Enhancing safety with mobile solutions

摘要

The goal of enterprise mobility solutions is to network people, plants and systems, using data as efficiently as possible. The use of intrinsically safe smart devices can help improve productivity and the safety of employees, says Dietmaer Deppisch. The flood of data coming from modern production facilities is usually managed by central controls. However, for comprehensive and timely monitoring of processes, data needs to be available closer to the process and more directly - preferably in real time and with low latency. Modern, intrinsically safe (IS) smartphones and tablets can serve as decentralised mini data centers or digital gateways - for example in combination with professional software, sensors, beacons or other smart peripheral devices. The accumulated data can be transferred to the mobile device in real time and evaluated there, with the corresponding applications, at any location and at any time. This solution can help improve productivity and also significantly raises employee safety in hazardous areas.