Automotive asset-specific solutions: Vertical DrOP Lifts

The Problem

Vertical Drop Lifts (VDL) are one of the most common place assets in an automotive assembly plants. As most automotive plants are crowded and have limited space to move, VDLs give plants the ability to safety raise and lower car bodies for transportation above or below the shop floor.

This asset is crucial to plant operations and its failure often leads to line shutdowns and significant production losses.

The best way to monitor VDLs is using the IoT Hub. The IoT hub offers the unique feature of triggering which is important when taking readings on an intermittent asset – such as a lift. Triggering with the Hub not only allows us to capture whatever part of the lifts motion we want, but also allows us to take repeatable readings for accurate health comparisons. Our IoT Hub even offers the option to connect with existing embedded sensors using an adapter so that all data can be historically saved in our cloud based platform.