What value drivers can industrial IoT technologies such as RFID bring to manufacturing companies

As a product of the deep integration of the new generation of information technology and manufacturing industry, the Industrial Internet of Things realizes the comprehensive interconnection of people, objects and machines through technology, thereby building a new manufacturing and service system that connects the entire industry chain, all elements, and all values. , is the way for enterprises to achieve digital transformation. Establishing a coordination mechanism can improve the response speed of the supply chain to the market.

Unlike the application of IoT in the consumer industry, the foundation of IoT in the industrial field has existed for decades. Systems such as process control and automation systems, industrial Ethernet connections, and wireless local area networks (WALNs) have been operating in factories for years, connecting programmable logic controllers (PLCs), wireless sensors, and radio frequency identification tags (RFIDs).

The application of industrial Internet of Things technology on industrial equipment, for industrial equipment manufacturers, as long as they have electronic control and control systems, they can realize data collection (RFID) and remote control of equipment through industrial Internet of Things solutions. monitoring and debugging functions. Therefore, whether it is food manufacturing equipment or pharmaceutical equipment, whether it is shot blasting machine or air compressor, equipment from all walks of life is realized through IoT solutions. If you want to quickly provide equipment management efficiency and reduce equipment management costs, the industrial Internet of Things technology solution is the best choice.

Realize remote monitoring and debugging functions for equipment

With the continuous development and advancement of trade globalization, many equipment manufacturers sell their equipment to overseas markets. With the breakthrough of equipment sales, the more headaches that come with it is the problem of after-sales maintenance. According to the traditional equipment operation and maintenance management method, when the equipment fails or needs software upgrades, professional Engineering and technical personnel are assigned to the site for related equipment maintenance and upgrades. Using industrial Internet of Things technology solutions, through the combination of industrial gateways and cloud platforms, remote debugging of the entire device can be realized. For engineers, they only need to connect the device to the cloud platform to realize remote monitoring and remote debugging of the entire device in the cloud. Each node of the Industrial Internet of Things provides the entire system with information or decision-making data obtained by its own processing. When a node fails or the data changes, the entire system will automatically make corresponding adjustments according to the logical relationship. That is to say, if there is a fault message during the operation of the equipment, the platform can push relevant alarm information to the equipment management personnel, and the management personnel can log in to the cloud platform to complete the data adjustment of relevant parameters and complete the maintenance of the fault.

Realize the monitoring and data collection of the whole process of industrial equipment production

During the real-time operation of industrial equipment, the real-time collection of equipment use and equipment managers who want to know the energy consumption and production capacity of the equipment during operation can be implemented through IoT technologies such as RFID. Industrial equipment can view relevant parameter information anytime and anywhere on the cloud platform by connecting to the industrial gateway. The platform will Store the summarized relevant information, and equipment managers can view historical data at any time. The Industrial Internet of Things uses RFID, sensors, QR codes and other means to obtain information and data of products at all stages from production to sales to end-user use at any time, while the data collection of traditional industrial automation is often limited to the production quality inspection stage. The future is the era of big data. Industrial Internet of Things technology can help equipment collect data, record data, and view data parameters anytime and anywhere.

Visualization of industrial equipment data to increase risk management and control capabilities

Through the application of video, infrared, GPS, Beidou, RFID, UWB and other sensing equipment and the monitoring and analysis of equipment vibration, shock, noise, temperature, pressure, flow, force torque, voltage, current and other dimensions, further complete the production monitoring The intelligent transformation and upgrading of software and hardware such as workshops, logistics and warehousing, realizes real-time tracking and collection of data in various links of production, sales, logistics, warehousing, etc., and helps enterprises realize the visualization of the entire supply chain, efficient management, and reduce the risk management and control costs of enterprises , Improve the automation, intelligence level and management efficiency of enterprises.

Improve business efficiency

With the upgrade and application of hardware and software, the integration and application of various systems such as the Internet of Things platform, warehouse management system, and equipment operation and maintenance system will greatly improve the production, operation, and management operations of manufacturing companies. Enterprises can use the industrial Internet platform to analyze the historical data and real-time operation data of the equipment, so as to monitor the operation status of the equipment, and notify the maintenance personnel in time to repair the equipment when there is a hidden danger or failure of the equipment. Through the use of intelligent collection, the operation data of each device can be collected accurately and in real time, and the visualization platform can help customers manage devices remotely, providing remote monitoring, early warning, monitoring, etc.

In the future, the focus of industrial IoT applications will shift from equipment and Assets to products and customers. New products and services and closer customer relationships are key ways industrial companies can grow their business with IoT. In order to develop more attractive products or improve existing customer relationships, companies will need a large amount of product and customer related information support. At present, the amount of product and customer information obtained by industrial enterprises is far less than that of assets and equipment. Driven by the dual demands of efficiency improvement and business growth, the attention of industrial IoT applications in future enterprises will shift from equipment and assets to products and equipment. client. The improvement of data capabilities will take the improvement of data analysis and computing capabilities as the investment priority. The overall breakthrough of the Internet of Things does not only depend on hardware capabilities and business model innovation, algorithms and data are also indispensable.