LVD launches industry strength Touch-i4 tablet

As Industry 4.0 becomes increasingly relevant to the sheet metalworking industry, LVD has responded with a technology that makes production information available to shop managers in real time.

Touch-i4 is an industrial strength Windows-based tablet that provides an overview of the entire fabrication workshop, generating and presenting the live information needed to manage networked LVD laser, punching and bending machines.

The real-time Touch-i4 system collects information from LVD machines and centralised CADMAN database, and allows it to be viewed and managed wirelessly on the shop floor. LVD says the technology permits users to make informed decisions based on lead-time, cost, technology and individual machine workload.

Information includes KPI history, with full visibility and diagnosis of workshop performance, including OEE analysis and future workload. It is also possible to plan future workload by overall capacity, technology or individual machine.