5G Edge Computing Cellular Router Solution, Purpose-built for Industry 4.0
With the launch of the Digi IX40 industrial cellular solution, companies now have a purpose-built, industrial edge computing solution to enable Industry 4.0 applications. Digi IX40 provides the 5G connectivity, edge intelligence, and real-time processing you need for a range of use cases, including smart manufacturing, predictive maintenance, asset monitoring, and advanced robotics.
What’s more, Digi IX40 is integrated with Digi Remote Manager® (Digi RM) to enable rapid and scalable configuration and deployment, as well as ongoing monitoring and management of your deployed assets.
Digi IX40 for Real-Time Computing at the Edge
Digi IX40 provides edge intelligence by placing computing power in the device at the edge of the enterprise network where the data is collected. This makes operations proactive, adaptive, and smarter.
This computing paradigm involves processing sensor data immediately and closer to where it is generated (instead of sending it to the cloud), to dramatically reduce latency. This enables rapid machine-to-machine communications, automation and precision processes like anomaly detection. Additionally, operators can gain near real-time insights.
Digi IX40’s all-in-one design lowers the total cost of ownership, reduces complexity, and ensures reliability and efficiency. Its excellent computing power and integrated memory provide robust real-time data processing for any industrial application.
Digi IX40 was designed to operate in challenging environments, enabling integration of cloud-delivered operational technology (OT) services with information technology (IT), to streamline complex operations and support a scalable IT infrastructure that you can see, monitor, and control.
Digi IX40 Use Cases
The Digi IX40 is a versatile 5G edge computing industrial IoT solution that enables the collection, analysis, management, and integration of data from industrial assets. That means you can deploy it for numerous use cases ranging from predictive maintenance and asset monitoring to machine learning and advanced robotics.
Industry 4.0: Private and Public Mobile Networks
Industry 4.0 relies on all sorts of IoT sensors, cameras, and autonomous robots to control repetitive processes for speed and accuracy. With its low latency, 5G helps manufacturing organizations tap into real-time monitoring and management capabilities that wouldn’t be possible with older networking technologies.
With 5G connectivity, industrial automation solutions can spot defects with AI-powered cameras on an assembly line. High-speed wireless connectivity enables managers to remotely inspect products and increase productivity.
5G is a critical enabler for an important Industry 4.0 technology, the digital twin. A digital twin can help teams optimize performance and improve maintenance and repair of equipment. Since a digital twin is data-intensive, condition monitoring in real-time requires a robust capacity for handling millions of connected devices.
Smart Cities: Public Mobile Networks
The purpose of any smart city is to create better services for citizens, such as smart energy and water conservation, improved mobility, and better safety and security. Something as simple as a smart waste management service can leverage the low-latency, high-bandwidth networking and real-time monitoring that 5G edge routers provide to optimize vehicle routing and management.
The Digi IX40 solution offers FirstNet Capable™ models designed especially for critical applications where reliability is essential for industrial and emergency response.
Utilities: Private and Public Mobile Networks
Smart grids and edge intelligence are helping utilities lay the foundation for next-generation infrastructure that supports distributed energy systems. In the future, smart meters that include edge processing capabilities will optimize power flow, detect grid issues faster, and even provide lower-cost energy.
With its all-in-one design, strong computing power, and integrated memory, Digi IX40 offers substantial capabilities for utilities that want real-time data processing and advanced precision while reducing complexity and total cost of ownership.
Oil and Gas: Private and Public Mobile Networks
Increasingly difficult challenges in the oil and gas industry mean firms face complexity at every turn. From monitoring wells and pipelines to staying abreast of unpredictable and extreme weather, the industry generates massive amounts of data from SCADA systems, meaning connectivity problems can significantly hamper operations. With 5G connectivity, workers can track operations and monitor equipment conditions to improve maintenance and leverage new tools like artificial intelligence to improve operational efficiency — all in real time.
Because Digi IX40 integrates Digi Remote Manager, operators can rapidly process, analyze, and integrate asset data, and manage their entire deployment from a single pane of glass.
Digi IX40:
5G Industrial Edge Computing Solution for Automation and Control
Meet the latest Digi industrial router solution, purpose built for data-intensive applications at the edge including Industry 4.0, manufacturing, utilities, SCADA, DERMS and predictive maintenance.
This high-performance 5G cellular router solution supports near real-time communications at the edge for the most data-intensive applications. Optimized for edge computing and the fastest network connectivity available today, this industrial IoT solution is secure, always on and integrates Digi Remote Manager® for remote configuration, monitoring and control.
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In conclusion, Digi IX40 is a high-performance 5G cellular solution that is purpose-built for Industry 4.0, bringing 5G connectivity to optimize edge computing capabilities in manufacturing automation, robotics and predictive maintenance use cases.