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Flowtics for plastics & injection moulding. Every shot counted, every mould serviced on time.

Flowtics reads the PLC on injection moulding, extrusion and blow moulding machines and shows cycle times, barrel temperatures and parts live. Drift is caught early, and moulds are serviced on real shot counts.

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Running today on 100+ paper and packaging machines at 29 sites. Machines in this industry are set up the same way; we check yours on the free visit.

Injection moulding machine · live

The machines

Built for the machines you run.

Machines where one extra second on every cycle, all shift, is real money.

  • Injection moulding machines

    Cycle time, shots, barrel zones and mould changes.

  • Extruders

    Screw speed, melt temperature and line speed.

  • Blow moulding machines

    Cycle time, heaters and output.

  • Thermoforming machines

    Heater zones, cycles and stops.

  • Chillers and dryers

    Water and material temperatures, and faults.

  • Granulators

    Running time and motor load.

What Flowtics reads

The numbers your work runs on.

Read straight from the PLC, shown live and kept for reports. If a reading isn’t in your PLC, we tell you on the free visit.

  • 01

    Cycle time

    Every cycle against the standard, with drift shown on the trend.

  • 02

    Barrel and mould temperatures

    Each zone against its band.

  • 03

    Shots and parts

    Parts per shift and shots per mould, from the PLC counter.

  • 04

    Mould changes

    When each change started and ended, and how long it took.

  • 05

    Energy

    kWh per shift, and per kg where the output weight is known.

  • 06

    Stops and alarms

    Every stop with its alarm and how long it lasted.

Ready-made screens that fit
  • Shift-wise
  • Job-wise
  • Energy
  • Maintenance schedule
See the screens

Alarms and rules

The right person hears first.

You set the limits, and who is told on which channel. These are the alarms teams in this industry usually start with.

  • Cycle time above 15 s for 10 minutesWho hears: Shift in-chargeWhatsApp
  • Barrel zone 3 over temperatureWho hears: Operator and maintenanceSMS and app
  • Mould service due at 150,000 shotsWho hears: Tool roomEmail
  • Chiller water temperature highWho hears: MaintenanceApp
  • Machine idle after a mould changeWho hears: Production managerWhatsApp

Who it’s for

Whether you build these machines or run them.

If you build them

  • Spot a drifting machine at any customer before it becomes a complaint.
  • Show the cycle-time and temperature history when a customer blames the machine.
  • Offer an AMC that services heaters, pumps and screws on real hours.
For machine builders

If you run them

  • Parts and kWh per kg by mould and by shift.
  • Moulds serviced on shot count, not on memory.
  • Mould change times on record, so you can make them shorter.
For factories

Questions

What people in this industry ask first.

All questions

Other industries

The same platform, other numbers.

Book a free visit

See what your own machines can already tell you.

Half a day at your works and an honest written answer. No cost, no obligation.

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What happens on the visit

  1. 01
    We come to your works

    Half a day. We look at two or three of your machines and their PLCs.

  2. 02
    We check what Flowtics can read

    Which readings, alarms and counters it can pick up, and what they would show you.

  3. 03
    You get a written report

    With your own numbers. Then you decide: stop there, or start a pilot.

  • No cost
  • No obligation
  • No technical preparation