Arduino in manufacturing environment

A large international manufacturing concern in Port Elizabeth has ordered their first batch of Arduino boards to pilot an in-house developed Andon-system.

The Andon system will be responsible for:

• Maintenance notification;
• WIP tracking;
• Assembly and sub-assembly stock control at the line;
• Management reports on efficiencies, production quantities, scrap and line-downtime.

The solution features wireless Arduino based control panels communicating through a central server. The solution is cost effective, easier to customize, smaller, resilient and more flexible than traditional PLC based systems.