We are pleased to announce the release of FabGuard v19.05.00. The Intelligent Manufacturing Systems Product Center is releasing FabGuard Integrated Automation Monitor (IAM) to support low automation factory environments and provide high fidelity data collection for FPS WiP Scheduling. Additionally, enhanced displays and support for FabGuard Analysis Server including multiple FabGuard Web enhancements were also added to this version.
Support for 32-bit FabGuard Executive has been discontinued. As of this version, FabGuard Executive will only be delivered as a 64-bit application.
Features |
Advantages |
Benefits |
|---|---|---|
New Integrated Automation FabGuard (IAM) product |
Provide basic automation and data collection in non-automated environments |
Reduce operator mistakes, speed up process starts, and provide better data to the FPS Schedulers to allow for better factory scheduling |
Analysis Server enhancements |
Provide more information about the tools monitored by the FabGuard AS |
Better control and monitoring is possible by having additional context data. Allow FabGuard AS to use Tool Groups and Description for analysis filters |
Features |
Descriptions |
|---|---|
Full Fab Layout |
Added Fab Layout tab to display all tool layouts from every connected FabGuard Executive |
Coverage Tab added to FabGuard Web |
A new sub-tab called Coverage shows a more detailed view of Coverage metrics. User can select how Coverage is calculated in a global preference |
Add plot of M of N in T counts with fault to SPC reports |
The plot shows the violations count for the "M of N in T" rule, and marks the ones with a fault. The violation count can be above M with no fault if there is no fault of the process itself |
Communication with new Pumps, Gauges, etc. |
Adixen ADP/ADS |
The following tool types are now available for use in FabGuard IPM:
The following SECS DLLs are now available or have been modified for better performance: