WLAN FOR MANUFACTURING
AND DISTRIBUTION
FACTORIES OF THE FUTURE
Wireless offers flexible, plant wide communications between things, machines, databases, and people on the plant floor. It also improves a wide range of operations, including asset tracking, visibility of automation controls, wireless tooling, and pervasive mobile communications and video.
TRACK, LOCATE, AND SPEED UP
Track parts in Real-Time, locate slowdowns, and speed cycle times by creating a secure, unified, easy-to-manage industrial –wireless network,
A vital component on your production operation is missing. Your production line has stopped. Among thousands of moving parts, people, and tools across your factory. How do you find the missing part quickly and minimize delay along with wasted worker hours?
Imagine that a real-time location system (RTLS) is tracking the component. A material handler instantly sees the precise location and status of the component on his or her handheld device. They retrieve the component, the production line restarts, and updates are automatically sent to all online manufacturing execution and scheduling systems. The total time that was lost is approximately three minutes. The downtime that was avoided could have measured hours, days, even weeks.