Intelligent Concrete Mixing Station Solution
Applications and Cases
Key Takeaways
The IR315 industrial LTE router connects one or more field PLCs to form a network of concrete mixing equipment, collecting data from field controllers and sensors. Solution InHand delivers a remote maintenance system for concrete mixing equipment based on PLC and wireless communication technology.
Background
As large-scale infrastructure projects expand, the demand for concrete mixing equipment in the construction industry is growing rapidly. The technical performance of this equipment directly influences project quality and lifespan. However, maintaining concrete mixing stations poses several challenges. Routine upkeep, timely inspections, repairs, and component replacements require substantial effort. Traditional maintenance often relies on manufacturers’ service departments at distributed locations or involves on-site visits by company staff, leading to increased after-sales costs for manufacturers and significant disruptions to equipment users’ production schedules.
Customer Requirements
Reliability
Solution
InHand delivers a remote maintenance system for concrete mixing equipment based on PLC and wireless communication technology. Leveraging the advanced industrial router IR315 industrial router, this solution enables real-time remote diagnostics, warnings, and maintenance of the mixing equipment, even when operators are away from the production site.
The online system consists of PLCs, the IR315, and a monitoring center. The IR315 router establishes local networks with one or multiple on-site PLCs, securely transmitting real-time data to the monitoring center for analysis and management.
Maintenance engineers can establish a secure tunnel between the on-site PLC and the InConnect remote access service. This enables them to perform fault diagnosis, remote updates, and modifications of controller programs for production line hardware, ensuring smooth operations.
Benefits
Network Communic
Design, Resilient in Ha
Effortless Remot
Globally Applied
Futured Products
IR315
Industrial 5G/4G router with Wi-Fi, VPN, 5×FE, dual SIM, cloud-managed for IoT distributed deployments.
Multi-WAN
Cellular, wired, Wi-Fi access options
Backup
Multi-link backup, dual SIM, VRRP
Security
Firewall, ACL, VPN, 802.1X, certificates
Cloud
Device Manager remote monitoring
