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KPI calculation to increase productivity of container cranes

iba system provides complete overview of operations in different ports

When it comes to port logistics, time is money. In order to identify existing bottlenecks more easily and thus to exploit optimization potentials, a multinational logistics company decided to take a closer look at the operation of their container cranes. Therefore, the iba system was installed in four Australian ports with five to seven loading cranes each and became an eye-opener for the company: For the first time, the customer had a central and complete overview of the crane operation in all ports. In addition to the capacity utilization, the planning of the preventive maintenance was improved permanently. 

Business Benefits

Central and complete overview
of crane operation in all ports

Improvement of maintenance schedules
and introduction of a preventive maintenance concept

Determination of the life span
of a crane based on actual usage


The Technology


For each loading and unloading cycle of a crane, the logistics company specified about 30 relevant KPIs. These were to be extracted into a central database. In the installed iba system, the crane data is acquired via ibaPDA-PLC-Xplorer, with about 20 signals being acquired per crane. In a further step, the requested parameters are calculated event-driven via macros and functions of ibaAnalyzer and extracted into an SQL database with the help of ibaDatCoordinator and ibaDatCoordinator-DB. For each port, one virtualized ibaPDA system and one ibaHD-Server are used. During the entire duration of the project, iba Oceania took care of the engineering and commissioning of the solution. 


"The use of the iba system was an eye-opener: For the first time, the customer has a central and complete overview of crane operations across all ports and is able to optimize the processes on this basis"

Ross Gibbs
Lead Engineer,
iba Oceania

iba Products


Measuring from the beginning - ibaPDA-PLC-Xplorer
ibaPDA-PLC-Xplorer

ibaPDA-PLC-Xplorer offre tutte le funzionalità di ibaPDA con accesso a diversi PLC. Senza ulteriori hardware, è un modo conveniente per misurare, visualizzare e registrare i segnali.

Historical data - ibaHD-Server
ibaHD-Server

Per trovare rapidamente eventi passati usando un server di dati storici (Historical Data, HD) ad alta risoluzione - anche per processi continui e di lunga durata. Con la funzione zoom, basta un clic per esplorare una panoramica annuale, mensile o settimanale con una precisione al millisecondo.

Analysis software - ibaAnalyzer
ibaAnalyzer

ibaAnalyzer è caratterizzato da esaustive funzionalità per l’analisi e la valutazione. L’applicazione offre un funzionamento intuitivo con un complesso spettro di funzioni. La licenza per modificare file di misurazione generati con il sistema iba è gratuita.

Automatic post processing - ibaDatCoordinator
ibaDatCoordinator

ibaDatCoordinator è un potente strumento per elaborare e gestire file di misurazione in modo automatico. Tra i tipici ambiti di applicazione ci sono l’estrazione automatica di valori caratteristici di prodotto in banche dati e la creazione di report. In sinergia con ibaAnalyzer, è possibile eseguire varie procedure di elaborazione in modo completamente automatico e risparmiare ai collaboratori mansioni di routine.


schematic drawing of KPI calculation
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