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Konecranes Case – Major Transition to 5G for Technology Innovation in Lifting Business

The major impact of 5G transition, well-prepared for industry 4.0

As the leading company that integrated Private Network, Konecranes has been the forerunner in lifting business in many industrial sectors such as ports and factories. Now, the connectivity solution is even more advanced and improved with the transition of LTE private networks to 5G SA Wireless. Edzcom and Nokia are pleased to bring our experts, equipment and technology to transform the connectivity solution Konecranes’ smart factory. With this transition, the key challenges, which are scalability, latency and bandwidth, will be dealt with for a higher level of reliability and productivity.

The Challenge

As a world-class company, Konecranes is well-aware of the need for technology to prepare for Industry 4.0. With this bearing in mind, they soon recognized the need of automation from their customers, in all sectors. Besides automation, it is critical is take into account bandwidth, latency and the technology development in their smart factory. Thus, 5G SA Private Network is the right vehicle for the advanced technology.

We clearly foresee that our customers will be using private 5G Network going forward, if not right today, then in a couples of years’ time. And of course, our offering should be prepared by now, so we’re building capabilities and competencies for Industry 4.0 for increased level of automation and 5G has an important role to play in that.

— Juha Pankakoski

Executive VP, Konecranes

The Solution

Edzcom and Nokia partnership plays a crucial role in the transition of private network in Konecranes. We provides a tailored solution for network. We aims for a seamless transformation to 5G SA Private Network to ensure a larger capacity and increased productivity.

Back in 2018, when we started our collaboration, we identified a high demand for connectivity, to meet Konecranes’ needs, which included high bandwidth and low latency. Private 4G was already a great solution to meet the initial goals. And now with 5G capabilities, Konecranes is able to take the final step needed towards full industry 4.0 compatibility.

— Janne Isosaari

Head of Technical Operation, Edzcom

The Benefits

5G Private Network provides a reliable connectivity solution to support Konecranes’s R&D advanced development on smart factory. Research, development facilities and testing of cranes will be carried out. Multiple use cases are applied and brought to our partnership with Konecranes. Some prominent use cases are the deployment of high-resolution wireless cameras to improve on-site awareness, thereby increase safety and operational integrity.