Adaptive Wireless Solutions Case Studies Wireless Temperature Monitoring Increases Throughput

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Wireless Temperature Monitoring Increases Throughput

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Technology Category	Sensors - Temperature Sensors
Applicable Industries	Metals
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing
Use Cases	Process Control & Optimization
Challenge	The customer’s manufacturing process takes raw aluminum billets and uses a cold rolling process to produce rolled aluminum goods. A throughput bottleneck was identified at the cooling station as the existing temperature measurement process required the crane operator to climb down from the crane regularly and perform direct measurements on the rolls. Read More
About Customer	An Aluminum Company has been a state-of-the-art manufacturer of aluminum sheet products in a commodities business since 1983. Read More
Customer Name	Undisclosed Read More
Solution	A SensiNet wireless temperature monitoring system was deployed to automatically monitor the temperature of rolls in the cooling rack every minute. The operator can access the temperature information, and move the materials when the correct temperature is reached, thus eliminating the need to make manual measurements. Read More Log in to view content
Data Collected	Production Efficiency, Temperature, Throughput Per Plant Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Sensors - Temperature Sensors

Applicable Industries

Metals

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Use Cases

Process Control & Optimization

Challenge

The customer’s manufacturing process takes raw aluminum billets and uses a cold rolling process to produce rolled aluminum goods. A throughput bottleneck was identified at the cooling station as the existing temperature measurement process required the crane operator to climb down from the crane regularly and perform direct measurements on the rolls.

About Customer

An Aluminum Company has been a state-of-the-art manufacturer of aluminum sheet products in a commodities business since 1983.

Customer Name

Undisclosed

Solution

A SensiNet wireless temperature monitoring system was deployed to automatically monitor the temperature of rolls in the cooling rack every minute. The operator can access the temperature information, and move the materials when the correct temperature is reached, thus eliminating the need to make manual measurements.

Data Collected

Production Efficiency, Temperature, Throughput Per Plant

Impact #1	[Process Optimization - Real Time Monitoring] A real-time wireless temperature monitoring system provides a status report on the temperature of rolls in the cooling rack every minute.
Impact #2	[Data Management - Data Analysis] Cloud aggregation of 'big data' enables more robust analysis.

Impact #1

[Process Optimization - Real Time Monitoring]
A real-time wireless temperature monitoring system provides a status report on the temperature of rolls in the cooling rack every minute.

Impact #2

[Data Management - Data Analysis]
Cloud aggregation of 'big data' enables more robust analysis.

Benefit #1	The customer's plant throughput increases by 6 million pounds of rolled aluminum per year.
Benefit #2	Payback on the SensiNet system was 3 months.

Benefit #1

The customer's plant throughput increases by 6 million pounds of rolled aluminum per year.

Benefit #2

Payback on the SensiNet system was 3 months.

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Wireless Temperature Monitoring Increases Throughput

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