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Industrial-Grade 5G for Manufacturing.

Coverage, Control & Safety across plants, warehouses & yards. Factories are evolving constantly with new models and lines. Cables and Wi-Fi are slow to reconfigure, and public cellular cannot be controlled on site.

Private 5G gives one secured network for people, tools, and sites with predictable latency, mobility, and traffic priority. Companies can start deploying cordless factories.

Outcome : higher OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness), shorter changeovers, fewer stoppages, and clean data back to management softwares (MES/WMS/ERP).

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Manufacturing Pain Points

Harsh RF & moving metal

Steel halls, cranes, forklifts → Wi-Fi dead zones, jitter, broken handovers for scanners/AMRs.

Mobility with determinism

Safety loops, motion control, vision need <20 ms stable latency while roaming.

Complex mixed estates

One campus spans assembly, warehouses, yards, ATEX zones, cleanrooms, press shops → one network must cover all.

Security & identity

Shared passwords fail audits; per-device SIM/eSIM is simple and secure.

Constant change

New lines, cells, warehouses, pilots → wireless that “just works” is what keeps production moving.

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Private 5G : Who & What It Connects

Personnel

Operators, quality techs, maintenance (MRO), EHS/HSE teams, intralogistics pickers, contractors.

Assets & Machines

AGVs/AMRs, inspection robots, cobots, torque tools, smart screwdrivers, PLC gateways, CCTV/bodycams, UHD/ thermal cameras for QC, fixed & wearable gas sensors.

Systems

MES (Manufacturing Execution), WMS (Warehouse Mgmt), ERP, historian/SCADA, cloud analytics.

Sites

Press & body shops (auto), fill/finish & cleanrooms (pharma), reactors & pipe racks (chem/steel), high-bay warehouses & yards.

Most Frequent Use Cases

Mobile robotics (AGV/AMR)

Seamless handover between cells; QoS prioritizes safety/ command over video; edge compute ~10–20 ms → faster robots, fewer emergency stops.

Machine vision & QC

Multiple 1080p/4K streams to edge inference; defects flagged live → less scrap, higher first-pass yield.

Connected tools & assets

Torque tools, bins, pallets, molds, and high-value tools report location/status; geofences & alarms prevent loss, mix-ups, FOD.

Predictive maintenance

Continuous vibration/ temperature/corrosion data → early anomaly detection, planned interventions, less downtime.

Business Results after 5G implementation

+5-15% OEE*

Downtime reduced: no lost scans, fewer AMR safety stops, faster tool-
finding (<60 s). Changeover time
reduced 15–30%, boosting asset utilization.

+10-20% throughput

AMRs/AGVs run at 2.5 m/s vs ~1.5 m/s on Wi-Fi, fewer emergency stops.
Barcode scanners reconnect instantly (vs 20 s on Wi-Fi), saving ~20min/operator/day.

+5–10% quality first-pass yield

Live machine vision detects defects in real time. Scrap & rework down 10–20%.

Lower TCO

over 10 years.
One single private 5G network for shop floor + warehouse + yard.

No need to renew 5G APs every 7 years

* Overall Equipment Effectiveness

ROI Snapshot - automotive plant. Use case : Automated Forklifts

5G Connectivity

20 forklifts

Automated forklift per cell

Downtime saved per forklift/day

0.5 h

Cost impact per hour (Maintenance Labor + Lost Production Value)

€28 + €70 = €98

Working days per year

250

Annual gain

€245,000

Firecell 5G Network CAPEX

€200,000

ROI

≈ 10 months

5G vs WiFi / public networks

Private 5G

Wi-Fi

Control

You set capacity & priorities (SIMs, QoS).

Shared with guests ; limited/no control.

Mobility

Seamless handover for robots/carts/HMIs.

AP hops & re-associates; carrier handovers not yours

Interference

Licensed/local spectrum.

Unlicensed Wi-Fi + shared carrier airwaves.

Determinism

Low, stable latency & jitter.

Variable; collapses under metal & motion.

Security

Per-device SIM/eSIM; easy zoning.

Passwords/SSIDs ; carrier NAT ; limited

Footprint

Fewer radios; indoor/outdoor campus,

Many APs indoor; weak or no yard coverage.

Edge / MEC

On-prem compute; analytics & control stay local for <20 ms loops.

Cloud-first; control/analytics offsite, higher latency.

Best for

Robots, tools, cameras, scanners, PLCs.

Office/guest Wi-Fi; overflow public traffic.

Design Target & KPIs

Availability
target

99.9–99.99%
(production window)

Uplink

4–8 Mb/s per HD camera; provision aggregate uplink per by line/area

Handover

<50 ms across cells for mobile robots/cobots

Latency

<20 ms round-trip; jitter <5 ms for control

Device scale

100 - +1,000 devices per hall (SIM based)

Reference Architecture
What Firecell can deliver.

Production hall (assembly, machining)

1–2 indoor radios cover 3–6,000 m²; robots, cobots, and HMIs roam; edge server near MES/ERP; VLAN/APN per traffic class.

Heavy hall (press shop, machining)

2–6 radios per hall (depends on steel/geometry); overhead cranes & machine vision QC; local edge GPU for inference.

Chemical/steel plant (ATEX + yard)

Indoor small cells for production units; outdoor sectors for pipe racks & yards; ATEX phones/routers; redundancy in core and power.

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Campus layout

One private 5G for plant + labs + yard; handoff across buildings; guest Wi-Fi remains separate.

Deployment & ROI Roadmap

Radio planning

Radio planning & site survey to confirm quote

Full site go‑live in 12 weeks

Hardware delivery & installation, SIM/eSIM provisioning, Edge/core configuration, Integration with robot fleet, Acceptance testing

Post delivery support

Training of customer to use Network Monitoring Interface + online & on-site support. Network upgrade based on needs.

In-house supervision

IT team manages network with Network Monitoring Interface or chooses a turnkey managed service

Next Steps.

Site survey & spectrum check (free)

Define requirements & connectivity needs

Approve BoM & SLA

Kick-off deployment window

Explore use cases.

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