What are the potentials of using Internet of Things (IoT) technology in floor engineering? How to increase productivity in bridge or tower systems?
IoT
The acronym is Internet of Things English acronym, Hungarian translation of the Internet of Things.
It is perhaps most commonly found in so-called smart homes, where various household appliances (washing machine, TV, thermostat or doorbell) and lighting elements can be monitored and controlled by connecting them to a network. But this is just one of the uses of the technology, probably the most well-known because of the frequent media coverage.
It can be successfully used in industrial environments or even in transport in some large-scale designs.
Basically is a set of devices that communicate, collect and share information with each other and with users by connecting to an internet network.
+1: If you look around, there's another acronym, which is IIoT, which is Industrial Internet of Things, which is specifically used when technology is used for industrial purposes.
Cranes and hoists
The application of IoT technology in an industrial environment can reduce the time and cost of manufacturing processes and increase productivity. The latter is achieved by remote monitoring and analysis of data from sensors installed in the lifting systems.
This is a IoT system can be done in real time via a dedicated online user interface. The benefits of the technology are not only available to users of cranes and hoists connected to the system, but can also help manufacturers and their maintenance companies to increase efficiency.
If we look at it from the users' side, the biggest advantage of IoT technology is the information it delivers to engineers and management in real time.
Device monitors have access to data such as lifting and lowering times and speeds, vibration levels, temperature, current, various load data, and total operating time.
This information could previously be extracted manually, but thanks to the continuous online connection, it can now be viewed and analysed instantly and compared with data from previous months, days or shifts.
Users can use the online interface to receive alerts and notifications about changes to workflow data, upcoming device maintenance operations or the sex secure How it works.
A cranes and hoists are more efficient for manufacturers to improve and software maintenance can be positively affected by the use of IoT networks.
If manufacturers also have access to data from their devices, they can easily identify the parts that need frequent maintenance, the root causes of failures and more quickly find a solution to the problems.
And in the case of software and firmware updates, the online connection means they can get these fixes to users much faster, as technicians don't have to visit devices in person.
The use of IoT technology continues to grow as its benefits cannot be circumvented and seems to be the next big leap in the industry's development, so it should not be ignored under any circumstances.
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