In October 2021, the Global Industrial Internet Conference was held in Shenyang. The conference continued the theme of "Empowering High Quality · Creating New Momentum", focusing on the digital and intelligent transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry, giving Liaoning Province the "digital wings" for manufacturing transformation and upgrading. In recent years, Liaoning Province has been committed to promoting the intelligent transformation of traditional manufacturing and the construction of new smart factories. It has now completed 109 key intelligent manufacturing projects. Through intelligent transformation and smart factory construction, the average production efficiency of enterprises has increased by 21.2%, and the average operating cost has decreased by 15.6%.Smart factory has greatly promoted the rapid development of the manufacturing industry towards intelligent, green, high-end, and service-oriented directions.

Currently,smart factory technological transformation actions have been carried out in multiple locations nationwide. National and provincial governments have issued many favorable policies to encourage and guide enterprises to transform into smart factories. When building new factories, PLC technology can be directly applied to connect the factory to the Internet of Things (IoT) system. Using big data collection and intelligent analysis technologies, the overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) can be improved, enhancing production efficiency and reducing production costs.
However, many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) initially purchased machinery and equipment that do not have IoT connectivity capabilities. Introducing new equipment faces issues such as high investment and production line downtime. Therefore, many SMEs can only sigh in front of the high-efficiency production ofsmart factories.
Alps System Integration (Dalian) Co., Ltd. has designed and developed an equipment status monitoring system as a solution to this problem of smart factory transformation for SMEs. In the equipment process management of manufacturing SMEs, an Andon system is generally used to monitor equipment usage and issue alarm signals for faults. The smart data collector TS-10 of the equipment status monitoring system can monitor the alarm status of the Andon system in real time without replacing existing equipment and three-color lights, and without stopping production. It helps the enterprise's production line connect to the IoT, achieving integrated management. In addition to the smart data collector TS-10, the equipment status monitoring system also includes the smart gateway TG-10 and Lighthouse software. While monitoring equipment, it performs data analysis and real-time early warning, helping managers and maintenance personnel control machine conditions, reduce maintenance costs, and improve production efficiency.
Against the backdrop of the manufacturing industry's full transformation tosmart factories, SMEs face greater challenges in smart factory technological transformation. After millions of experiment iterations and tens of millions of data validations, Alps System Integration (Dalian) Co., Ltd. designed and developed the equipment status monitoring system, creating a unique "add-on" technology. With low cost and high performance, it provides suitable smart factory solutions for SMEs, helping them increase production and improve efficiency.