Manufacturing Wireless Networks

Emerson customer deploys wireless network and smart sensors to obtain readings in a more cost effective manner, enabling future flexibility over traditional hardwired application. ...

... "The wireless network monitors the gas balance of the treatment plants including dew point, primary separation, compression stages contracted, consumption and plant venting. Some of the data points tapped had never been monitored before. Other points had been checked manually by staff reading local gauges. " ...

Via Emerson: Tecpetrol natural gas facilities

Flexible e-KanBan Manufacturing Replenishment System

AeroScout collaborates with IMEC Technologies to implement a a wireless parts replenishment solution for Thermo King Corp. The system uses a WiFi-enabled Active RFID technology to create lean manufacturing and operational improvements at its manufacturing plant in Galway, Ireland. ...

... "Thermo King manufactures transport temperature control systems for trailers, truck bodies, shipboard and airborne containers, and buses and railway cars. The company has implemented a Wi-Fi parts replenishment solution – also known as an e-Kanban system – and integrated it into its internal manufacturing applications. The AeroScout solution uses standard Wi-Fi and leverages Thermo King’s existing Cisco Unified Wireless Network, which the staff also uses for data communications with laptops and handheld mobile computers. When additional parts are needed on the production line, workers at the facility use call buttons located on AeroScout’s Wi-Fi tags mounted next to parts containers throughout the facility. When the quantity in a container reaches a pre-determined level, workers simply press the corresponding call button to request more parts. The battery-powered tags transmit the request over the facility’s standard Wi-Fi network to AeroScout’s MobileView software. These requests are then processed by IMEC’s parts replenishment application, which initiates the appropriate materials replenishment steps. The solution requires no hard wires, is easy to deploy and enables flexible support of production line layout changes. " ...

Via AeroScout: Manufacturing Operations with Wireless Parts Replenishment Solution

Lean Warehouse Through Wireless Processes

Lean work processes in the warehouse are enabled by wireless technology. ...

... "The basic principles of Lean Manufacturing date back at least to the 18th century. In Poor Richard's Almanack, Benjamin Franklin wrote, He that idly loses 5s. " ...

Via Plant Services: Lean Warehouse