IIoT Case Study: Dubai’s Falcon Group targets 75% growth in machine utilisation

IIoT Case Study: Dubai’s Falcon Group targets 75% growth in machine utilisation

Dubai-headquartered engineering and contract manufacturing company Falcon Group is targeting a 75 percent growth in machine utilisation using the ThingWorx IIoT [Industrial Internet of Things] platform provided by US-based Rockwell Automation.

The Group has five industrial operations, one of which is a specialist precision engineering and fabrication company that caters to customers in the aerospace, automotive, marine, healthcare, defense, oil & gas, and steel industries. The company has 16 CNC machines, all of which are essential to its machining capabilities.

Rejin Jose Kurian, Managing Director of Falcon Group, told Zawya Projects that the company increased its machine utilisation from 15 percent to 34.8 percent over the last eight months by using operational insights gleaned from ThingWorx to identify the issues and resolve them.

“We believe we can set a decent number to achieve in a couple of years. So is 75%, and we will not stop at 75% once we are there,” he stated.

On the other hand, Sebastien Grau, Regional Vice President, Middle East, Turkey, Africa, Rockwell Automation, said that most of their offers are on the cloud, which isn’t as readily accepted in the Middle East.

“There is an increasing offer of cloud and data centre providers that are now installing data centres