Datacolor has announced Guardian, the next-generation instrument-monitoring technology and predictive-maintenance program for Datacolor's high-end spectrophotometers.
Guardian conducts periodic diagnostic instrument testing through a process of measuring-reference-grade High Chroma Tiles.
Taking minutes to perform, the data is collected and automatically transmitted to a Datacolor server.
The data is then reviewed by Datacolor Instrument Experts, who can detect subtle trends that may adversely affect instrument performance.
Guardian's predictive-maintenance approach anticipates possible failures and allows Datacolor users to implement proactive service before an instrument colour drift adversely affects production.
As part of the Datacolor Assured range of service products, Guardian provides users with a range of service tools to maintain colour integrity throughout the supply chain.
Guardian Software is a diagnostics tool that is set to automatically send test results to the Datacolor Guardian Sentinel server, where it is reviewed by the assigned Datacolor technician to assess each instrument for possible troublesome trends.
It also allows the user to correlate an instrument to the Datacolor Master instrument to improve the inter-instrument agreement with other instruments in the supply chain.
Guardian Fleet Manager is a standalone fleet-management tool for supply-chain managers that tracks overall fleet compliance at a glance and offers status details of each instrument with a click of a mouse.
It is suitable for tracking the integrity of a large fleet of instruments in integrated manufacturing operations or multi-tiered supply chains.
