In today’s competitive manufacturing landscape, access to real-time operational data is critical for maximizing efficiency, minimizing downtime, and making proactive decisions. IRIS Foundry enables real-time visibility into asset performance by unifying time series data, equipment data and enables AI models to monitor conditions, detect anomalies, and predict failures using AI and advanced analytics.
Bridging the Gap Between Data and Decision-Making
CNC machine monitoring application, built on top of IRIS Foundry exemplifies how businesses can harness real-time insights to better manage industrial assets. This application provides a unified, live view into the operational status of CNC machines, streamlining how operators, engineers, and managers interact with production data.
With just a login to IRIS Foundry, users gain access to detailed status information across their entire fleet of CNC machines, thanks to powerful pre-built connectors that streamline data integration. These connectors support MTConnect, OPC UA, Focas, and SINUMERIK protocols to enable rapid, secure access to machine-level data without the need for custom development or complex configuration. In the current setup that you see in video, seven CNC machines are connected, each transmitting rich, granular data in real time. Each machine provides a wealth of data, including:
- Machine status (operational, idle, shutdown, or down)
- Downtime reasons (scheduled maintenance, unplanned events, training, etc.)
- Utilization rates, production counts, and trend analysis
This level of transparency empowers teams to respond faster to issues, plan maintenance more effectively, and analyze trends for continuous improvement.
Live Dashboards and Detailed Performance Views
The web-based application offers a dynamic and interactive dashboard environment where users can monitor:
- Current and historical machine status
- Recent activity logs
- Alerts and performance trends
The application designed provides a comprehensive understanding of asset conditions and operational performance in real time. Through intuitive visualizations, users can monitor current and historical machine status, enabling quick identification of patterns or deviations that may indicate underlying issues. Recent activity logs are readily accessible, offering chronological insight into key events, maintenance actions, or operator interventions, which is crucial for troubleshooting and audit purposes. Additionally, the dashboard highlights alerts and performance trends, leveraging real-time data and analytics to surface anomalies, inefficiencies, or early warnings of potential failures. This detailed performance view empowers operations teams to make data-driven decisions, optimize maintenance schedules, and ensure assets are running safely and efficiently—all within a centralized, easy-to-navigate interface.
For each individual CNC machine, users can drill down into a timeline that maps operational states over time—whether the machine was running, idle, or undergoing maintenance. Combined with trend analytics, this supports a proactive approach to managing downtime and boosting productivity.
Cross-Platform Access for Field and Floor Teams
Understanding the need for flexibility, CNC monitoring app was built to run seamlessly across multiple platforms—including web, Windows, Android, and iOS. Whether you’re on a tablet, a workstation, or a mobile device, operators can access the same real-time data and take action when needed.
Operators can:
- Update machine status directly from the app
- Log maintenance events with notes and expected duration
- View changes reflected instantly across all platforms
Integration with Third-Party Tools
To extend functionality even further, the application supports integration with tools like Postman. For example, sending shutdown commands via an API triggers immediate updates in the operator view, complete with prompts for logging downtime reasons and notes. This illustrates the flexibility and extensibility of the IRIS Foundry ecosystem.
Fast Development, Powerful Results
One of the standout aspects of this application is how rapidly it was developed. Applications can be built on IRIS Foundry within minutes. The result? A powerful tool that turns complex machine data into actionable insights—without the need for manual intervention or fragmented systems.
Conclusion
If you’re looking to empower your operations team with real-time insights and smarter workflows, this CNC monitoring solution built on IRIS Foundry is a game-changer. It’s intuitive, cross-platform, and tightly integrated—delivering the information you need, when you need it, and where you need it.
