In traditional manufacturing settings, workstation management heavily relies on manual recordkeeping and paper-based processes. This results in delayed data collection, lack of process transparency, and low efficiency in responding to anomalies. For example, workers must manually report production progress, managers struggle to track equipment utilization or quality fluctuations in real time, and production plan adjustments often lag behind actual conditions. As the manufacturing industry demands more flexible production and lean management, building digital workstations has become a key breakthrough for achieving transparent control.
The APQ PC series industrial all-in-one PCs are specially designed for industrial environments. With high-performance hardware and industrial-grade reliability, they serve as the core interactive terminals for MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems) at workstation level. Key advantages include:
High Compatibility: Supports a wide range of Intel® CPUs from BayTrail to Alder Lake platforms, adaptable to various performance needs. It also provides reserved interfaces for SSD and 4G/5G modules, meeting both local processing and cloud collaboration requirements.
Industrial Protection: Features an IP65-rated front panel, fanless wide-temperature design (optional external fan), and wide voltage input (12~28V), enabling operation in harsh workshop environments with dust, oil, and power fluctuations.
User-Friendly Interaction: Equipped with 15.6"/21.5" ten-point capacitive touch screens, operable with gloves or wet hands. The narrow bezel design saves space and supports both embedded and VESA wall-mount installation, suitable for various workstation layouts.
Scenario 1: Real-Time Dashboards and Transparent Control
After deploying APQ PC series all-in-one PCs at workstations, data such as production plans, process progress, and equipment OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) is pushed in real time from the MES system to the screen. For example, in an automotive parts workshop, the PC displays daily production targets and yield trends. Workers can clearly see task priorities, while team leaders can use a centralized monitoring platform to track the status of multiple workstations and quickly reallocate resources to relieve bottlenecks.
Scenario 2: End-to-End Operation Guidance and Quality Traceability
For complex assembly processes, the PC integrates electronic SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures), providing step-by-step guidance through images and videos to reduce human errors. Meanwhile, the system automatically records process parameters and quality inspection results, linking them with batch numbers to enable “one item, one code” traceability. One APQ customer in the electronics industry reduced its rework rate by 32% and shortened problem diagnosis time by 70% after deployment.
Scenario 3: Equipment Health Alerts and Predictive Maintenance
By accessing PLCs and sensor data, the APQ PC series monitors equipment parameters such as vibration and temperature in real time, allowing for early fault prediction. In a customer’s injection molding workshop, deployment of the system on key machines enabled 48-hour advance fault warnings, avoiding unplanned downtime and saving hundreds of thousands of RMB in annual maintenance costs.
Since its official launch earlier this year, the APQ PC series has been deployed across various customer sites, helping companies realize three-tier digital upgrades from workstations to production lines and entire factories:
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Efficiency: Over 80% of workstation data is automatically collected, reducing manual entry by 90%.
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Quality Control: Real-time quality dashboards cut anomaly response time from hours to minutes.
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Closed-Loop Management: Equipment OEE improved by 15%–25%, with production plan fulfillment rates exceeding 95%.
In the wave of Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing, APQ’s PC series all-in-one PCs—with their modular expansion capabilities, stable and reliable performance, and integrated collaboration features—continue to empower digital workstations to evolve from mere execution terminals into intelligent decision nodes, enabling enterprises to build fully transparent, self-optimizing future factories across the entire value chain.
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Post time: Jul-08-2025