Steel mills play a crucial role in the economic-production context. The steel sector, however, is as important as it is complex. Indeed, steel mills are difficult environments due to the sophisticated industrial processes they must necessarily use. Effectively managing these complexities requires technical expertise, attention to safety and a strong commitment to environmental sustainability. A...
Localization and tracking technologies for intralogistics
Towards Intralogistics 4.0 By intralogistics we mean that branch of logistics that concerns what happens inside the factories and which includes all the activities related to the movement of goods and materials in the various company areas. The global market is changing rapidly, requiring manufacturing companies to increase efficiency, flexibility and productivity in all company processes, and consequently also...
Real-Time Location System: what they are and which benefits they can bring
What is RTLS? The acronym RTLS refers to a Real-Time Location System, that is an hardware/software infrastructure based on IoT (Internet of Things) technologies that allows to identify, locate and trace individual objects or people present in a given context (such as, for example, a logistics site, a factory or a hospital). BlueUp, innovative SME operating in...
Bluetooth Low Energy beacons moving towards Industry 4.0
Market entry of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons dates back to June 2013, with the launch by Apple of iBeacon technology, for micro-location applications (native technology on iOS, but also available on Android). Subsequently, new impetus to BLE beacons was given by the entry of Google in the market, with the launch of a comprehensive...