Why choose our MaSH monitoring system for your filling machine?

Mash, our advanced monitoring system, is about to revolutionise the way we understand Galdi's food filling machines and optimise efficiency.

But there are another 4 good reasons to start using it right away in your plant.

MaSH collects and analyses data about your filler's operational efficiency.

The goal is to predict downtime, not just detect it - as an MES system would do.

The system actively analyses your filler's performance levels in depth, filtering alerts and transmitting the most relevant data.

In other words, it allows taking action before a malfunction would lead to a downtime alert or an unexpected failure, before production stops, with all the ensuing consequences.

This is possible because MaSH was designed specifically for Galdi packaging machines, taking into consideration the analysis of the fillers' performance over time and how pastclaims were resolved.

The data from Galdi machines become richer over time, as new variables are added, by collecting, for instance, data related to sensors and machine conditions.

Galdi's most advanced machine models can reveal hundreds of useful data, which are then processed and translated into useful KPI, both for customers and our technicians.

With collected data, Galdi data experts can then analyse machine performance in detail and monitor each functional block over time, using available data logs.

Galdi can therefore offer customers specific advice on the functioning and condition of their machine, and provide useful recommendations to increase performance.

Moreover, a dedicated Galdi team is developing increasingly advanced digital services, providing useful internal and external support.

For example, Galdi specialists can be notified in real time when a component displays a non-standard behaviour. By applying Machine Learning algorithms, the system is capable of detecting machine anomalies automatically, allowing for prompt action.

The system can have a significant impact on your filler's TCO (Total Cost of Ownership).

Let's see how:

• Reduction of unexpected downtime - operators get a better "grasp" of the machines' functioning and alerts, while the system notifies production managers/maintenance technicians of any performance losses in the packaging machine via email or on their mobile phones.
• Reduction/elimination of urgent maintenance work - through preventive action, MaSH can detect a component's early wear, facilitating timely intervention beyond scheduled maintenance, without having to halt production.
• Bespoke maintenance contracts - with MaSH, we can customise contracts and schedule interventions based on the actual wear and tear of single machine parts. This project, which is currently being developed, will mark a major step toward predictive maintenance.

MaSH was designed to operate safely via the cloud, by applying the safest and most up-to-date solutions for data protection, in line with Galdi's cybersecurity commitment:

• The cloud platform is hosted on Amazon's data centres (AWS), their architecture being among the world's safest and most advanced.
• The infrastructure is fully serverless: each service offered by the system (e.g. KPI calculation) is activated on an as-used basis.
• The transmission of data from the machine to the cloud is fully encrypted, using exclusively secure protocols.
• The full software stack is Linux-based.
• Communication is only outbound, which means you can't access the machine from the outside.
• The IIoT infrastructure of each machine comes with dedicated hardware for advanced firewall capabilities to ensure your machine is protected.
• The solution we develop to collect the data runs independently of the customer's corporate network, using a mobile connection via an IoT SIM.
• The solution does not require a fully open communication system, specific ports and protocols are sufficient.

Galdi's Technical Assistance team only use the data for:

• Troubleshooting
• Providing the customer with advanced diagnostics
• Improving the design and configuration of monitored fillers

MaSH can be activated on all Galdi machines in a few simple steps, with the help of Galdi Assistance team.

You will only need to set up an Ethernet connection for your machine and follow a few simple steps.

To access the platform, you will only need a computer or you can download the app, which is available for both Android and iOS devices.

From then on, your production data and our digital services will literally be at your fingertips!

To request more information or to activate the system, just send an email to: service.italy[AT]galdi.it