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PRODUCTIVITY SOLUTIONS

StarSolver® Productivity Enhancement Program

This program helps customers restore efficiency and reduce costs by providing a
realistic, actionable plan for process improvements. These improvements can help
increase productivity, optimize efficiency, reduce operational costs, lower reject
rates and minimize downtime.

FEATURES BENEFITS

Evaluate Equipment Productivity • Determine Repair, Retrofit or Modification Needs
Analyze Operations • Identify Equipment Potential Failure
Expert Cut Automation Analysis • Determine Cost/Benefit of Repair/Retrofit
• Optimize and Improve Processes
Actionable Recommendations • Reduce Operational Costs
Unrivaled Technical Support • Uncover Operator Errors
• Improve Cutting Productivity
• Improve Plasma Arc Consumable Life
• Reduce Post-cut Cleanup
• Decrease Pierce Time
• Increase Productivity
• Reduce Operational Costs
• Lower Consumables Costs
• Increase Facility Efficiency
• Strategically located Automation Specialists across Canada

provide industry-leading responsiveness

StarSolver Analysis for Automated Cutting Operations

The StarSolver analysis incorporates multiple stages of process and facility
evaluations to provide recommendations for reduced operational costs, increased
productivity and optimized labour efficiencies. Your analysis may include:

Machine Analysis Overall Cost Reduction Customer Experience
up to 25% or more • Reject and rework rates
• Process choice (plasma • Cut quality and process performance
• Final product quality
or oxy-fuel) • Downtime

• Torch analysis (number

and configuration of
torch stations)

• Table types (downdraft

or water tables)

• Condition of machine

and components

• Consumables life and

usage analysis

Gas and Supply System Operation
• Supply mode inefficiencies and appropriateness • Programmer processes
• Piping design, layout and performance • Computer control
• Air supply quality • System control
• Operational deficiencies

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