The short answer
Contract manufacturers can track utilisation, cycle counts and early warnings on every machine, old or new, with a clamp-on current sensor and a proximity sensor per machine (about US$60–120) and InduQT. No access to the machine’s control is needed. InduQT turns the signals into cutting, idle and stopped hours, shots per hour and cycle-time drift, and flags machines that are starting to behave differently, so you can answer a customer’s audit and plan maintenance instead of reacting to it.
Who it is for
- CNC machining job shops
- Injection moulding and plastics
- Press shops, forging and fasteners
- Auto component Tier-2 and Tier-3 suppliers
- Electronics and assembly contract manufacturers
What it solves
Customers want uptime and OEE numbers
OEM customers and audits ask for availability and OEE. A current clamp and a cycle counter per machine produce them automatically, for machines of any age and brand.
Machines stop and nobody wrote it down
Short stops and slow cycles are invisible on paper. They show up immediately in the data, with the time they started.
Monitoring vendors charge per machine, every month, for their own sensors
Buy the sensors once and pay InduQT per machine with unlimited users. Start with the 3 machines that hurt most for free.
Where to start
Each guide lists the sensor to buy, how to turn on MQTT, how to check the readings with Claude or ChatGPT, and how to wire them to InduQT.
Automate CNC utilisation and OEE tracking with a current clamp, InduQT and Claude
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Already logging machine data in Excel? Turn it into early warnings with InduQT and Claude
Already collecting data?
- Production logs in Excel or Google Sheets: upload them, or let InduQT poll a shared sheet.
- Machines with MTConnect, OPC UA or Modbus: read them directly.
- A home-grown MES or database: we connect it for you with an annual plan.
What to know first
- Availability (running vs stopped) and cycle counts come from the sensors; quality (scrap) still needs to come from your records or MES.
- Do not wire sensors into a machine’s safety circuit or PLC inputs; our guides keep them separate.
What it costs
| Machines | 16 CNC machines, 2 compressors, 2 injection moulding machines |
|---|---|
| Sensors | Shelly EM Gen3 + clamp per machine, proximity counters on the moulding machines, Pro 3EM on the compressors |
| Hardware | about US$1,500 once |
| InduQT | Fleet Starter for 20 machines: about US$253 a month, unlimited users |
| Setup | Self-serve, or free setup with a 12-month plan |
InduQT pricing · Free setup with a 12-month plan · What one hour of downtime costs you
Frequently asked questions
Is this an MES?
No. InduQT gives you machine utilisation, cycles and early warnings from the machines themselves. Work orders, routing and scrap stay in your ERP or MES; InduQT can import them from Excel.
Our machines are 20 years old. Will this work?
Yes. A current clamp and a proximity sensor work on any machine with a motor and a moving part.
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