Use PlantWatch® to:

Quickly connect scanners, lasers, and all devices together
Control bi-directional data flow from MES to all devices
Provide animated graphics of your system
Store and retrieve all data in a SQL database
Error proof the manufacturing process

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What is PlantWatch?

PlantWatch provides traceability, error proofing, and control throughout your manufacturing process.

Error Proofing & Control

Reduces build errors and ensures correct product routing through logic-based process control.

Easy User Configuration

Drop down menus and a simple graphics editor let you deploy applications in hours, not weeks.

Real Time Monitoring

Serialized or lot-based operations can be monitored with valuable real time or historical information.

Connectivity

RS232, I/O, Ethernet, OPC, TCP/IP — connect scanners, cameras, robots, PLCs, and printers.

Customer Installation Examples

See how manufacturers use PlantWatch across industries

Cummins Jamestown

9 copies since 2012. Serialized fuel injector traceability, ECM programming.

General Motors

3D LaserVision snap ring inspection with Allen Bradley/Siemens PLC via OPC.

American Battery Solutions

Multiple systems with 10 client stations, robots, PLCs, vision cameras for battery genealogy.

Caterpillar Inc.

Robotic piston rod station retrofit — dot peen marker, vision inspection, OCR.

Magna Cosma

Plant-wide serialized traceability including X-Ray and heat treat.

Gebbers Farms

Pallet build error proofing with 16-camera Halo vision system.

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We are currently using the PlantWatch product from HTE. Our deployment takes data from over twenty scanners, processes the data with a rules based engine and then writes the information to a SQL database that supports key business processes. PlantWatch provided an activity dashboard to assess system and scanner activity. We have found the HTE team to provide excellent technical support, and solid product training. We found the price point and richness of the tool to exceed our requirements.

— Christopher Gribben Process Development and CI Manager, MTD