Burlington, Ontario -- (SBWire) -- 09/06/2011 --Many manufacturing sectors are represented in the Memex Automation customer roster, including:
Aerospace - Boeing, Goodrich, Dowty, Parker Hannefin, Héroux Devtek
Automotive - GM, Ford, Magna, Eaton, Linamar
Industrial - Caterpillar, John Deere, Westinghouse, Vickers, Case, Sanmina
Government - National Research Council, Jet Propulsion Laboratories, The Royal Canadian Mint
Memex has become the leader in helping manufacturers transform every machine tool into a node on the corporate network in a real-time manner. Mills and lathes are monitored as they work, which helps with maintenance and inventory control. By monitoring production as it happens, companies can increase productivity by reducing downtime between jobs.
According to John Rattray, of Memex Automation, “By monitoring assets such as tooling, raw materials, Work In Progress, computers, vehicles and any moveable assets, companies can know quickly, exactly, and securely where assets are located. We work hand in hand with OEE, Lean and Six Sigma principles. We have been providing innovative shop floor productivity solutions for almost twenty years.”
Memex was founded in 1992 with a vision to improve the way automated machine tools work and connect on the factory floor. Memex Electronics evolved into Memex Automation and is still making circuit boards - but the vision has expanded to include the networking of all machine tools so that they can communicate with each other and with the computers in the administration office. In fact, the network may be extended to the Internet, allowing productivity and other statistics to be emailed to a PDA, or laptop anywhere in the world.
In 2005, Memex Electronics moved to Burlington Ontario, where the company maintains an active R & D department. From that location, the firm manufactures products, provide technical support, develop software and provide training.
Memex Automation was created in 2006 to develop the Dynamic Computer Aided Machining patent that will someday render traditional serial DNC and memory upgrades obsolete.
About Memex Automation Inc.
Memex Automation Inc., http://www.memex.ca, a unit of Astrix Networks Inc., was created to leverage the research and development of Memex Electronics. Memex continues its tradition of serving the discrete manufacturing sector, supplying component hardware, memory upgrades, and visionary shop floor communication technology. Memex products allow a manufacturer to realize the impact of OEE Profitability.
Memex Automation OEE Serves Wide Variety of Manufacturers for 20 Years