We are on the cusp of Industry 4.0. Known as the fourth industrial revolution, Industry 4.0 was proposed by the German government in 2011 and aims to increase the productivity of digital manufacturing by integrating the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data directly into the factory floor.

In order to keep up with the trend of Industry 4.0, enterprises not only need to be more efficient and competitive, and have the ability to adapt to new customer consumption patterns, but also need to improve the skill level of their employees. McKinsey & Company and the World Economic Forum estimate that by 2025, Industry 4.0 technologies could bring up to US$3.7 trillion in value to the global economy through new products and services. The market is constantly developing new products and services to make Industry 4.0 a reality, and AR glasses, as a representation of digitization, have been in the spotlight during the industrial revolution.

AR Glasses - Helping Factories Keep Up with the Industrial Revolution

Manufacturing is the industry most affected by the industrial revolution. Today there are also many new terms in manufacturing, such as smart manufacturing and digital factory, which refer to the digitalization of the industry through smarter equipment, products, data and processes. AR Smart Glasses is one of the key tools for smart digitalization in many factories.

“AR glasses don't replace people, they make them smarter, faster and better at their jobs”

Peggy Gulick, business director of AGCO, a U.S. manufacturer of agricultural machinery.

Honghong AR Glasses Digitization Solution

Industry 4.0 has already pushed the factory floor to take a step towards intelligent manufacturing. In industrial manufacturing, front-line technical workers usually need guidance from experts to better repair or assemble equipment; new employees need step-by-step process guidance for training and practical operation, etc. The more complex products are, the more demanding customers are. As products become more and more complex and customers' requirements become higher and higher, the efficiency of the factory floor becomes lower and lower.

Fortunately, Honghong Digitization and AR have helped many factories to solve pain points, reduce costs and increase efficiency, help workers to free their hands, and help workshops to realize digitization, truly share the first view of on-site conditions, and bring experts“ ”glasses" to the scene.

Remote Assisted Full Scene Solutions

In the face of complex problems that can not be handled by front-line workers, workers can wear AR intelligent glasses, through voice control, instantly contact remote experts for online guidance, the expert side can be with the glasses side of the real-time voice video, screen interactions, and the real-time screen marking, the two sides to send information files, etc., but also on the entire video process for the whole process of recording, archiving, sharing, as a teaching material. This is the real realization of the first-line staff to free their hands, with expert “eyes” to the first line of the effect, but also to improve production efficiency, reduce the error rate of the operation, save time and cost.

Training Scene Solutions

For training scenarios, Honghong AR glasses provide high-definition, immersive AR perspectives, visual guidance and standardized operating procedures and report feedback, which illustrate new employees' better understanding and mastery of operating skills and reduce training time and costs. At the same time, new employees can also use the AR glasses to record their own operations for easy review.

Digital Workflow Solutions

Its main function is to digitize the traditional paper-based workflow to improve efficiency and accuracy, increase workflow traceability and transparency, reduce error rates and manual intervention, and achieve total control of the production process.

Our team of engineers has accumulated rich enough practical experience in a series of customer needs, such as AR content development, private deployment, customized solution implementation, and so on. In China, we have successfully landed no less than 30 projects, including but not limited to remote expert guidance for the after-sales department of mainframe manufacturers, remote training for the production line of OEM equipment manufacturers, digital workflow guidance for factories, remote maintenance and diagnosis of ships, and smart surgical tools for experts in medical institutions. These intelligent means are leading the factory workshops to take a step towards intelligence, and are also continuously promoting the development of the AR business. If you want to know more about Macronix products and solutions, please feel free to contact us!

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