- Reducing Costs
- Compact components
- Compact components
- LED lighting
- LED lighting
- PLCs
- PLCs
- PLC/HMI programming suite
- PLC/HMI programming suite
- Extended-life components
- Extended-life components
- Reducing Costs
- Reducing Carbon Footprint
- PID controls/ thermal engineering
- PID controls/ thermal engineering
- Efficient power supply
- Efficient power supply
- LED lighting
- LED lighting
- 12 VDC PLCs
- 12 VDC PLCs
- Solar power system solutions
- Solar power system solutions
- Reducing Carbon Footprint
- Safety and Beyond
- Collaborative Safety
- Collaborative Safety
- Safety 2.0
- Safety 2.0
- Emergency-stop Safety
- Emergency-stop Safety
- Machine Safety
- Machine Safety
- Functional Safety
- Functional Safety
- Traceable Systems
- Traceable Systems
- Safety and Beyond
- Minimize Downtime
- Long-lasting Durable Devices
- Long-lasting Durable Devices
- Remote Monitoring and Control
- Remote Monitoring and Control
- Preventive/Predictive Maintenance
- Preventive/Predictive Maintenance
- Easy Replacements
- Easy Replacements
- Avoid Downtime Caused by Accidents
- Avoid Downtime Caused by Accidents
- Minimize Downtime
- Optimize IIoT Practices
- Remote monitoring
- Remote monitoring
- Traceable systems
- Traceable systems
- Production line safety
- Production line safety
- Smart inspection
- Smart inspection
- Optimize IIoT Practices
- Explosion Protection
- Machine Safety
- Machine Safety
- Reducing Maintenance
- Reducing Maintenance
- Explosion Protection
- Manpower Shortage
- Explosion-proof Cameras
- Explosion-proof Cameras
- Applying Robots
- Applying Robots
- Remote Monitoring and Control
- Remote Monitoring and Control
- Preventative Maintenance
- Preventative Maintenance
- Predictive Maintenance
- Predictive Maintenance
- Automation
- Automation
- Manpower Shortage
- Safety Concept
- Safety Concept
Manpower Shortage | Solutions | USA
Let cameras to do the checking: Explosion-proof Cameras
Petrochemical plants require constant vigilance. Frequent inspection is required to ensure safe operation of the equipment. Human workers are typically tasked with supervising maintenance facilities and equipment, but with severe shortages in manpower, another solution is also necessary. At IDEC, we are committed to reducing the burden of a shrinking labor force. By switching plants over to remote, on-site monitoring with wireless explosion-proof cameras, daily inspections can be performed efficiently and safety requirements can be met. Cameras can easily cope with changing installation locations, allowing the distributed control system (DCS), located in the control room, to serve as a centralized safety inspection hub. In the unlikely event of an abnormality, camera images provide visual verification and validation of alarms while operators remain safely away from the hazard.
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Optimize the way you work: Applying Robots
A shortage of skilled workers is prompting manufacturers to rethink productivity. Cobots—robots designed to work collaboratively with humans in a shared space—automate repetitive tasks and give skilled human workers time to accomplish more. Safe cobot environments achieved by using IDEC’s safety products allow companies to take advantage of automation and ease the burden of a shrinking workforce. IDEC supports human-machine collaboration by equipping machines with essential features and capabilities that keep workers safe, including: Visual indications when the robot is engaged in a collaborative operation, protection from unintended operations, and hand guiding for safe teaching.
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Free up workers to perform better: Remote Monitoring and Control
When skilled labor is a scarce resource, companies have to free up workers to do more complex and valuable work. Remote monitoring and control (M&C) systems are designed to automate large or complex facilities so that more work can be accomplished with fewer workers. From the sensors that track machine data, to the software that allows for two-way communication among devices, to the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), machines can be interconnected so maintenance workers can ascertain conditions from any location and skilled workers can be optimized. For example, in a chemical plant, rather than running out of a chemical and halting operations while restocking takes place, notification of a low tank level can be sent automatically to operations so that refilling can happen without shutting down the operation. In scenarios like these, workers only have to pay attention when required to do so and can be more productive with other tasks.
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Prevent failure with proactive planning: Preventive Maintenance
When there is a manpower shortage, proactively maintaining equipment in satisfactory operating condition is critical to business operations. IDEC provides smart devices that check the status of equipment. For example, tracking and logging the usage and motion of a conveyor belt, comparing those measurements with the normal life cycle of the equipment, and triggering alerts on a smart phone or tablet allows workers to replace components before failure happens. IDEC’s software tools and devices reduce the burden on maintenance workers in factories and all types of production settings.
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Let the data do its job: Predictive Maintenance
When working to conserve labor resources, predictive maintenance—identifying patterns through data logging—can help manufacturers notice fatigue, neglect, or normal wear before they develop into major defects. Proactive repairs based on data analysis can add life to equipment, avoid unscheduled downtime due to failure, and keep skilled workers productive. IDEC helps measure device functionality with sensors, PLCs, HMIs, and IIoT to detect the possibility of failure before it happens.
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Boost the benefits of your machines: Automation
Automation has transformed the manufacturing landscape. By taking advantage of IIoT, machines in different plants interconnected with a manufacturing execution system (MES) can maximize machine and plant utilization. IDEC automation provides companies with information to optimize automation and productivity. It provides greater visibility into how time and resources are spent so companies can understand the underlying factors that contribute to cost, time, and operational performance. IDEC offers solutions for assembly lines, inspection lines, shipment and conveyor lines, public transportation, restaurants, and office buildings.