Case Study: Textil Olius
Sustainable Manufacturing process with PTC IoT ThingWorx
Case Study: Textil OliusTextil Olius improves its energy and environmental efficiency with an IoT project
Textil Olius launched a project with the help of its technological partner 9altitudes (former Integral Innovation Experts), with the aim of optimizing its production processes and being more sustainable.
The main object of knowing, in real time, the production indicators through the use of an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platform and through system collection of field data to aggregate them into a unified dashboard.
Textil Olius' challenges due to industrial process complexity
Long production processes
Production involves several steps, and each step may involve one or more production facilities.
Low minimum order quantities
The company is characterized by its flexibility, which results in small minimum order quantities.
Large selection of products
With more than 3,000 active item numbers, product customization is the standard.
We needed a solution that could capture production sources and consumption of water and energy in a reliable way - and at the same time make this data make sense.
Textil Olius' benefits with ThingWorx
Operating time and consumption
Exact knowledge of the operating time. Improvement in production planning. Real-time monitoring of resource consumptions such as electricity, gas and water.
Cost saving and sustainability goals
Significant energy and resource savings in line with the sustainability goals.
Improved customer satisfaction
More accurate order information and sustainable production.
Complex processes generating non reliable data
The process of the project
By collecting data on process times, Textil Olius is now able to optimize its programming, improve its delivery times, making them more precise, meeting the service and flexibility expectations of its customers.
Second, by increasing data granularity, the company is now able to compare water and energy consumption between comparable production batches, detecting and correcting inefficiencies. They are also able to find patterns in consumption data over time, adapting consumption profile to take advantage of lower off-peak prices, and determine the best combination of energy sources and the necessary PV infrastructure. Furthermore, by linking resource consumption data and production data, Textil Olius will be able to estimate the water, gas and energy used for any specific production.
We needed a solution that could capture production sources and consumption of water and energy in a reliable way - and at the same time make this data make sense.
ThingWorx as a solution
Textil Olius relies on 9altitudes as a digital partner
Nicolás Cantón, Plant Manager at Textil Olius, says: "From a productive point of view, thanks to Thingworx we have precise knowledge of the real time that our operations have lasted, and also the time and reason why a resource has not been able to function. Based on all this, we know the yields much better and we can also plan our production with more precision."
A statement that Antoni Rovira, Maintenance Manager at Textil Olius, agrees on: "The deployment of smart meters that we have carried out within the framework of this project allows us to know precisely and in real time the quantities of electricity, gas and water that we are consuming. Thanks to Thingworx we can link these consumptions to specific manufactures."
About Textil Olius
Textil Olius is a prominent manufacturing company within the textile industry specializing in the production of wool felt. This non-woven material made from wool has a wide range of applications including industry, consumer goods, interior design and sound absorption.
With a team of more than 90 professionals in production, research and development, sales and support functions, Textil Olius, located in Barcelona, has expanded globally and exports to more than 40 countries.
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