Predictive maintenance through to fully automated production lines
Predictive maintenance, mobile sensors, automated processes – modern industrial environments require connected devices that can reliably exchange data, even under extreme conditions.
The goal is to make processes more efficient, flexible, and cost-effective – from predictive maintenance to fully automated production lines. However, industrial environments often pose major challenges for communication technologies: electromagnetic interference, moving machinery, strict safety requirements, dense infrastructure, reinforced concrete, and more.
The Challenge: Communication under extreme conditions
- High-interference environments: Electromagnetic noise, machine vibrations, and reflective materials affect transmission.
- Large facilities and long distances: Communication must remain stable over hundreds of meters.
- High device density: Thousands of sensors in close proximity – monitoring temperature, vibration, flow, or fill levels.
- Long service life & low maintenance: Frequent battery replacements or maintenance are often impractical and costly.
- Reliability & latency: Especially critical for safety-relevant or time-sensitive processes.
- Secure data transmission: To prevent unauthorized access and ensure data integrity.
Our solution: Stable middleware for maximum availability
Modern LPWAN technologies demonstrate their full potential in Smart Industry: They enable reliable, energy-efficient communication over long distances and are ideal for scalable, connected industrial applications.
mioty® – maximum robustness for industrial wireless communication
- Ideally suited for high-interference environments (e.g., machinery, metal, concrete)
- ETSI-compliant telegram splitting ensures data transmission even with packet loss
- Up to 1.6 million messages/day per gateway
- Ultra energy-efficient – perfect for low-maintenance industrial sensors and condition monitoring
- Highly scalable – for extensive sensor networks and connected infrastructure
- Well-suited for use alongside IO-Link, the standard for wired industrial communication
- Strong data security through encryption
LoRaWAN® – complementary option for simple industrial iot applications
- Ideal for widely distributed systems with low communication frequency
- Less interference-resistant than mioty® or ETSI-based protocols but easily integrated into existing networks
- Suitable for temperature monitoring, simple status messages, or infrastructure sensors
- Large selection of industrial-grade sensors available
- High data security through encryption
STACKFORCE Protocol Stacks: Industry-proven and ready for your platform
- Platform independence: For microcontrollers, SoCs, modules, or custom hardware
- Certification & support packages: Assistance during the certification process
- Long-term maintenance & support: For industrial products with extended lifecycles
With our software, you integrate robust communication technology built to withstand everyday industrial demands.
Your benefits: Securing industrial processes, reducing costs
Industrial devices equipped with STACKFORCE technology offer measurable benefits:
- Fewer failures and downtime thanks to precise monitoring
- Reduced operating costs through predictive maintenance
- Improved planning with real-time process data
- Long operational life without battery replacements
Application examples: From shop floor to mobile warehousing
Industry 4.0 brings diverse requirements – and LPWAN offers just as many flexible use cases:
- Condition monitoring: Continuous collection of temperature, vibration, pressure, or humidity data for early detection of anomalies on machines or production lines.
- Predictive maintenance: Use of sensor data to schedule maintenance precisely – more efficient than fixed service intervals.
- Tank and container monitoring: Tracking fill levels and pressure of liquids or gases, even in hard-to-reach areas.
- Environmental monitoring: Monitoring air quality, CO₂ levels, or fine dust across large industrial halls for safety and process quality.
- Plant and process automation: Sensor data for decentralized control, regulation, or safety shut-offs – fast and reliable.
- Asset tracking & mobile equipment monitoring: Energy-efficient communication for real-time tracking of mobile machinery, containers, or tools across large industrial sites.
- Production optimization: Automatic control of raw material supply, resource allocation, and waste management.
Conclusion: Industrial communication reimagined – with mioty® & LoRaWAN®
In Smart Industry, it’s not just about data – it’s about communication that withstands the harshest conditions. With a mioty® or LoRaWAN® protocol stack from STACKFORCE, you create a robust, scalable, and energy-efficient foundation for your industrial IoT solutions – dependable, long-term, and built for the future.
