Execution for Vacuum Thermal Processing
Real-time visibility, compliance confidence, and operational excellence - from furnace floor to front office.
Architecture
From Furnace Floor to Front Office
A complete data pipeline - deployed in days, not months.
emVee Edge
Connects to any OT data source - PLCs, OPC servers, databases, Modbus devices, and more - streaming process data to the cloud.
Cloud Ingestion
Process data flows from the edge to the cloud in near real-time, ready for analytics, dashboards, and compliance reporting.
emVee Platform
Auto-refreshing OEE analytics, recipe management, compliance tracking, and ANDON alerting - one portal.
- ›Zone 1–4 temps & setpoints
- ›Retort / chamber temperature
- ›Chamber pressure (PV/SP)
- ›Vacuum leak rate
- ›Argon / N₂ flow
- ›Quench gas flow
- ›Heating element power
- ›Cycle energy (kWh)
- ›Vacuum pump speed
- ›Cooling water flow
- ›Hydraulic pressure
- ›Operational state
- ›Fault & alarm codes
- ›Recipe step progress
- ›Cycle success / fail counts
- ›Component runtime hours
Features
Everything to Run Your Furnaces
Purpose-built for vacuum thermal processing - not adapted from generic manufacturing software.
Pump-Down Analysis
Catch leaks before they ruin a cycle.
Every pump-down is scored against historical baselines. Slow evacuations and rising leak rates are flagged automatically.
Recipe Management
Version-controlled recipes.
Locked, diffed, and scored against live cycle data.
OEE Analytics
Purpose-built for batch furnace operations.
Standard line metrics don't fit load-based processing. We measure what actually matters - cycle time efficiency, load utilisation, and recipe step-level performance.
top loss · pump spin-up · 14 min
Production Genealogy
Trace every part back to its cycle.
Drill from a work order down to the recipe version, the cycle, the loads, and the quality outcome - in one click.
Non-Conformance
Actual vs recipe, cycle by cycle.
Every cycle is scored against its recipe - temperature zones, vacuum profile, ramp and soak windows. Excursions are classified by severity, linked to the run, and held in the audit trail until reviewed and signed off.
ANDON Signalling
Raise tickets the moment things drift.
Define signal types, route them, watch MTTR.
Calibration & Compliance
Never miss a calibration window.
Schedules, certificates, alerts before they're due.
Audit Trail
Who · when · what. Always.
Get in touch
Let's talk about your furnaces.
- Who we love talking to
- Vacuum heat treaters running 2+ furnaces, looking to digitise recipe adherence, traceability, and compliance.
- What to expect
- 30-min call · screen-share · no slide deck
- Reply within
- < 24h · personally