Involving experts

The biggest advantage in this area, however, lies above all in the involvement of an expert to carry out remote maintenance cases. With AR, a remote maintenance application can connect workers with an expert over smart glasses, thereby making it possible to perform repairs or maintenance using video telephony. This allows an expert to follow exactly what an on-site worker can see through their smart glasses, both in terms of the real environment and their visual impressions, enabling an expert to get an optimal picture of the situation and to communicate advice and possible solutions to an on-site worker. Modernizing maintenance and repair work with AR thus reduces not only possible waiting times for local experts and the resulting travel costs, but also the machine downtime that would arise in the event of a device failure.
Author: Iris Feuchter,
PR Manager Holo-Light GmbH

Thin Clients for hazardous and industrial areas

R. STAHL's Thin Clients cover all requirements for an on-site operation, and have been designed for hazardous as well as for non-hazardous industrial areas. Three different device platforms for varying applications have been developed to suite various application needs.
Firstly, the HMIs with the SHARK device platform are suitable for particularly harsh ambient and operating conditions. These touch screen systems, developed first and foremost for the oil and gas industry as well as for outdoor harsh environment applications, are extremely robust and resistant to shock, vibration, seawater and salt spray. Their enclosure is powder-coated and has a chemically hardened, non-reflective front glass screen. These devices have the IP66 level of protection and are also suitable for extreme ambient temperatures ranging from -40 °C to +65 °C. Secondly, the Thin Clients on the MANTA device platform are ideally suited to the requirements of the chemical and pharmaceutical industry. These models offer flexibility in configuring and are fitted with widescreens of up to 24" to display complex processes in brilliant image quality. The range also includes HMIs with dual and touch operation. Finally, the third device platform, EAGLE, comprises Thin Clients for machine operation and logistics tasks. All operating systems run on industrial-grade firmware that is secured and safe with user-friendly functions - the R. STAHL Remote HMI V5 firmware. It provides flexible remote access to distributed control systems of all major providers, including connection to virtual server structures and cloud automation at the level of the Industrial Internet of Things. For the application of the industrial-grade Thin Client firmware in control rooms, R. STAHL has developed the IBPC Box Thin Clients, which supports dual and quad screen operation up to a display resolution of 4K. ds
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