Automotive industry
A tier-one automotive supplier trains twice as fast
Autonomous operator training, guided in augmented reality on the real equipment.
Result: training speed doubled.
Mechanical engineering, machining and metalworking
Your setters are scarce, your veterans are leaving: their knack stays in the workshop.
Machining, setting, boilermaking, welding, foundry: your experts pass on their skills in a few minutes, on the real equipment, without putting down their tools. Your newcomers learn them guided in augmented reality. No cloud, no online account: nothing leaves your workshop.
- 100% offlineNo network to open in the workshop: creating, learning and translating work offline, artificial intelligence included.
- No data held by the software publisherNothing is hosted by SHIFT89 and the software requires no online account.
- Hands-freeThe instruction is displayed on the machine tool, where action is needed: hands stay on the machine, not on a tablet.
Your challenges
The hardest trades to recruit for in industry.
Every departure of an experienced setter, boilermaker or welder takes away know-how that nobody has had time to write down.
Hard-to-fill machining and setting jobs
Machining equipment operators, setters: among the hardest trades to recruit for in industry.
Hard-to-fill boilermaking and welding jobs
Boilermakers, sheet-metal workers, pipefitters, welders: difficult recruitment.
The setter’s knowledge, a rare asset
Setting, batch changeover: knowledge that rests on a handful of people. Every poorly managed changeover costs availability.
Knacks that cannot be written down
Moulding, cores, melting, sheet-metal forming: tacit knowledge that leaves with your veterans.
Your experts are leavingYour settings are your edge
Parameters, tips, processes: they make you competitive and have no business being in a cloud.
Secrets to protectWhat SHIFT89 changes
Your best setter’s setting, for every shift.
What the setter, the new operator and the workshop manager experience.
100% offline
Your settings and processes never leave the workshop: no cloud, no online account, no data held by the software publisher.
Learn moreHands-free
Hands covered in cutting oil have no business on a tablet: the instruction is displayed on the machine, the setter keeps their tools in hand.
Learn moreA few minutes
Your setter passes on their batch changeover while doing it: one minute per instruction, with no writing, no filming, no mandatory editing.
Learn moreVerified learning
A quiz checks that the new operator has understood; you know who has mastered which setting, and where people get stuck.
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Use cases
From setting to inspection, from machining to foundry.
Batch changeover
The experienced setter’s setting, available at every batch changeover, for every shift, on the machine tool.
Metrology and inspection
Coordinate measurement, surface finish: the inspection points shown where they matter, checked with a quiz.
Maintenance and TPM
Routine maintenance tasks entrusted to operators, shown on the machine; the rare intervention, reviewed before it is needed.
Welding: preparing and inspecting
Preparation, setting the welding station according to the WPS, weld bead inspection: the task guided before and after welding.
Boilermaking
Sheet-metal forming, assembly, inspection: the boilermaker’s know-how passed on on the real part, before they leave.
Foundry
Preparing moulds and cores, inspecting parts, maintenance: knacks captured on the real equipment.
The difference
What tablets, phones and online platforms impose in the workshop.
Every tool has its strengths. Here is what these approaches impose by nature, and what we do differently.
- Other approachesA tablet set down on the machine frame means eyes leaving the part.And a screen to touch with gloves covered in cutting oil.With SHIFT89The instruction is displayed on the machine tool, where action is needed.Eyes on the part, hands on the tool.
- Other approachesFilming a batch changeover with a phone means one hand fewer for setting.Then a shoot, and editing that nobody has time for.With SHIFT89The setter passes on the skill while setting, hands-free.One minute per instruction, with no mandatory editing.
- Other approachesAn online platform keeps your settings on its servers.By nature: a connection, an account, data held by the software publisher.With SHIFT89Your settings stay at your site.No network to open, no online account, nothing held by us.
What we equip
Your tasks, your vocabulary.
The tutorial fits into your practices: it guides the task; it replaces neither your reference documents nor qualifications.
- Batch changeover and SMED
- Your best setter’s setting, done the same way by every shift, at every changeover.
- Setter-operator
- The newcomer becomes more autonomous on setting, guided at the machine, without calling on the expert every time.
- Metrology, calibration, dimensioning
- Measuring tasks shown on the instrument and on the part, checked with a quiz.
- WPS and WPQR
- The tutorial helps apply the WPS at the workstation. It replaces neither the WPS nor the welder’s qualification to ISO 9606-1.
- Non-destructive testing
- Prepare and rehearse the inspection on the real part; inspector certification is still required.
- Machine safety and lockout
- Making the machine safe in the right order, each step in the right place, before intervening.
- OEE, TPM, 5S
- The right action at the right time, so as not to lose availability on a poorly mastered setting.
Our hardware advice
The right hardware for your workshop, not the latest fashion.
As former industry professionals, we advise you as we would have advised ourselves: the device suited to your workshop, your protective equipment and your budget. Only solutions proven in real conditions.
With your protective equipment
Safety glasses, hearing protection, gloves, workwear: we check with you, workstation by workstation, that the device can be worn with your protective equipment.
Welding helmet, heat, furnaces
The headset cannot be worn under a welding helmet, and workstations close to furnaces or pouring require a case-by-case study: we tell you what is possible beforehand, not afterwards.
Your budget
Just the hardware you need for your workstations and teams: neither the latest fad nor a cheaper but unreliable solution.
Turnkey: we configure each device and fit it with the necessary accessories, so that it works in your environment and with your constraints. What we prepare
Works on: Microsoft HoloLens 2, Arvicom CART-S, Samsung Galaxy XR, VITURE Luma Ultra XR, XREAL Aura and VIVE Eagle, and soon Arvicom CART-3D. Your content does not depend on a device.
Measured results
What our deployments have measured.
Figures measured during our deployments, a method validated by 5 industrial PhD theses and evaluated against Microsoft Dynamics 365 Guides in a study published at IEEE ISMAR 2022.
- 1 minTo create an instructionBy the expert, on the real equipment, with no writing or editing (measured in our deployments)
- × 2Train twice as fast, autonomouslyMeasured in our deployments, at a tier-one automotive supplier
- ÷ 5Trainers and mentors tied up5 times fewer, measured in our deployments
Industrial research
A boiler manufacturing plant: the method evaluated against Guides
Our method stems from work carried out with Institut Mines-Télécom in a boiler manufacturing plant. It was compared with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Guides.
Result: a study published at IEEE ISMAR 2022, the leading international conference on augmented reality.
They trust us
- A tier-one automotive supplier
- A food industry manufacturer
- A manufacturer of measuring instruments
- A manufacturer of industrial components
For confidentiality, we only name a customer with their written consent.
Funding and procurement
Simple purchasing.
An off-the-shelf solution, on quotation. It is up to the buyer to qualify their purchase, according to the rules that apply to them.
Licences on quotation
One licence per device, glasses or headset, with volume discounts, and one licence for the PC application. Your choice: annual licences, multi-year licences or licences for the lifetime of the hardware. A quotation based on your project.
One day to get started
A one-hour scoping session by video call, one day on site with up to 8 of your experts, then standard project management. Additional support days when your project requires them.
Frequently asked questions
Your questions.
Our settings are our know-how. What does SHIFT89 see?
Nothing. Everything runs offline, on your devices and workstations: SHIFT89 hosts none of your data and the software requires no online account. The artificial intelligence (transcription, translation, voice) also runs on your computer.
Our setters have no time. How long does it take?
One minute per instruction, a few minutes for a tutorial, on the real equipment, while doing the task. No writing, no filming, no mandatory editing, no contractor.
Can it be used for welding?
For preparation, setting the welding station according to the WPS and weld bead inspection, yes. The headset cannot be worn under a welding helmet: the welding itself remains the business of the welder and their qualification.
What about the foundry, close to the furnaces?
Each device has its own operating temperature range: workstations close to furnaces and pouring require a case-by-case study. The tutorial is used first for preparing moulds and cores, inspection and maintenance.
We also build machines. Can we train our customers?
Yes. A tutorial created on your machine then serves all your customers, in their own language, with no connection to your servers or theirs. See the Machine manufacturers page.
HoloLens 2 is no longer manufactured, and its security updates continue until December 2027 for connected devices. What happens to the investment?
At SHIFT89, we support HoloLens 2 until at least the end of 2030, so you can use your investment for longer. #AugmentedTraining needs no connection to work: your HoloLens 2 headsets can therefore be disconnected from Wi-Fi, for maximum security.
Your content does not depend on one device: several augmented-reality glasses and headsets are compatible. We advise you, completely independently, on the one that suits your working conditions and your budget.
All content created with #AugmentedTraining on HoloLens 2 can be reused, without being redone, on the new glasses and headsets we support.
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