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Industrial Solutions
Wireless in an industrial setting
Slow and steady
In industrial applications, reliability is more important than
speed. The data being transmitted is usually simple sensor or
control data, which requires very minimal bandwidth.
Reliability in industrial applications is, however, of utmost
importance. When you’re communicating with the sensors
and controls to devices that are often very large and
expensive—and often dangerous—you want to be sure the
data goes through. Plus, industrial environments are often
difficult for wireless transmission because of long distances,
and interference from large motors and reflective metal
surfaces. For these reasons, wireless devices built for
industrial use tend to be very slow but quite reliable.
Tough as nails
Industrial environments can be tough, exposing electronics to
vibration, dust, moisture and extreme temperatures. For this
reason, industrial wireless devices are usually housed in far
more robust enclosures than devices intended for office
environments. Standard features to look for are heavy-duty
steel cases, water resistance, dust resistance and extended
temperature ranges.
• It’s great for communicating in harsh climates or in areas where
it’s expensive to run cable. Wireless solutions are well suited for
use in military applications, farming, refineries, mining,
construction, and field research.
• Because sometimes you just can’t run wire, like in historic
buildings or hazmat areas.
• When it’s physically or legally impossible to support
conventional hard-wired RS-232 communications, wireless
networking may be your only answer.
• It gives you quick, temporary connections at trade shows, and
fast reconfigurations—even troubleshooting or remote field
testing.
• It provides reliable disaster relief when all else fails! Count on
wireless networks to maintain mission-critical links when
disaster strikes.
• It’s more affordable, more reliable, and faster than ever before.
Why go wireless?
Industrial and manufacturing enterprises are also discovering wireless technology. Used in industrial settings, wireless offers
many of the same advantages: lowering costs by eliminating the need for cabling and bringing the flexibility of wire-free
networking. In an industrial setting, wireless can help lower energy and material consumption, lower production costs and
increase productivity.
Wireless products intended for industrial settings differ from ordinary wireless products in important ways: they emphasize
reliability over speed, they’re housed in heavy-duty enclosures and they’re not standardized.
A few years ago Akzo Nobel in Belgium used the Black Box
LaserLink solution to connect several offices. Visit blackbox.nl
to read the case study.