IoT Platform Helios IIoT

Helios is an innovative Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solution, designed to provide unprecedented data and control to customers throughout the corrugated converting industry. The unique, machine-agnostic solutions allow anybody, industry wide, to access actionable insights, optimize maintenance, and reduce downtime, no matter what brand of machine equipment they use at their facilities. Helios is an idea spun off by SUN Automation Group, a corrugated converting industry leader in innovative solutions and aftermarket support and services. Since 1986, SUN has led the way for automotive production solutions in the corrugated manufacturing space. The new platform-agnostic Helios solution further cements this goal, and differentiates SUN as a world leader in aftermarket support.

Soft Benefits of the Helios Industrial IoT Solution

• Understanding the exact time to change anvil blankets, and prevent stopping a run due to poor die cuts.
• Preventative maintenance planning
• Preventative parts ordering (Parts are on the shelf for quick recovery)
• Operator efficiency training (visually seeing setup times)
• Cost of losing a customer due to rejections of die cuts/print issues
• Management's ability to see the full fleet of equipment and compare assets
• Helping make operators more efficient at their job, showing exactly where a slowdown occurs
• Maintenance swirl - Maintenance people bounce around from machine to machine because parts are not available or the timing isn't right, we can remove that inefficiency
• Minimizing the carrying cost of extra parts inventory
• Reduction in board defects (ink/scrap/die cut issues/feeding damage)