Foundries & Forging

Foundries and forge shops, measured heat by heat.

Heats and melt energy per tonne by crew, stroke-level counting on hammers and presses, die life tracked before the crack, and predictive maintenance for furnaces, presses and utilities.

kWh per tonne, per heatStroke-level countingDie-life trackingLegacy equipment included
MELT SHOP · INDUCTION FURNACE 2LIVE
CREW A598 kWh/t
CREW B706 kWh/t
CREW C622 kWh/t
HEATS TODAY
14
TONNES MELTED
11.2
HOLDING TIME
18%
ILLUSTRATIVE DATACREW B · 18% ABOVE BEST CREW
kWh/tMelt energy per heat, per crew
Stroke-levelHammers and presses counted exactly
Die lifeTracked before failure, not after
48–96hWarning on presses, blowers and compressors
What this floor loses today

Melt, mould, shot and die: the losses every foundry knows.

Melt

Melt-shop economics

kWh per tonne melted varies 20% between crews and charges. Every heat measured shows who melts efficiently.

Strokes

Hammer and press truth

Forging counts by strokes, not hours. Stroke-level counting shows real utilisation on equipment with no electronics.

Die life

Dies die suddenly

Die failures scrap parts and hours. Stroke-count-based die life warns before the crack.

Your numbers

What would melting every heat like your best crew be worth?

Enter your monthly tonnage and energy intensity. The gap to your best crew is money already proven achievable on your own floor.

Melt energy differs by charge mix, holding time and crew practice. Measuring every heat separates the three.

Worth per year
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Gap to best crew
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kWh / year
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Purpose-built

OEE, condition monitoring and predictive maintenance for this floor.

Live OEE

Melt, moulding and forging

  • Heats and melt cycles logged automatically
  • Stroke and part counts on hammers and presses
  • Moulding-line cycle and downtime
  • Energy per tonne, per furnace and crew
Condition

CBM for these machines

  • Furnace panel and coil-circuit health
  • Vibration on shot-blast drives and compressors
  • Hydraulic health on forging presses
  • Temperature on die heating
Predictive

PdM for these failure modes

  • Die-life prediction from stroke counts
  • Press hydraulic degradation warning
  • Furnace component health scoring
  • Compressor and utility PdM
Coverage

The equipment we monitor here.

Induction furnacesMoulding linesCore shootersShot blastingForging hammersForging pressesDie shopsCompressors
Questions

Straight answers.

How does MachineWise help a foundry?
It measures every heat (energy per tonne, holding time and crew), counts strokes on hammers and presses, tracks die life, and predicts failures on presses, blowers and compressors, all on one dashboard.
Can it monitor old forging hammers and presses?
Yes. Equipment with no controller joins through MachineWise gateways, so a decades-old hammer is counted stroke by stroke on the same dashboard as new machines.
How is die life tracked?
Strokes are counted per die automatically, compared with the life you set, and warnings go out before the die reaches its limit.
Does it measure melt energy per tonne?
Yes. Energy per heat and per tonne is tracked per furnace and per crew from the plant's energy meters, alongside holding time.
Ready when you are

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