"All-optical wireless starry sky" illuminates the road of intelligent manufacturing of Jinya Electronics

With the advent of the fourth industrial revolution, smart manufacturing is becoming the new normal in the manufacturing industry. Factories in the Industrial 4.0 era are no longer closed manufacturing islands, but through a high degree of digitalization and networking, the production process is intelligent, automated and flexible. Under this general trend, the manufacturing industry is undergoing a profound transformation from traditional manufacturing to smart manufacturing, and digital workshops and intelligent production lines have become the key forces to promote this transformation. In order to promote this key force, Tianjin Jinya Electronics Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Jinya Electronics") adopted an all-optical wireless starry sky solution to build a wireless network that ensures efficient production, easy and simple operation and maintenance, and worry-free future upgrades, opening a new chapter in smart manufacturing.

Tianjin Ya Electronics, founded in 1996, is a company specializing in the research and development, sales and manufacturing of automation solutions and fixtures. At the same time, it provides customers with electronic product manufacturing, precision molds and injection molding, and a one-stop service (vertically integrated) from product design to finished product delivery . It has advanced manufacturing equipment and laboratories . Tianjin Ya Electronics continues to improve its innovation capabilities, while focusing on resource investment in electronics, information, intelligent manufacturing, etc., and continuously improving its competitiveness in terms of cost advantages, technical capabilities and customer service. With solid strength and innovation capabilities, Tianjin Ya Electronics has won many government awards and certifications, including national-level specialized and new small giants, Tianjin Science and Technology Leading Cultivation Enterprises, National High-tech Enterprises, Tianjin Technology Center and many other scientific and technological innovation achievements .

As a pioneer in the intelligent manufacturing industry, Jinya Electronics has accurately grasped the market development trend and has actively deployed digital workshops and intelligent production lines since 2003 to improve production efficiency and product quality, and provide more intelligent, efficient and reliable product services to customers at home and abroad. At the same time, it also encountered some challenges in terms of network.

Digital workshops have high requirements for networks, and wired networks are under great pressure to support them

With the in-depth development of digital workshops, Jinya Electronics' demand for network use in workshops is growing. In addition to daily office work, real-time data collection and monitoring, equipment interconnection, intelligent manufacturing system integration, remote operation and control and other businesses have put forward new requirements for workshop networks, and the demand for wireless networks has become increasingly prominent. Traditional wired networks are difficult to support the network needs and management requirements of workshops.

Insufficient network deployment flexibility and high deployment cost

Due to the large number of flexible production scenarios, it is often necessary to flexibly adjust the workshop layout according to different business needs. Also, because the traditional wired network is deployed, every time the production line is adjusted, the production line computers and equipment need to be re-wired and deployed. The limitation of traditional network cable deployment of 100 meters will lead to repeated time, manpower and other cost investments , and the deployment cost is high.

The original network was difficult to troubleshoot and the operation and maintenance pressure was high.

Since copper cable cabling is limited to a transmission distance of 100 meters, some networks need to add switches to achieve network deployment, resulting in an increasing number of operation and maintenance nodes . Every time a network failure occurs , multiple people are needed to locate and solve the failure, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and in serious cases will affect production efficiency , bringing direct impact to enterprise production and putting great pressure on IT department operation and maintenance.

Based on this, Jinya Electronics urgently needs to build a flexible and efficient network with stable and secure network, which can be quickly redeployed when the workshop production line is adjusted to support the long-term development of digital workshops and intelligent production lines. After comparing and testing the network solutions of multiple manufacturers, Ruijie Networks' all-optical wireless starry sky solution was finally selected.

Ruijie's all-optical wireless starry sky solution adopts an all-optical architecture and uses optical-electrical hybrid cables to provide point-to-point power supply and data transmission for APs, breaking the traditional 100-meter deployment limitation of network cables, reducing the number of terminal cabinets, and achieving comprehensive cost reduction. Its maximum transmission rate can reach over 400Gbps, building a wireless network for customers that guarantees efficient production, easy and simple operation and maintenance, and worry-free future upgrades. Deploy once, worry-free for ten years. At the same time, it can also support mobile terminals such as AGV robots/PDA barcode scanners in workshop scenarios to have a stable and continuous wireless network experience during mobile operations, ensuring real-time online services, helping customers improve the production efficiency of core businesses, and enabling digital transformation.

All-optical wired and wireless integration supports the network needs of digital workshops

Jinya Electronics deployed the all-optical wireless Starry Sky solution in the workshop scene and successfully realized the network transformation and upgrade of the workshop with an area of ​​about 6,600 square meters. During the entire transformation process, the Starry Sky host and the wireless AP were connected using an optoelectronic hybrid cable to achieve efficient AP management and full wired and wireless coverage of the workshop. Currently, access to 2.5G wireless APs across the entire network has been achieved, and 5G and 10G bandwidth access will be upgraded in the future without the need to redeploy network cables and strong and weak current supporting facilities. Easily cope with network needs in the next 10 years .

Long-distance power supply supports flexible network deployment, effectively reducing deployment costs and operation and maintenance pressure

By deploying optical-electric hybrid cables , we have achieved long -distance power supply and data transmission up to 1,100 meters indoors . Previously , we needed to deploy a PoE switch and a weak-current box every 60 meters, and pull copper and electric cables, and thread and bundle them separately. Now, we only need to deploy a Starry Sky host, and there is no need to deploy PoE switches, weak-current boxes, copper cables, or thread and bundle them separately. This not only saves deployment costs , but also shortens the construction period from the original 1 month to 2 weeks . In addition, by taking advantage of the point-to-point power supply solution , the AP can be powered on and off with one click, effectively reducing the operation and maintenance pressure of the IT department.

By introducing Ruijie Networks' all-optical wireless starry sky solution, Jinya Electronics has successfully opened a new era of intelligent manufacturing in the Industrial 4.0 era. It has not only improved production efficiency and product quality, but also laid a solid network foundation for the company's long-term development. Looking to the future, Jinya Electronics will continue to work with Ruijie Networks to continuously explore and innovate, drive the continuous progress of intelligent manufacturing with the innovation of network technology, and lead the industry towards a smarter and more efficient future.