Atlas Copco Airpower gears up for intelligent manufacturing with 5G-ready dedicated network

The Atlas Copco Airpower factory in Wilrijk, Belgium, is one of the world's largest and most advanced manufacturing sites for both portable and stationary compressors. At the facility, compressors are designed, developed, and produced for distribution around the world. With 20,000 m at the Airpower facility site, Ericsson Dedicated Networks delivers secure, reliable, and easy wireless connectivity to support and improve remote management and manufacturing productivity.

With stable connectivity provided by the dedicated network, autonomous guided vehicles are controlled wirelessly with cameras and environmental monitoring sensors across the factory. Portable tools, fixed tools, and machinery can also be connected to the network. The smart and streamlined factory floor contributes to improved production performance.

This technology gives us the possibility to connect our machines wirelessly instead of the traditional way with cables. The really exciting use cases will come when we can make use of low latency. The case that wraps it all together for us is, of course, security. We can all do this in a secure environment. I think that the factory of the future will be a lot more autonomous, automated and intelligent, says Wouter Ceulemans, President of the Airtec division, Atlas Copco.

Orange Belgium guarantees secure mobile connectivity for the industry. Manufacturers require this for their critical business. They need full availability of the system, 24/7. Also, they want to have data protection and data integrity, and our network enables this. So together with the partners, we rolled out a mobile network. We brought our mobile connectivity know how, which means the spectrum and our expertise in devices, says Werner De Laet, Chief Enterprise Officer, Orange Belgium.

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