Machine and robot inside smartphones

The WiBa QuickLook app from Wittmann Battenfeld provides a very simple and comfortable way to check the status of injection molding machines and robots via Smartphone. A status request on injection molding machines from Wittmmann Battenfeld  and on Wittmann robots is now possible via smartphone easily and at any time. The app developed for this purpose is available free of charge from now on via the Apple iOS App Store and via Google Play as an Android app for the corresponding mobile terminals.

The new app links up in each case with the latest software versions of Wittmann R8.3 robots and Wittmann Battenfeld Unilog B6 control systems. In this way, the production data and condition of the most important equipment operating in a given production cell can be checked quickly and easily with the help of WiBa QuickLook.

Prerequisites for the use of WiBa QuickLook are the software versions 8.21.00 for R8 robot control systems and V07.2 for Unilog B6 machine control systems. Furthermore, the connection of the control systems to the WiFi system of the injection molding plant must be ensured, so that the robots and processing machines can be reached by the app. Depending on the model, the minimum requirement for the Smartphone itself is the installation of either iOS 7 or Android 4.

The volume of information which WiBa QuickLook app users can access has been deliberately kept manageable. Users carrying out a check will be given a quick, well-founded overview of the most important current parameter settings in a given production cell - those which concern the injection molding machine and any one or several robots involved. To retrieve special details or to adjust parameter settings in the equipment, users are still required to go directly to the relevant processing machines and handling devices.

Of course, special care has also been taken to make handling of the app extremely user-friendly. Color-coded operating states in the lists of equipment give a quick overview. The close-up views for the individual components provide access to the production data, alarms (if any), and user-defined program values. Several components can be grouped for a screen view, and the lists of equipment can be sorted manually. The grid view available as an alternative offers the option to sort the components automatically according to status.

The functions of the WiBa QuickLook app make it easy to add components by simply entering their IP addresses. And, last but not least, the settings of equipment shown by the app can be very easily passed on to third parties simply by using the email function of the smartphone.