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Industrial Wireless

Wireless networks still represent a small percentage, 7%, of total industrial communications, but they have the highest annual growth: 25%.

This growth is due to its high efficiency, flexibility, and low installation and maintenance costs.

Industrial wireless solutions offer new opportunities for applications where there was previously no alternative:

Locations not accessible with wiring.
Applications where cable is not welcome.
The return, a priori, does not compensate for the installation.

Make your factory more flexible

Factories, warehouses, and other industrial environments are complex places for creating wireless networks. Devices or machines often operate in demanding environments: with extreme temperatures, dust, or moving objects that can cause disturbances.

A wireless network can improve your facility’s processes, but only if it is powerful and stable enough.

Are you experiencing frequent cable breaks that involve production stoppages? Do you find it difficult to connect moving machines or machines located in hard-to-reach areas? Or do you simply want an easy way to access machine data? If any of these scenarios sound familiar, it’s time to embrace the flexibility of wireless solutions!

Focus your efforts on the growth and evolution of your business without worrying about how to achieve a robust and secure industrial wireless network.

Communicate and control in real time. Industrial Wifi or Bluetooth

Wifi and Bluetooth are two widely used and proven wireless technologies in the industry, but they are applied differently due to their unique characteristics and capabilities. In general, they are used in the case of control and/or real-time communication applications. When it is not only necessary to control a process, but it is also necessary to monitor it live.

High-speed and/or high-capacity applications: If the industrial application requires rapid data transfer, such as real-time monitoring of large volumes of data or access to cloud-based systems.
Existing infrastructure: If the industrial facility already has an established Wifi infrastructure, it may be more convenient to leverage it to implement new applications. This allows for easier integration and cost reduction.
Short range, but wide coverage: If the industrial application is in a relatively small area, but wide coverage is required within that area (for example, in a manufacturing plant or warehouse).

Make your facility more flexible

Do you have an Ethernet cable and want to get rid of it? Do it in a simple and robust way.
Use your own device: Connect easily via Bluetooth or Wifi.
Expand the coverage of a Wifi network without installing Ethernet cable.
Seamless integration between devices.
Access the internet using LTE technology.
Create wireless connections on PROFINET, Ethernet/IP, Modbus-TCP or any other TCP/IP-based network.

The choice between Wifi and Bluetooth will depend on the specific requirements of each application and the industrial environment in which it is implemented:

Wifi is more suitable for industrial applications that require wide coverage, high data transfer speed, and compatibility with existing devices.
Bluetooth is preferable in short-range, low-power applications where energy efficiency and battery life are important.

LPWAN. Create your own industrial wireless network

The arrival of so-called LPWANs (Low Power Wide Area Networks) allows the deployment in an extensive area of a large set of battery-powered devices in a simple and economically viable way.

For those applications where it is necessary:

Low power and prolonged battery life: If the industrial application involves low-power devices that need to operate for extended periods without the need for frequent recharges or battery changes, LPWAN technologies, such as LoRaWAN, are more suitable due to their energy efficiency.
Long distance and remote area: If the application is in an extensive area, such as an industrial plant distributed over a large area or in remote locations without an established communications infrastructure, LoRaWAN technology can offer long-range coverage and enable connectivity in hard-to-reach areas.
Low-speed data transfer: If the industrial application involves monitoring or collecting data at less frequent intervals (minutes) and does not require rapid data transfer, LoRaWAN technology is an economical and efficient option for transmitting data at lower speeds.

In summary, monitoring needs such as, for example: energy efficiency (water, electricity or gas consumption), air conditioning-ventilation systems (temperature, humidity, CO2 level, etc.), occupancy level of a warehouse, etc.