Lantek reinforces its OEM collaboration policy -Open systems the route to the Smart Factory- Photo provided by OEM Danobat Group Article contributed by: Francisco Perez, Lantek´s OEM channel Director explains the history and the plans for the future. Neutral worldwide support Key to this poli... plant management Nov 8, 2021
5 mistakes to avoid in the digital transformation of your plant Author: Joseba Montoya, Lantek Commercial Director for Spain and Portugal The pressure not to miss the Industry 4.0 train drives many manufacturers to adopt some of these disruptive technologies witho... plant management Oct 26, 2021
Technology and Industry 4.0: meeting the challenge with the right partner Author: Carlos García Villate, R director at Lantek The challenge for technology providers, such as Lantek, is to help clients understand these technologies and chart a transformation path and, at the... plant management Oct 6, 2021
How to optimize raw material consumption in a sheet metal factory Contributed by Luis Galo, Data Scientist at Lantek Nesting The key to optimizing the use of raw materials is nesting . That is, fitting pieces into the original sheet to try to take up as little space... plant management Sep 30, 2021
OEE systems: find out the real performance of your plant Author: Igor Temprano, Spain Portugal Operations Manager at Lantek What is OEE? One of the most important KPIs is OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness), an internationally recognized indicator that me... plant management Sep 27, 2021
Imagining the future and making it happen: the machine of tomorrow Author: Jose Antonio Lorenzo, Data Area Manager Although it’s difficult to foresee the advances that are still to come, especially if we take into account the frantic pace at which technology and inno... plant management Sep 22, 2021
The shipbuilding sector in the orbit of digitalisation Author: Joseba Montoya, commercial director of Lantek Iberia If before the pandemic the importance of accessing digitalisation processes was already glimpsed in the shipbuilding sector, the pandemic h... plant management Sep 16, 2021
MLOps or how to accelerate factory optimization by automating processes Author: Luis Galo, Data Scientist at Lantek One consequence of the implementation of Machine Learning (ML) is the introduction of methodologies to improve the quality of the life cycle of an artificia... plant management Aug 26, 2021
Laser or water jet? Two different, but complimentary, cutting machines Characteristics of the laser cutting machine Originally, the laser cutting machine was designed by Western Electric Research Center for punching holes into diamond dies. It´s a thermal cutting techniq... plant management Aug 12, 2021
6 steps for building the Digital Smart Factory The aim of the Digital Smart Factory is to achieve greater efficiency and productivity with a significant reduction in operating costs. So, what steps do we need to take to turn our factory into a Dig... plant management Jul 30, 2021
Industrial automation or how to save time and money The reasons that push us towards the automation of processes, either with software or robots (RPA, Robotic Process Automation), are diverse, such as eliminating repetitive or complex tasks, replacing ... plant management Jul 12, 2021
5 challenges for the metal and sheet metal cutting industry This is the aim, to turn our plants into Smart Factories , but to do this we have to overcome 5 challenges: 1.- Cutting product life cycle The increasing demand for more specific and niche application... plant management Jul 1, 2021