Rapid Connect Rapid Granulator's new Rapid Connect control system provides Industry 4.0 capabilities, with real-time monitoring and reporting of all granulators and shredders within a facility. The system includes cables and sensors that connect to the units it will monitor, allowing it to track data such as power consumption, temperature and vibrations. Up to 150 units can be connected to the central gateway, which uses long-range wireless technology to forward the data to Rapid Granulator’s cloud system.
What’s new? Rapid Connect, which became available to customers just after K 2022 ended.
Benefits Lower operating costs. For a number of applications, recycling scrap plays a crucial role in profitability. Rapid Connect gives users the information they need to track equipment usage, schedule preventive maintenance and avoid unexpected downtime. Users can customize dashboards, with real-time alarms sent to mobile phones or tablets of people at different tiers in the organization, such as service techs or product managers. Beyond the status updates on individual machines, connecting all the machinery in a facility to the cloud or an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system with Rapid Connect provides users with data to track variables such as power consumption, uptime, etc. Rapid Connect works with any shredder or granulator, whether from Rapid Granulator or other makers.
Rapid Granulator Inc., Leetsdale, Pa., 724-584-5220, www.rapidgranulator.com
Karen Hanna | Senior Staff Reporter
Senior Staff Reporter Karen Hanna covers injection molding, molds and tooling, processors, workforce and other topics, and writes features including In Other Words and Problem Solved for Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing, Plastics Recycling and The Journal of Blow Molding. She has more than 15 years of experience in daily and magazine journalism.
