Internet of Things

The era of big data, in which everything in the world is connected to the Internet, has arrived

The world will become rich and colorful thanks to the action of motors, the "industrial food" that make up the infrastructure of society.

In the past, computers and handwriting panels connected to the Internet were mainly human input devices. However, with the advancement of science and technology, the cost of microprocessors and communication modules has also developed, and "things" that have not been connected to the Internet until now are connected to the network and can exchange information through the network. In this case, "things", such as manufacturing equipment, household appliances, automobiles, and vending machines on street corners, upload information to the network and automatically report operations on a machine-to-machine basis, activate alarms, or signal for additional materials or place orders without manual use.

The information emitted by these "things" can not only be processed in a machine-to-machine manner, but can also be stored as big data, and the results can be fed back into operation planning, production planning, design, and product development by analyzing the stored big data. At that time, motors, which are known as the "industrial food of the 21st century," will be used in all products, including manufacturing equipment in factories, as well as home appliances, and as sensors that not only drive but also output data, as well as as devices for creating big data, and as representatives of "things" in the Internet of Things era.

The trend of bringing all "things" connected to the Internet into the production line is being used to flexibly respond to the improvement of production efficiency and the production of a large variety of small quantities. In Germany, the government and private companies have jointly implemented an industrial reform project called "Industry 4.0". The ultimate goal of Industry 4.0 is that the entire supply chain, including the manufacturing equipment in the factory, and even the sales outlets, factories, and distribution channels, is connected to the Internet, and can autonomously and automatically manufacture products.

In this way, the same trend as "Industry 4.0" is gradually taking place not only in Germany but also in other countries around the world to dramatically improve the performance of manufacturing plants and social infrastructure by integrating hardware and IT. The Japan Dec Group is actively promoting the formulation and implementation of IoT application plans based on the abundant hardware resources that provide motors, modules and units with motors as the core, and manufacturing equipment and inspection equipment such as robots, as well as software such as big data analysis.

For example, the aim is to establish a system for predicting failures by installing multiple sensors on presses installed at Japan Electric Corporation's factories and analyzing data derived from the correlation between various sensors to detect the precursors of abnormalities. In the future, we aim to achieve machine-to-machine optimization, such as feeding back the data obtained from the inspection machine to the manufacturing equipment at the front end to improve quality, etc., without the need for manual work.

Japan Electric Power has a large share of the motor market, and by making full use of the big data collected by the "industrial grain," the motors that make up the social infrastructure, various measures can be developed. It is also possible to improve production efficiency in factories by collecting operational information on manufacturing equipment and transportation robots, and by collecting information on traffic congestion based on information on hybrid and electric vehicles. The Japan Dec Group has deepened its relevance to social infrastructure by advancing the Internet of Things (IoT) and is supporting the development of social infrastructure in a more efficient direction.

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