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EC.W.06 Crossbar for online lifetime monitoring

IoT cloud connection for gliding e-chain systems®

  • The LTE modem integrated into the separator allows direct communication with the igus® IoT cloud.
  • Output of maintenance recommendations via web dashboard, e-mail,  SMS
  • Years of energy supply via integrated battery – optional "energy harvesting" solutions
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Tech up with igus news

Tech up

  • integrated LTE modem transmits abrasion and movement data directly to the cloud
  • No additional hardware necessary
  • Maintenance and replacement recommendations on the web dashboard or via e-mail/SMS
  • Four times the accuracy of EC. W.041
Cost down with igus news

Cost down

  • No additional hardware needed in the switch cabinet – for example, $1,453 is the list price for an ICOM. ONLINE module
  • In-house hardware development allows a price of < $497/crossbar
  • Avoid unplanned system downtimes – for example, about $746,231 for 10 h of downtime in the automotive industry2
Evidence from igus news

Proof

 
  • Ongoing test series in the igus® test laboratory for dynamic energy transfer systems, the largest in the world
Recycling with igus news

Sustainability

  • Unplanned service deployments can be prevented – eliminating 100km of travel saves about 3.6kg of CO²3
  • To recycle the integrated energy chain through the igus chainge programme free of charge
  • More about the igus® contribution to Plastic2Oil

Potential application areas

We have developed iglidur EC.W.06 for this purpose

  • Interlinking portal in manufacturing companies
  • Robot travel axes
  • Applications with long travels in the logistics industry
  • Process cranes
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1 Four instead of one sensor layer
2 one minute of line stoppage in automobile manufacture costs between 1,000 and 6,000 euros https://www.channelpartner.de/a/wenn-die-logistik-it-ausfaellt,3045527 (German)
3Randomly chosen Mercedes vehicle built in 2015 with 160 grammes of CO²/km at a randomly defined 100-km departure/arrival https://www.autobild.de/artikel/co2-grenze-fuer-kleintransporter-919642.html (German)
 

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