the Company
Memex Automation (TSX VENTURE:OEE) is the leader of manufacturing Machine to Machine (M2M) productivity solutions and the measurement of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (“OEE”) in real-time. OEE is the measurement of plant-wide capacity utilization. MERLIN (Manufacturing Enterprise Real-time Lean Information Network) generates OEE enterprise-wide, machine by machine. On April 15, 2014, PEM awarded the Company the 2013 Plant Engineering & Maintenance Award for Best Company Under 50 Employees. Frost & Sullivan awarded MERLIN its 2013 Technology Innovation Leadership Award for Machine Monitoring. Microsoft picked MERLIN to be its mid-market ERP machine connectivity solution. Mazak, North America’s largest original equipment manufacturer of machine tools, purchased MERLIN and published a 42% increase of its machine utilization and now offers it on its price list. Okuma America Corporation, a world leader in CNC machine tools, announced in April 2014 that Memex Automation became a Partner in THINC. For more information, please visit:www.memex.ca.
For more information, please contact:
John Rattray, VP Sales and Marketing
Phone: 905-635-0590
Email: jrattray@memex.ca
Press: market2world communications inc.
Paul Brent, Senior Communications Strategist
Phone: 613-256-3939
Email: paul@market2world.com
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation services provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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Legacy CNC Machines Can Now See “How the Other Half Lives” With New MERLIN MTConnect Hardware That Brings OEE Network Connectivity to the Entire Shop Floor
/in ArticlesCHICAGO, IL–(Marketwired – Sep 8, 2014) – The International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS Booth E-3368) – Astrix Networks Inc. (TSX VENTURE: OEE), operating under the trade name Memex Automation Inc., is solving the “last meter of productivity challenge” with new CNC hardware solutions that utilize MTConnect and is being demonstrated live at IMTS. MTConnect is the open, royalty-free standard that is intended to foster greater interoperability between manufacturing devices and software applications.
For older FANUC-controlled machines that still populate about 50% of CNC machine shop floors, Memex Automation’s new Ax760-MTC is a fully configurable hardware adapter that allows you to communicate with your CNCs utilizing the MTConnect standard. The plug-and-play hardware connects into the main FANUC I/O Link bus to transform FANUC signal into the MTConnect software protocol without disrupting the machine. The result is a machine that can passively detect data, on both the X and Y addresses from 0.0 to 127.7, as well as 16 additional digital inputs, allowing Memex’s MERLIN (Manufacturing Enterprise Real-time Lean Information Network) software to track a large number of data inputs that measure Overall Equipment Effectiveness (“OEE”) in real-time, enterprise-wide, machine by machine and other operational machine information.
For any machine, the Ax9150 UMI-MTC is a fully configurable MTConnect hardware adapter that allows you to communicate with your CNC utilizing MTConnect. Rather than buying a new controller, you can enhance your oldest legacy controllers so they can take advantage of today’s MTConnect communication standard and take advantage of MERLIN OEE benefits. In many instances, this can substitute for a machine monitoring retrofit. The Ax9150 UMI-MTC offers simple installation regardless of CNC make, model, or type.
“Increasing the utilization of both legacy and new assets is critical to a modern company and MERLIN makes that happen,” said Dick Morley, who is on the Board of Memex Automation and is known as the “father” of the programmable logic controller (PLC). “Memex Automation is clearly on the road to the future for automation and M2M. Finally, we have a company taking a leadership position.”
At Memex Automation’s IMTS Booth E-3368, visitors will see a “Technology Preview” of Web-based features of MERLIN. The software will have many advantages for displaying data on various devices as well as allowing users the ability to customize the display to meet their specific requirements. At the same time the company will be demonstrating MERLIN in a live Manufacturing Operations Platform, connecting machines at the last meter. This demonstration will be running in real-time, as well as connecting into Mazak’s IMTS booth, showing Mazak machines at their booth running MERLIN in real-time, as well as machines in Mazak’s Florence, KY, plant.
About the Company
Memex Automation (TSX VENTURE: OEE) is the leader of manufacturing Machine to Machine (M2M) productivity solutions and the measurement of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (“OEE”) in real-time. OEE is the measurement of plant-wide capacity utilization. MERLIN (Manufacturing Enterprise Real-time Lean Information Network) generates OEE enterprise-wide, machine by machine. On April 15, 2014, PEM awarded the Company the 2013 Plant Engineering & Maintenance Award for Best Company Under 50 Employees. Frost & Sullivan awarded MERLIN its 2013 Technology Innovation Leadership Award for Machine Monitoring. Microsoft picked MERLIN to be its midmarket ERP machine connectivity solution. Mazak, North America’s largest original equipment manufacturer of machine tools, purchased MERLIN and published a 42% increase of its machine utilization and now offers it on its price list. Okuma America Corporation, a world leader in CNC machine tools, announced in April 2014 that Memex Automation became a Partner in THINC. For more information, please visit: www.memex.ca.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation services provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Contact Information
Sales:
Memex Automation Inc.
John Rattray
VP Sales and Marketing
Phone: 905-635-0590
Email: Email Contact
Press:
market2world communications inc.
Paul Brent
Senior Communications Strategist
Phone: 613-256-3939
Email: Email Contact
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