What is the "Machine Doctor," and how does it address the cutting pain points of traditional factories?
Traditional factories deal with thousands of metal materials with different characteristics daily, and blades degrade over time. In the past, operators could only judge tool conditions by "ears and feelings," which often led to the deformation or scrapping of hard-to-cut materials (such as titanium alloys) and incurred extremely high training costs. To solve this pain point, we introduced CPC-Connect (Your Machine Doctor) and the MechaLogix cloud system, which won the highest recognition of the 2021 Taiwan Excellence Award. This is a smart IoT device equipped with edge computing and 8 attachable sensors (including an 11k high-frequency vibration sensor, current sensor, laser distance measurement, etc.). By collecting vibration spectrums during cutting, we build a dedicated "Digital Twin" and tool degradation model for each machine, enabling active pre-diagnosis before blades break or materials are damaged.