Smart data glasses as part of the digital transformation
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Challenges such as a shortage of skilled workers, the corona pandemic or generational changes are putting increasing pressure on the industry: Experienced employees are leaving and the next generation is digital. At the same time, the requirements in increasingly complex industrial plants are increasing. Remote support like the smart one data glasses of Pepperl + Fuchs Brand Ecom help to adjust to the new situations.
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- Data glasses in the process industry
- Smart glasses through the eyes of the mobile worker - specialist lecture
Data glasses in the process industry
"It doesn't just help to digitize in one place, perhaps by giving the employee a tablet, but we need a holistic change towards intelligent production," describes Christian Uhl, Head of Communication & Lead Management Global Marketing at Pepperl & Fuchs, the current situation in the process industry in his presentation at the trade press days of the RBS Stutensee in Karlsruhe. (Here watch the whole lecture.)
In the field must mobile workers technical questions can be solved quickly on site. This increases the need for remote support. Tablets, smartphones and data glasses or smart glasses make it easier to work together and increase efficiency, for example when carrying out maintenance work or repairs.
Industrial communication as a combination of IT, operational technology (OT) and people is a clear trend and at the same time a requirement digital transformation. And this means that the IT architecture around industrial systems and production processes as well as the way mobile working in a process is subject to fundamental changes. Without digitalization, effective operation and maintenance will no longer work in the future.
Smart glasses and other devices
Mobile devices are increasingly playing a key role in digital production and in the maintenance of machines and systems, especially in explosion-proof areas. The explosion-proof smart devices from the Pepperl+Fuchs brand Ecom Instruments close the gap between the safety requirements and the data hunger of smart production.
As part of a complete digital solution, data glasses, tablets, Smartphones, Augmented Reality & Co. Technicians in the system querying live data. They record them, evaluate them and react directly to all eventualities.
With the help of data glasses Visor Ex 01 the remote support sees what is happening from the same perspective as the mobile worker without loss of quality. As a result, when wearing the smart data glasses, users can react faster, Fix errors in real time and perform the work in higher quality. This leads to a longer operating time of the systems with greater safety.
Technical features of the Visor-Ex 01
The concept of the new Visor-Ex 01 data glasses has been completely rethought: at 180 g, they are real Lightweight. The camera technology of the data glasses consists of a central dual camera that has an optical zoom. OLED display, touchpad, display and voice control are further features. The battery life of the IP68, Atex and IECEx Zone 1/21 certified smart glasses lasts for a whole shift. In combination with the smartphone Smart Ex 02 the data glasses are very easy to use.
Smart glasses through the eyes of the mobile worker - specialist lecture
Pepperl+Fuchs is exhibiting at the Hannover Messe 2022.
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Christian Uhl is Head of Communication + Lead Management Global Marketing at Pepperl and Fuchs SE in Mannheim.