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Industry Background

With growing environmental awareness and rising demand for resource recovery and recycling, shredders are playing an increasingly important role in the waste processing and recycling industry. However, traditional mechanical operations rely on manual monitoring and experiential judgment—not only inefficient but also unable to meet modern production's high demands for accuracy and real-time responsiveness. There is therefore an urgent need for an efficient, intelligent data acquisition solution that enables real-time equipment monitoring and data analytics—improving automation levels and operational efficiency across the entire production line.

Industry Pain Points

Data Silos – Production equipment lacks effective interconnectivity, preventing data from being fully utilized.
High O&M Costs – Fault troubleshooting and maintenance rely on manual labor, consuming significant time and effort.
Insufficient Predictive Maintenance – The lack of real-time data support means maintenance is often reactive rather than proactive.

System Solution

To address these challenges, WideIOT offers a PLC data acquisition system for shredders based on industrial gateways. The core of the solution lies in using industrial gateway devices to connect to and collect data from PLC equipment. Through edge computing capabilities, it performs real-time data processing and transmits critical information to a cloud platform. This enables remote monitoring of equipment operating status and working parameters—allowing anomalies and faults to be detected and addressed promptly, ensuring safe and stable production operations.

System Functions

Data Acquisition – Enables real-time collection of multi-dimensional data from shredder operations—such as temperature, pressure, and rotational speed—while generating visualized data reports.
Intelligent Alerts – Leverages intelligent alarm rules to automatically send notifications via WeChat, SMS, or email when abnormal data is detected, enabling timely action to prevent downtime and production interruptions.
Visualized Management – Provides a user-friendly interface and an easily configurable cloud-based SCADA platform, allowing managers to intuitively understand equipment status and process configurations.
Remote Maintenance – Allows engineers to access equipment remotely through secure network channels to perform PLC program upload/download operations, reducing the need for on-site travel.
Resume-After-Disconnection – Ensures data security and integrity through the gateway's resume-after-disconnection and multi-network backup features, establishing standardized data management practices.