The problem
What plastics manufacturers can't see without machine data
Without machine data, plant managers, schedulers and quoting teams are all working from guesses instead of facts.
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Plant managers can't see how the machines are actually performing
Without machine data, understanding true production performance means walking the floor, checking each machine's control panel, or waiting for an end-of-shift report — by the time the picture is clear, the shift is already over.
02
Downtime isn't tracked, so patterns stay invisible
Mold changes, purging, material jams and machine faults get noticed, fixed and forgotten. Without a record of what stopped, when and why, there's no way to see which machines or molds cause the most lost time.
03
Nobody can see how much machine time a job really took
Once a mold run or extrusion job is finished, the actual machine time it consumed is gone unless someone tracked it by hand — making it hard to quote the next similar job accurately, or know which products are actually profitable.
How hopit helps
Facts from the machine, not from memory
Live shop-floor visibility — see every machine's status and performance in real time — no walking the floor, no end-of-shift guesswork.
Automatic downtime capture — every stop is logged automatically with a reason, building a real record of what's actually costing you time.
Machine time tracked per order — see exactly how much machine time each job or mold run consumed, for accurate quoting and real job costing.
Data straight from the machine control — connects via OPC UA, Modbus and more, straight from injection molding machines and extrusion lines — no separate sensors to install.
See what your machines are really doing.
Try the live demo, or talk to us about connecting your first injection molding machine or extrusion line.