CASE STUDY
Nestlé has recently completed the 5G SA implementation stage at its factory in Caçapava ( SP ), enabled by Embratel with 5G from Claro .
The company is using the private Ericsson 5G network technology ( Private 5G ) to achieve a network with secure 4G and high-speed 5G connectivity to drive the Digital Transformation of the industrial environment .
It is the first time a next-generation technology has been used in Industry 4.0 in Latin America and at a Nestlé plant worldwide , with 100 % on-premises network architecture that operates fully separated from the public mobile network . uses experimental frequencies licensed by Claro , all the infrastructure components – from the antennas to the autonomous core network and the server – work on Nestlé ’ s premises .
It ensures that confidential data remains exclusively on the local network of the plant . The local connection of the Nestlé infrastructure also enables simple and fast data processing via the private network .
This autonomous ‘ short distance ’ 5G architecture is best applied to support business-critical applications that require ultra-short response times in the millisecond range .
Nestlé Brazil has in its Caçapava plant an open innovation model for production acceleration . The company was looking for technological support for this journey and to help it evolve from an automated factory to an autonomous one . Through the project , which
Nestlé has been incorporating new lines , robots , automation and Augmented Reality over the past few years with benefits in productivity , efficiency and people utilization , achieving significant gains through Digital Transformation .
NESTLÉ ’ S NATIONAL OPERATION WILL BE A REFERENCE IN AN UNPRECEDENTED PROJECT IN WHICH IT CAN ENJOY , IN PRACTICE , THE BENEFITS OF 5G FOR INDUSTRY 4.0 .
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