Reliable exhaust air systems thanks to IIoT and RTM
Real-time maintenance of the exhaust air system of paint shops with IIoT connection ensures increased occupational safety
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| Faster correction of data | Remote access | Predictive maintenance |
Results
- Easy visualisation, review and correction of data
- Remote access via the moneo IIoT platform
- Predictive maintenance
The challenge
Sustainability is becoming increasingly important in the automotive industry. Not only the impact of greenhouse gases on the environment, but also the handling of various gases in the production process is a major concern. For example, harmful gases are produced during the painting process. These are extracted from the paint booth using exhaust air fans to increase employee safety.
To ensure a safe working environment, a condition-based monitoring system consisting of IO-Link masters, vibration diagnostics and temperature sensors from ifm has been in use for a long time. It checks the function of the exhaust air fans and transmits the information via an IIoT system so that it can be evaluated centrally. The previous IIoT system was not particularly user-friendly when it came to entering, checking and correcting data during maintenance work. Therefore, the maintenance team, in collaboration with an IIoT team, set out to find a simpler solution.
The solution – why ifm?
The use of ifm’s moneo IIoT platform and QM9120 RTM package since 2022 has led to significant improvements in the visualisation, review and correction of data. This significantly increased user-friendliness and thus improved usability.
Thanks to moneo’s scalable concept, the customer was able to test it on one system first and then roll it out to all other systems with the same specifications without any problems. In the future, new applications will also be connected to the platform to benefit from it.
