Howevision industrial grade switches help you create an efficient and intelligent workshop.In industrial production, network stability is critical.However, many factories suffer from frequent network failures, resulting in production stagnation and huge losses.Workshop director Lao Zhang has encountered such troubles: his factory production line every three o’clock in the afternoon due to network problems “strike”, equipment data can not be uploaded, the machine collective paralysis.After checking, it was found that the switchboard in the corner of the workshop was dead due to high temperature.Old Zhang exclaimed: “This broken network, delayed one day is more than 100,000 losses!”In fact, such scenes are common in many factories.So, why is the industrial network always “off the chain”?
Let’s take a look at the “four deadly sins” of industrial networks.
Industrial environments are like a “hellish exam” for network equipment. High temperatures, vibrations, electromagnetic interference—you name it, it’s ready to make ordinary switches “fail.” Here are the six major challenges factory networks have to face:
1. Environmental Challenges
Workshop temperatures hitting 50°C? Humidity at 90%? Under these extreme conditions, regular equipment can easily overheat or short-circuit.
2. Interference Issues
Motors, frequency converters, and other equipment create serious electromagnetic interference, turning network signals into a noisy mess and affecting data transmission.
3. Power Problems
Sudden voltage spikes from 220V to 380V? Ordinary switches can’t handle that and might get fried, leading to costly repairs.
4. Wiring Chaos
Equipment packed like a crowded subway during rush hour, with wiring tangled like a spider web. Finding the right cable for maintenance? Good luck.
5. Security Risks
Hackers can break into the network and shut down production lines remotely—a nightmare scenario.
6. Bandwidth Crunch
With high-def cameras, robots, and sensors all transmitting data at once, the network gets jammed like a train station during holiday travel, seriously slowing down production.
Howevision Industrial Switches: The Ultimate Network Guardian for Your Workshop
Howevision, a veteran in industrial networking with 15 years of experience, offers the 12-port Gigabit Managed Switch—a device that tackles all these pain points head-on.
1. Built Tough: Stronger Than Your Workshop
Howevision switches are rugged and reliable, built to handle the harshest conditions.
| Durable Shell： |
| Made of aerospace-grade aluminum alloy, it can operate in temperatures from -40°C to 75°C. Vibrations from machinery? No problem—it’s like a massage for this switch. |
| Internal Protection： |
| Circuit boards coated with protective material can handle water vapor and oil splashes, allowing easy cleaning and preventing failures caused by environmental issues. |
| Dual Power Supply： |
| Redundant power design ensures the switch keeps running even during a power outage, avoiding production downtime. One real-world example: A car paint shop with temperatures consistently above 60°C saw their ordinary switches fail every three months. After switching to Howevision, they’ve had zero failures in two years, greatly improving production stability. |
2. Smart Software: The Switch That “Self-Diagnoses”
Howevision switches aren’t just tough—they’re smart. Their advanced software features make network management and optimization a breeze.
MRP Multicast Protocol: When 100 cameras are streaming simultaneously, MRP compresses data like “containers,” reducing bandwidth usage by 60%. It also automatically updates multicast lists, saving time on manual adjustments.
OAM System: Pinpoints network faults in seconds and sends diagnostic reports to your phone. New devices are automatically recognized, allowing 500 switches to be deployed in just one hour.
Traffic Shaping: Prioritizes critical data like robot control signals, while less urgent data like camera footage waits in line. Think of it as a “traffic light” for your network. At one electronics factory, this reduced latency from 200ms to 20ms, boosting efficiency by 15%.
3. Real User Stories: From “Firefighting” to Just Kicking Back
Howevision switches have won over many users with their performance. Here are a few real-life stories:
| A Food Factory’s “Steam Killer”: |
| In a steaming food processing plant, ordinary switches kept failing due to water ingress. After switching to Howevision’s IP67-rated model, the maintenance team joked, “Now the only thing we need to maintain is wiping steam off the screens.” |
| A Steel Plant’s “Electromagnetic Storm” |
| In a steel mill, electromagnetic interference caused serious packet loss. Howevision’s double-layer shielding and fiber optic solution boosted network stability by 90%. |
Enhancing network security
Access control: Howevision industrial switches offer features like port – based access control lists (ACLs). These allow network administrators to define which devices can connect to specific switch ports, preventing unauthorized access to the industrial network. They can also implement MAC address filtering, where only devices with pre – approved MAC addresses are allowed to communicate on the network, further enhancing security at the device level.
Encryption: To protect sensitive industrial data from eavesdropping and man – in – the – middle attacks, the switches support encryption protocols such as Secure Shell (SSH) and Internet Protocol Security (IPsec). SSH is used for secure remote management of the switch, while IPsec can be used to encrypt data traffic between different parts of the industrial network, ensuring the confidentiality and integrity of the data.
