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Bridge Crane solution provides one-off
customization and worry-free management
DFI's EC511-SD series is equipped with the
sixth-generation Intel
®
Core™-i processor and Intel
®
Q170 chipset, providing high-performance computing
and excellent graphics. The EC511-SD series has many
industrial-grade I/O interfaces and PCIe expansion
slots, bringing ideal solutions to high-end intelligent
applications such as mechanical automation, AOI
systems, and monitoring. The EC511-SD series also
realizes the smart production of Industry 4.0.
Region:
Industry:
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Solution:
Taiwan
Foundry, LCD panel assembly
Bridge crane
EC511-SD
An overhead crane, commonly called a bridge crane,
is a type of crane found in industrial environments.
An overhead crane consists of parallel runways with
a traveling bridge spanning the gap. A hoist, the
lifting component of the crane, travels along the
bridge. Every year in the modern ports of the world,
tens of thousands of containers and bulk goods
come in and out through bridge cranes. Unlike
mobile or construction cranes, overhead cranes are
typically used for either manufacturing or
maintenance applications, where efficiency or
downtime are critical factors. The unmanned use of
bridge cranes is necessary for highly automated
production plants such as advanced wafer fabs in
Taiwan.
However, the bridge crane also brings many
additional requirements and challenges to industrial
computers. First of all, the number of COM ports
used to connect mechanical components must be
sufficient and compatible with protocols such as
RS-232/422/485 and must have galvanic isolation
protection to meet the high-voltage industrial
environment. Secondly, the operating bridge cranes
are anywhere from seven to eight feet above the
ground, or even higher. When a failure or a system
crashes, it will not be easy to quickly repair and
freeze the entire bridge line.
A world-renowned foundry in Taiwan and a leading
LCD panel assembly manufacturer originally used
industrial computer solutions that lacked sufficient
COM ports and galvanic isolation protection. Several
USB interface COM ports must be indispensable. The
other cord increases the cost, making the cabling
more complicated and taking up much internal
spaces. The old solution does not support
out-of-band (OOB) management. Once a failure
occurs, it will take a longer and time-consuming
follow-up repairs, reducing the production line's
efficiency. Both tangible and intangible losses are
expensive.
The DFI customized EC511-SD system has a flexible
expansion card, it is able to provide four COM ports
with galvanic isolation protection and can also
support RS-232/422/485 by adjusting the jumper to
improve deployment flexibility. The built-in power
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DFI Application Story
Bridge Crane solution provides one-off customization and worry-free management