Machine monitoring for manufacturers

See which machine has stopped and why, where the hours go, and what each part costs at your machine hour rate.

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Works with the controls you already have

  • Heidenhain
  • Siemens
  • Fanuc
  • Haas
  • Mazak
  • Okuma
The shop floor in Dextrolab. It shows good parts, OEE and utilisation, unplanned downtime by machine and reason, and good parts per hour against the goal. It also lists what needs attention now.
Right now

See what needs someone now

One list shows which machine is down or waiting, and what for. You see it while the shift still runs, in time to do something about it.

The list of what needs attention, each problem beside its machine's shift so far. CNC-004 has been down for 14 minutes with a spindle alarm. CNC-009 has been idle for 32 minutes, waiting for material. The setup on CNC-002 is 35 minutes over. Job 5120-D on CNC-007 is running late, CNC-006 is slower than quoted and a work order on CNC-011 is due.

  • The most urgent first

    A breakdown or a call for help comes before a short wait.

  • An email when a machine breaks down

    Or when someone calls for help, so you know even when you are away from a screen.

  • On your phone too

    Wherever you are in the plant.

For your quotes

Each job against its quote

You quote in your ERP, but nobody knows what a job really cost. Dextrolab sets each job's cost beside its quote, and a job still running shows what it will cost at this pace.

Jobs in Dextrolab as work orders, each opened to its operations on their machines. Each shows its status, what it was quoted and what it really cost. A job that is still running shows what it will cost at its current pace.

  • How long each part takes

    The real cycle time of each program on each machine.

  • How long setups take

    Every changeover against its quoted time.

  • Straight into your quote

    Every program as a spreadsheet, ready for the next quote.

On the shop floor

Everyone sees how each machine runs

A TV in the hall and a tablet at each machine show whether every machine runs and keeps up with its goal. Nobody has to walk the floor to find out.

  • Seen from across the floor

    The TV shows every machine and which one is down.

  • Ahead or behind

    Which machine keeps up with its goal, and which falls behind.

  • Every operator sees the goal

    The tablet at the machine shows good parts against the plan.

The TV board on the shop floor, with a tile per machine. The top of each tile shows the machine's status. Below it, green, amber or red shows whether its good parts are ahead of or behind the goal.
The tablet at a running machine. It shows the machine's status, the job it is making and its good parts against the goal.
Where the hours go

Know why your machines stop

Everyone has a theory about what costs the most. The figures show which stops cost the most hours, how often and on which machines, so you fix the biggest loss first.

Downtime by reason in Dextrolab, the largest first. Each reason shows the machines it stopped, how often, its hours and its share as a bar. Waiting for material comes first, with 152 stops and nearly 43 hours. That is almost half of all downtime. Then come changeovers, tool changes and electrical faults.

  • Whether it is getting better

    Compare any period with the one before, by machine or shift.

  • Which machines break down most

    How often they break down and how long a repair takes.

  • What the control said

    Every alarm with the time it cost.

  • Scrap counted where it happens

    Logged at the machine with its reason.

After the shift

How much of every shift became good parts

Each shift's report says which machine fell behind and why, ready as soon as the shift ends.

  • OEE for every machine

    Every shift, measured straight from the machine.

  • Where a shift loses parts

    Whether stops, slow cycles or scrap cost the most.

  • In your inbox

    A summary after each shift, and the whole week every Monday.

  • Export to Excel

    OEE, downtime and cycle times as a spreadsheet.

A late shift's report with good parts against the goal, OEE, utilisation and scrap, downtime by machine and the longest stops.
Pricing

One price per machine

At €70 an hour, it pays for itself once it wins back 2 machine hours a month. Plans start at 5 machines. From 20 machines, the yearly plan costs €109 per machine. Installation costs €950 per plant for up to 10 machines, plus €60 for each additional machine.

Yearly

Save 13 %

€129

Per machine per month, billed yearly

  • The edge device, replaced free if it fails
  • Unlimited users and screens
  • Calls for help from the machine
  • What each part and job really costs
  • Your own AI assistant connected
  • Shift reports and alerts
  • Support in Dutch and English
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Monthly

€149

Per machine per month, cancel any month

  • The edge device, replaced free if it fails
  • Unlimited users and screens
  • Calls for help from the machine
  • What each part and job really costs
  • Your own AI assistant connected
  • Shift reports and alerts
  • Support in Dutch and English
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Enterprise

Custom

For several plants and larger fleets

  • Everything in the yearly plan
  • All your plants in one account
  • Sign in with Microsoft or Google
  • A link to your ERP
  • Volume pricing and a dedicated contact
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Your data

Stays in the EU, and stays yours

Machine data is kept in data centres in the European Union, under the GDPR. You decide who sees it.

  • Data centres in the EU, certified to ISO/IEC 27001
  • Export stops, scrap, OEE and jobs to Excel whenever you like
  • The tablets and the TV in Dutch or English
  • Data stored in the EU
  • GDPR compliant
Questions

What shops ask first

Another question? Contact our team at contact@dextrolab.com.

It works with machines that share their data over OPC UA or MTConnect, and Fanuc controls over FOCAS. For CNC machines, that means Heidenhain and Siemens over OPC UA, and Haas, Mazak and Okuma over MTConnect. Machines without a network port come next, through a small I/O module.

Only what the control needs to share its data, such as switching on data sharing over the network. Dextrolab itself only reads. It never writes to a control.

No. Our team installs it on site. The edge device only connects out, so you don't need to open a port in your firewall.

The edge device keeps recording what your machines do and holds it for days. Once the connection is back, it sends it all.

Yes, because it helps them. Help comes sooner and they see how their shift is going. The figures also show when a stop wasn't their fault.

Yes, if you want to. Operators sign in at their machine with two taps. You then see good parts against the plan, scrap and stops per person. Each part is measured against its own cycle time, so a long part or a breakdown is held against nobody.

Yes. Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Copilot and ask it about your machines, with your own roles in Dextrolab. Every plan includes it.

The yearly plan costs €129 per machine per month, or €109 from 20 machines. The monthly plan costs €149. Plans start at 5 machines. Installation is a one-time €950 per plant for up to 10 machines, plus €60 for each additional machine. The tablets at the machines are your own. We lend them to you for the pilot.