Remote Monitoring of Edge Devices
What is Remote Monitoring?
Collecting and analyzing data from sensors and other field devices, remote monitoring provides factories with insight and visibility into the performance of their machines, processes, and people. Even sensor data can be accessed in real time from any location, as well as logged for long term analysis.
Keep reading to learn about how remote monitoring technologies are revolutionizing industrial automation, offering smart factories greater visibility into their operations, and enabling better, data-driven decisions.
Wireless sensor networks provide remote monitoring capabilities and allow manufacturers to increase overall process efficiency and productivity.
By eliminating the wire limitations of conventional systems, wireless networking systems improve data logging, process monitoring and control, while maintaining high levels of security and integrity. Wireless sensor networks are especially advantageous where wired solutions are impractical, ineffective, or cost-prohibitive.
While historically wireless systems were difficult to install and complicated to maintain over time, wireless technology has advanced significantly over the years. Today many remote monitoring solutions are available that offer a reliable wireless communication integrated into a single, inexpensive unit. These new wireless I/O devices are easy to install, and then uninstall and move to a new location as monitoring requirements change.
Predict Failures and Prevent Unplanned Downtime
Remotely monitoring conditions like changes temperature and vibration enables predictive maintenance for machines. The benefits of predictive maintenance include:
- Avoiding machine failures by making maintenance decisions based on historical and real-time data from the machine itself.
- Enabling quick intervention to avoid downtime by monitoring time-sensitive conditions like changes in vibration, temperature, humidity, or tank level.
- Initiating real-time alerts to operators so that critical situations can be resolved quickly to avoid extended downtime, scrapped materials, or product recall.
Track and Reduce Causes of Waste
Remote monitoring provides a variety of benefits for facilities seeking to improve the overall efficiency of their operations. For example:
- Remote monitoring technologies provide data for OEE calculations.
- Facilities can reduce waste and minimize its impact thanks to visibility into when and where inefficiencies occur.
- Access to logged data from sensors and indicator lights on machines enables users to track performance trends over time and identify steps for improvement.
Streamline Call for Parts, Pickup, and More
Remote monitoring technologies are also capable of improving the efficiency of manual assembly and production lines. Some of the benefits of wireless factory notification systems include:
- Allowing managers to remotely monitor multiple lines and work more efficiently by reducing the amount of time spent checking in on lines unnecessarily. This enables managers to quickly respond to issues as they arise and focus their attention where it's needed most.
- Increasing efficiency when managing and responding to call for parts, service, or pickup.
- Reducing the need for workers to leave their workstations and find a manager when they need assistance.
Wireless Controller for IIoT Applications
I moduli di controllo wireless industriali serie DXM sono progettati per facilitare la connettività Ethernet e l'installazione di applicazioni IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things).
- Dispositivi radio ISM disponibili nella banda 900 MHz e 2,4 GHz per la rete locale wireless
- Converte Modbus RTU in Modbus TCP/IP o Ethernet I/P
- I moduli di controllo logici possono essere programmati utilizzando regole e metodi a linguaggio testuale
- Scheda micro SD per la registrazione dei dati
- Avvisi e-mail e testuali
- Modem per connettività cellulare
Software for IIoT Applications
Il software Connected Data Solutions è una piattaforma basata su web che consente gli utenti di accedere, archiviare, proteggere ed esportare i dati critici raccolti dai sensori Banner, sia cablati che wireless. Il software completa la nostra gamma di prodotti wireless offrendo ai clienti soluzioni IIoT end-to-end ai problemi più pressanti di molti settori industriali.
- Grazie a strumenti analitici e di visualizzazione, il software offre informazioni utili che consentono di trovare soluzioni alle attuali difficoltà fronteggiate dagli stabilimenti industriali.
- Memorizzare e analizzare i trend nel tempo
- Accedere in remoto ai dati da qualsiasi luogo e in qualsiasi momento tramite un dispositivo connesso a Internet.
- Ricevere notifiche in tempo reale tramite e-mail o messaggi SMS.
Vibration and Temperature Sensor
I sensori Serie QM30VT presentano un design a basso profilo e un'esecuzione rigida in metallo che riduce le interferenze di risonanza e aumenta la superficie di contatto, consentendo di ottenere eccezionali livelli di accuratezza nella misurazione della velocità e della temperatura quadratica media. Sono in grado di rilevare anche piccoli aumenti nelle vibrazioni e nella temperatura della macchina, permettendo di identificare precocemente potenziali problemi.
- Comunica i dati delle prestazioni utilizzando un dispositivo radio multihop oppure un nodo seriale a conduttore singolo collegato a un modulo di controllo wireless serie DXM o a un gateway
- Rileva potenziali problemi a motori, ventole, pompe e qualsiasi movimento rotativo o vibrazion della macchina
- Design ultracompatto per adattarsi facilmente a qualsiasi spazio
- Disponibile in modelli con custodia in acciaio inossidabile 316L oppure in alluminio heavy-duty
- Completamente compatibile con il software Connected Data Solutions e il kit di soluzioni wireless per le vibrazioni e la temperatura
