Smart glasses and augmented reality for Industry 4.0
Smart glasses and augmented reality with applications for Industry 4.0 are among the latest technologies with which Act-in has expanded its range of production information systems and further strengthened its position among the leading international suppliers systems for the digitization of production processes.
AR, MR and VR smart glasses
The Act-in MES modular system comprehensively solves digitalization of processes and paperless planning, management and monitoring of production, logistics and traceability, planning and management of maintenance, planning and quality management with vertical linkage from automatic data collection from machines, production terminals, through visualization and reporting to connection with enterprise information systems such as ERP, for example SAP. /strong> includes:
- work orders - displaying and recording the execution of individual steps, instructions and checklists,
- control procedures - displaying and recording the execution of control plans, instructions and checklists,
- inspection of quality and work safety - display and record of inspections including their locations,
- remote support - video and audio sharing between field workers, dispatchers and remote support professionals,
- help - display help, manuals, drawings and 3D models and play instructional videos,
- alerts - display of reported events and alarms,
- cockpit - display of operational data, parameters and KPIs,
- warehouses - identification of material items, their location, storage and unloading,
- navigation in the environment - to carry out inspections, checks, maintenance and service,
- documenting and sharing - records of work performed, photos, videos, including the creation of instructional videos,
- interaction with the environment - online monitoring of machines and data collection from sensors and their feedback,
- team collaboration and communication - phone calls, video conferencing, reports and task statuses.
Smart glasses enhance the capabilities and skills of operators, adjusters, assembly workers, maintenance workers, quality controllers and, for example, suppliers, increasing the efficiency, quality and safety of their work. In addition, they also significantly simplify, improve and shorten the training time of new workers and expand the knowledge of existing workers.
The world's leading analytical and consulting agencies assume that:
The world's leading analytical and consulting agencies assume that:
- by 2025, 14 million workers in the US will be wearing Smart Glasses,
- augmented reality will support more than 110 million non-office workers worldwide,
- augmented reality with maintenance and service is one of the ten main effects of Industry 4.0 on workers,
- exponentially growing technologies like Google Glass will be key to industry transformation to Industry 4.0,
- human-machine interaction with augmented reality equipment is among the main four groups of disruptive technologies in manufacturing.
