3 Primary Benefits of Using Smart Sensors in Manufacturing

Posted by Nancy on February 7th, 2020

Smart sensors have transformed the way of business operation in almost every sector. This new type of modest and wireless technology provides highly accurate and real-time information that makes business operation more comfortable for owners, like you. In simple words, they are making trades more informed than ever before.

Here are three significant advantages of using smart sensors:

1. Keep you informed about environmental and machinery conditions:

At your production unit, you have several types of machines and tools for manufacturing products and making holes in the manufactured sheets/pipes. To keep your product production process smooth, you need to have a proper idea about the maintenance, replacements, or repairing of parts before they start creating problems and can lead you to have machinery breakdowns. Having a short breakdown can cause you a huge loss by throwing down your manufacturing schedules off. Besides, it can lead to probable injury or accident at your production unit.

With the use of smart sensors, breakdowns or any halt at the manufacturing plant will the things of the past for you. Applied throughout the process, sensors closely examine the conditions of all machines, including one used for punching parts or sheets, and provide a 360-degree observation to employees at the production unit. This wireless technology allows your company staff to watch machine performance and get detailed information on potential problems in advance. With the implementation of smart sensors, you will have idea on the conditions like temperature, speed, operational failures, valve status (closed/open), and changes in operations. In addition, this technology can inform you on the heart rate and oxygen levels of your employees to make your workplace safer.

2. Improve logistics and asset management

Installed with GPS, smart sensors can know the exact location of vehicles, assets, inventory, or even people. As a manufacturer, you can utilize the data to spot where is a shipment in a journey to your client’s end and the truck carrying your goods. Besides, you can use sensor data to predict and confirm the arrivals and departures of your products at and from your warehouse and retail centres, along with distribution points. Notifications on where your products should be at a particular time make you alert about the probable issue in the supply chain that you need to address. The use of this technology helps you monitor the following conditions:

•  Asset location
•  Asset presence in shelf
•  Asset temperature
•  Inventory control

3. Control energy costs and help meet specific regulatory needs

In homes and offices, motion sensors have been saving energy prices for years by turning the lights and other electrical appliances on and off based on activity. By moving forward, smart sensors are now capable of enabling you to watch closely and have a check on temperatures and activities at your production unit. You can know the usage of energy on a larger scale and control the same by giving instructions to employees after watching their activities.

Conclusion

Smart sensors installed with IOTs are transforming your way of data collection and usage. With them, you can produce better products at a faster speed, reduce your production cost and optimize your manufacturing business.