Customer: Tier-1 NA Welding Machine Manufacturer
Scope: Customer‘s conventional welder was facing high downtime, therefore, they wanted to upgrade it to a next-gen welder with connectivity and remote monitoring to reduce downtime.
Solution:
Sasken was responsible for the end-to-end software development of the customer’s Industry 4.0-ready welder with an electro-mechanical advanced actuation system that provides unprecedented control and position accuracy.
- BLE/ Wi-Fi module: Design and develop Reference Setup of BLE/ Wi-Fi module
- Wi-Fi Middleware: Develop, integrate and test Wi-Fi Middleware on TI Sitara system
- BLE Middleware: Develop, integrate and test BLE Middleware and BLE Data Handler on TI Sitara system
- Data Sets: Create profile to transfer data and profiles with attributes to transfer different data sets
- Test Applications: Develop and integrate Test Applications to establish communication between VxWorks 7.0 & devices
- Communicate with Data Handler for BLE module
Impact:
- Enabled customer to develop an Industry 4.0/IIoT-enabled welding machine, providing access to actionable performance, diagnostic data, supporting production efficiency and traceability
- Better visibility into system KPIs through real-time remote monitoring
- Better controllability as a result of enablement of remote configuration of machine KPIs
- Enabled better maintenance owing to lower time for issue resolution by service engineers
