The Problem
Modern plant floors run on wireless connectivity most facilities managers didn't originally design for: automated guided vehicles, wireless-enabled PLCs, handheld scanners, and increasingly dense sensor networks, all sharing spectrum in a building full of metal, motors, and RF noise.
Wi-Fi handoff failures on moving equipment, dead zones near heavy machinery, and capacity that was sized for an office floor plan are the most common failure patterns we see.
Where This Shows Up
- AGVs or forklifts losing connectivity mid-transit between access points
- Handheld scanners failing intermittently near specific equipment
- New automation projects outpacing the wireless infrastructure supporting them
- Guest/office Wi-Fi and production traffic competing on the same network
How We Approach It
We start with an RF survey specific to your floor — not a generic square-footage estimate — and evaluate whether the right fix is a redesigned Wi-Fi deployment, a private cellular network for mobile equipment, or both. Because we're vendor-neutral, the recommendation is based on your traffic patterns, not which access points are easiest for us to sell.
Automotive parts plant migrates its entire AGV fleet to private LTE
See how a 640,000 sq. ft. manufacturing plant solved recurring line stoppages caused by Wi-Fi handoff failures.
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