Case Study: Yutong Bus Group achieves smart factory transformation and increased productivity with Advantech HMI Total Solution

HMI Total Solution Enables Bus Manufacturers to Realize a Smart Factory

Yutong Bus Group, a leading Chinese bus manufacturer, sought to upgrade its production floors to an Industry 4.0–ready smart factory with MES, rugged HMIs, reliable wired/wireless networking, and field data acquisition so communications (including LGV links) would not fail in harsh factory conditions. Advantech supplied an HMI total solution using industrial panel PCs (TPC-1551T and TPC-1581WP), PCM-24S2WF Wi‑Fi modules, EKI-series switches and APs (EKI-7428G-4CPI, EKI-6331AN) and ADAM-4055 I/O modules to meet those requirements.

Advantech implemented the on-site TPC panels as operator interfaces, integrated wireless modules and EKI network gear to create an industrial-grade communications backbone, and deployed ADAM I/O for machine data collection; this ensured uninterrupted LGV-to-control-room links and flexible peripheral connectivity. Advantech’s solution delivered very low failure rates, enabled real-time reporting and supervisory control, and significantly increased production visibility and productivity—results that convinced Yutong to expand use of Advantech’s solution.

Yutong Bus Group