JILL Online Course: Industrial Internet of Things

By Dr. Albert B. Jubilo

Session 4. The Industrial Internet (of Things) in Practice: Real-life Examples/Cases

[May 13 – 19, 2020]

At the end of the session, the students will be able to: (1) discuss IIoT in practice; and (2) understand
real-life examples/cases.

From the optimization of manufacturing operations to predictive and remote maintenance: there are
also ample existing Internet of Things deployment examples that show the real-life benefits. Cases are
great to help you see the benefits without too much theory.

Manufacturing: A Connected Services Offering at ABB Robotics with IIoT

The Industrial Internet of Things enabled ABB Robotics to achieve higher efficiency, enhance customer
support and introduce a new connected services approach.

ABB Robotics, a division of automation multinational ABB, manufactures industrial robots for its
customers. In this technology-intensive environment, the Internet of Things enabled the company to
move from solving issues with robots after the facts to remote maintenance and the possibility to
completely transform the company’s services offering.

By building a connected ecosystem of the industrial robots which the company had installed for
customers, sometimes in hard to reach places, engineers can analyze issues without having to go to the
customer. For customers this leads to tangible benefits in an environment where uptime is of crucial
importance. For ABB Robotics the deployment of the Internet of Things – and the platforms to leverage
the data and insights derived from it – opened new doors to develop additional services and a web
application that enables monitoring, asset optimization and more.

Read the case: https://www.i-scoop.eu/internet-of-things-guide/industrial-internet-things-iiot-saving-

costs-innovation/iiot-abb-robotics-case/

Industry 4.0 and IIoT in the Mining Industry: The Dundee Precious Metals Case

Although 77 percent of mining companies still are at the beginning of their digital transformation
journeys, according to IDC (end 2016), several mines already have taken important initiatives in the
Industrial Internet of Things.

An example is the Chelopech mine in Bulgaria. It’s an underground gold and copper mine, operated by
Canadian firm Dundee Precious Metals. Building upon a modernization, digitization and the
implementation of a mobile IP network (with companies such as Sandvik, Dassault Systèmes GEOVIA
and Cisco for the communications and network part) an Industry 4.0 project helped achieving several
benefits.
Among them: an increase of production, real-time maintenance, better and cheaper communication
possibilities, fast productivity data (no more paper), better collaboration, fast resolving of issues that
have a negative impact on production and thanks to tags which are added to miner’s helmets and to
vehicles an overview of who and what is where and when. This doesn’t just lead to insights but also adds
to miner’s safety.

Read the case: https://www.i-scoop.eu/internet-of-things-guide/industrial-internet-things-iiot-saving-

costs-innovation/industrial-internet-mining-case/

Internet of Things Examples, Applications and Use Cases in Real Life

The best way for organizations to look at the potential of IoT deployments to succeed in their digital
transformation efforts, optimize their efficiency and better serve their customers is by understanding
the business rationale behind Internet of Things examples and real cases in practice.

Add to that the several IoT use cases (areas where IoT is and can be deployed such as manufacturing
operations, precision farming, smart lighting, smart buildings and so forth, not real deployments), an
understanding of the essence of the Internet of Things and its applications, a good mix of common
business sense, sound advice, and lessons from success stories, and the Internet of Things becomes
tangible instead of just a term and set of technologies.
Supplemental Videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILMrAN1ufX4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwvjuuB_UcE

Assessment:

1. The site for your assessment will be sent to your email.

2. Answer them completely.
3. Due date: May 19, 2020
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