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What's new, RUBY?

Discover all new features of the
latest version.

V1.17 - At a glance

V1.17 (September 2025)

RUBY is continuously evolving - and you benefit automatically from the latest improvements! This page provides an overview of the latest version.

In the new frontend, additional pages are now available within the machine cards: Trending, Production Data and Alarms offer deeper insights at a glance.

You’ll also notice a completely revamped TRACK module, along with several new features in CHECK - designed to make your workflows even more efficient.

New features:

  • RUBY 2.0:
    • Dive into the beta version of the new frontend – now with expanded machine overview and more intuitive navigation across multiple pages

  • RUBY Go:
    • Enhanced Profile Thickness Chart with MDO & Tolerance in Trending
    • All-new Production Data Page – tailored for extrusion and printing workflows

  • Ruby Check:
    • Enhanced defect visualization for faster and more reliable quality decisions

  • RUBY Track:
    • A completely redesigned TRACK experience – optimized for real-time tracking, diagnostics and performance analytics.

Selected Bugfixes

  • RUBY Go:
    • PDF report is now more accurate
  • RUBY Track:
    • Product list not working
    • Product target speed not working

V1.17 - RUBY Go

V1.17 (September 2025)

RUBY GO 1.17 brings a brand-new user interface along with powerful tools for process optimization.

You can now visualize the MDO profile thickness and monitor width & throughput against tolerance bands in real time.

(1/2) New feature

MDO profile thickness chart is available

Your advantage

  • MDO profile thickness chart, you can monitor stretching behavior in real time and detect profile irregularities immediately.

MDO Profile Thickness chart

(2/2) New feature

Tolerance in the trending for width & throughput

Your advantage

  • With upper and lower tolerance lines in width and throughput trends, you can instantly see when values drift out of spec. This enables faster reaction to deviations, ensuring process stability and product consistency.

Tolerance in Trending

V1.17 - RUBY Check

V1.17 (September 2025)

RUBY Check 1.17 gives you more flexibility and control in evaluating your roll quality and waste.

You can now mark entire rolls or custom sections as waste, good production, or unrated - and use a reference heatmap to pinpoint defect hotspots.

(1/4) New feature

Waste area modal to mark an entire roll as no overall rating, waste production and good production.

Your advantage

  • With the new waste area modal, you can quickly classify entire rolls as good, waste or unrated - streamlining quality evaluation and documentation.

Waste area modal to mark an entire roll as no overall rating, waste production and good production.

(2/4) New feature

Provide while marking an entire roll as no overall rating, waste production, good production and custom waste marking for a roll.

Your advantages

  • You can now mark entire rolls as good production, waste or with no overall rating.
  • Custom waste marking within rolls helps you identify and document defect areas more precisely and efficiently.

A modal to mark any roll as 'Waste', 'Good', or 'No Overall Rating'. This modal will be available only in the RollView.

(3/4) New feature

Marking a custom waste area over a roll using waste pointers.

Your advantage

  • You can now mark custom waste areas directly on the roll using intuitive waste pointers.This gives you precise control over defect documentation and supports more accurate quality reporting.

Marking a custom waste area over a roll using waste pointers.

(4/4) New feature

Heatmap functionality for reference image to identify defects.

Your advantage

  • Leverage powerful heatmap functionality to visually compare reference image and pinpoint defect prone zone instantly. This enables faster issue detection and drives smarter, data quality improvements.

Heatmap functionality for reference image to identify defects.

V1.17 - RUBY Track

V1.17 (September 2025)

RUBY Track 1.17 takes job insights to the next level with a powerful new job detail view - giving you full visibility into production time, speed and scrap.

Quickly spot inefficiencies and uncover optimization potential with clear visualizations and performance comparisons.

Plus, you can now compare the same product across multiple machines to identify your best-performing setups and standardize success

(1/3) New feature

New Jobs page - Transparent Job Performance Tracking

Your advantage

  • The page compares actual speed, setup time, downtime and scrap directly against targets. This enables quick identification of deviations and drives focused performance improvements.

(2/3) New feature

Jobs page - Visual Timeline for Root Cause Analysis

Your advantage

  • The history graph clearly shows machine speed variations and setup/production phases over time. It helps operators and engineers identify inefficiencies and optimize future runs.

Track - New Jobs page

(3/3) New feature

Product page - Product-Based Machine Comparison

Your advantage

  • Easily compare how the same product performs on different machines in terms of speed, setup time and scrap rate. This helps identify the most efficient machine setup for that specific product.

Track - New Products overview page

ARCHIVE

V1.16 (FEBRUARY 2025)

With version 1.16, RUBY users will gain significant advantages from machine snapshot data, enhancing Quick Rollback & System Stability, Disaster Recovery, Safe Software Updates, and Security & Compliance.

Additionally, 1.16 includes essential updates and fixes for RUBY 2.0, RUBY Go, Track, and the Public API.

SELECTED BUGFIXES

  • RUBY: Wrong scrap counts
  • RUBY 2.0: 8 hour speed trend was not updated on historic snapshot changes
  • Trending: Counter data like roll length or material consumption are now shown correctly in the trending
  • RUBY Track: Splitting job into new job also updates old job
  • RUBY Track: Show maximum 50 alarms on downtimes
  • RUBY Track: Persist admin settings on each job
  • Public API / Connect 4 Flow: Wrong return codes when machine has no license
  • Public API / Connect 4 Flow: Department filter not implemented on count production requests endpoint

V1.15 (SEPTEMBER 2024)

With version 1.15 RUBY will link the glimpse of the new fronted (Beta Version) with completely new machine overview page.

We also have new features in Track, Check and Connect 4 Flow.

NEW FEATURES

  • RUBY 2.0: Beta version of New frontend (Machine Overview)
  • RUBY linked to RUBY 2.0 (New Frontend)
  • RUBY Go: Extended PDF Report for extrusion machines with MDO data
  • Data Archiving: User is informed about the option to activate data archiving
  • Public API: Material consumption for blown film lines available
  • RUBY Check: Visualization of DEFECT-CHECK training intervals to the activity bar
  • RUBY Track: Enhanced possibilities to correct recorded data

SELECTED BUGFIXES

  • RUBY Go: Missing values in the extrusion Production printout
  • RUBY Track: Wrong data on downtime page, when shift borders were queried
  • RUBY Track: Configured scheduled non-production routine did not work, when machine was offline.
  • RUBY Track: Timeouts on approve production
  • RUBY Track: Wrong scrap counts
  • RUBY Check: Fixed disappearing diamond icon while switching to different languages
  • Connect 4 Flow: Catch with machine setting now possible

V1.14 (JULY 2023)

With version 1.14 RUBY Check supports RGB-LAB-CHECK. You can analyze all inspection results from RGB-LAB-CHECK, our inline color measurement based on RGB data.

We also introduce the new features of Data Archiving and Connect 4 Flow

NEW FEATURES

  • RUBY Data Archive
  • RUBY Check: Visualization of RGB-LAB-CHECK Data
  • Connect 4 Flow

SELECTED BUGFIXES

  • RUBY Go & Gain: Limit data loading timespan when job with reused job id is selected in TimeNav
  • RUBY Go: Show density of resins with three decimal places on process data page
  • RUBY Gain: Fixed out of memory problem when dealing with extruded rolls
  • RUBY Track: Record production breaks like weekends via button press
  • Platform: User management updated

V1.13 (JANUARY 2023)

With version 1.13 RUBY Go and RUBY Gain support new parameter types in trending.

In RUBY Gain product recognition settings can now be modified after completion of the setup process and new products or new geometries get parameter limits more easily.

NEW FEATURES

  • RUBY Go & Gain:
    String and boolean type parameters can be shown in trending
  • RUBY Gain:
    Product recognition settings like replacement resins can be modified after setup process has been completed
  • RUBY Gain:
    New products or new geometries of known products get parameter limits more easily

SELECTED BUGFIXES

  • RUBY Go & Gain:
    Values on flag not shown in scientific notation any more
  • RUBY Go & Gain:
    Returning to live mode has been fixed

V1.12 (SEPTEMBER 2022)

Version 1.12 contains a whole new feature: The RUBY App.

It also contains improvements for the time navigation in RUBY Go and RUBY Gain, new filtering options for RUBY Check and some bug fixes.

NEW FEATURES

  • RUBY App:
    Keep an eye on your production. No matter where you are.

    iOS: Click here

    Android: Click here
  • RUBY Go & Gain:
    Time selection has new interaction and navigation options
  • RUBY Check:
    New filtering function that displays print defects according to their defect classification
  • RUBY Check:
    New enlarged view of the defects

SELECTED BUGFIXES

  • RUBY Gain:
    Trends do not overlap time selection element any more when scrolling
  • RUBY Go & Gain:
    Time selection updates to current time when page remains opened
  • RUBY Go & Gain:
    More data can be seen on one screen, because legend in trending uses less space

V1.11 (MAY 2022)

Version 1.11 contains new features for RUBY Go and some bug fixes.
More detailed information about the features can be found on the respective pages of the extensions above.

NEW FEATURES

  • RUBY Go:
    Export process data into a CSV
  • RUBY Go:
    Generate production printouts with main data
    for extrusion lines as a downloadable PDF
  • RUBY Go:
    Easy to use time selection mechanism

SELECTED BUGFIXES

  • RUBY Go & Gain:
    Live mode is activated again when returning to page
  • RUBY Gain:
    Support for United States Customary Units (Non-SI)
  • RUBY Go:
    Units and localization added on process data page for printing presses and paper sack lines

V1.10 (NOVEMBER 2021)

Version 1.10 contained new features (for RUBY Check and RUBY Gain) and some bug fixes.

RUBY Gain

New Features

(1/3) New product recognition based on film structure





(2/3) New guided setup process




(3/3) New management of parameter limits

Your advantages

  • Products are no longer recognized based on individual recipe names alone, but based on the material mix.
  • Similar products are clustered.

  • For optimal use, you will be guided through the
    necessary settings at the beginning (e.g. configuration
    of product recognition, setting of parameter limits).

  • The parameter limits (e.g. temperature in the extruder)
    can be calculated and overwritten in a more
    structured and clear manner.

Overview of the new RUBY Gain features

RUBY Check

New Features

(1/1) Export the visualized results into a downloadable PDF. The level of detail can be adjusted individually.

Your advantages

  • The shown job/roll can be exported as a PDF to create a comprehensive report.
  • The PDF can be used for internal and external exchange without access to RUBY or for paper-based workflows.
  • In addition to storage on local drives, the PDF can be used for import into other quality management systems.

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