GF Machining Solutions launches rConnect communications platform

GF Machining Solutions’ rConnect is a central communications platform for the company’s milling, EDM and laser machine tools. In line with digital connectivity advances such as Industry 4.0, rConnect is claimed by GFMS to be industry’s most comprehensive remote machine tool diagnostic solution.

Live Remote Assistance (LRA) is the first phase of rConnect. This enables customer-authorised remote assistance, and therefore connects the customer with a local diagnostics centre and GFMS plants – in real time. LRA allows the service team to inspect a machine tool remotely, with diagnostics performed by a GFMS technician or the customer. Any resulting maintenance intervention that may be required is performed on site by a service engineer.

LRA enables direct access to GFMS’ digital services and supports customers in their daily machine tool maintenance activities. In addition, customers can view current status messages and call up machine tool performance reports.