Pain Points of Industrial Data Acquisition and Monitoring
• The scope of industrial data collection is constantly expanding
With the increasing informatization of industrial enterprises, factory operations generate more and more industrial data, while internal factory management also involves a large amount of CRM information, leading to a continuous expansion of the data scope that needs to be collected and managed. Traditional WiFi and wired data collection methods are no longer adequate to meet the new demands of the Industrial Internet.
• The granularity of industrial data acquisition is becoming increasingly refined.
From single products to multiple product lines, and from stand-alone machine tools to networked machine tools, the frequency of data interaction has greatly increased. Increased product processing precision and shorter data collection frequencies have led to a continuous improvement in the accuracy of the collected data.
Industrial data acquisition is shifting from post-event feedback to real-time monitoring and management.
Industrial big data analytics can help predict potential failures and enable predictable equipment maintenance, which places higher demands on real-time data monitoring.
• The demand for computing power is getting higher and higher.
After a large amount of industrial-grade data is collected wirelessly, the acquisition equipment needs to perform autonomous calculations and accurate judgments, which requires industrial handheld devices to have computing and analysis capabilities.
With the support of 5G, industrial handheld devices have undergone a magnificent upgrade.
Smart industrial handheld terminals come in various forms, such as those that can scan RFID tags, data collectors that read barcodes printed on or coated with films on traditional media, and industrial handheld PDAs that read images from mobile phone and computer screens. They are characterized by their ruggedness and durability, adapting to various harsh industrial environments. 5G wireless signal transmission offers advantages such as low latency, no mutual interference, high reliability, and wider deployment coverage. The addition of 5G has enabled a significant upgrade to industrial handheld devices.
5G has the capability to connect millions of IoT terminals. Industrial handheld devices equipped with 5G communication modules can transmit collected operational data to the cloud in real time, replacing the existing wired transmission method for status sensing and meeting end-to-end data transmission needs.
Fibocom's 4G/5G smart modules make industry smarter.
Leveraging industrial handheld terminals, businesses can quickly and cost-effectively implement mobile operations while improving management efficiency. For example, in the logistics industry, where timeliness and stability of mobile information processing are crucial, deploying mobile data collection solutions and equipping each link in the goods flow process with industrial handheld data terminals enables timely updates to logistics data, significantly increasing the speed of logistics flow. Industrial handheld terminals can be used in manufacturing plants during production, warehousing, and inbound/outbound processes to reduce error rates. Currently, Fibocom's 4G/5G smart modules are being applied to smart logistics, helping staff record and collect picking data in real time, improving the efficiency and flexibility of goods delivery. For instance, in logistics parks, distribution centers, and warehouses, industrial handheld terminals can identify the stacking density of goods, humidity, temperature, and available space, thereby rationally allocating resources and forming a highly flexible, personalized, and networked supply chain.
