Advantech Server Application Cases
7/3/2024
Advantech industrial edge server products include open standard server products: server chassis (HPC) and server boards (ASMB), and proprietary GPU servers for AI HPC. From components to systems, Advantech solutions offer long longevity support, revision control, design flexibility, and industrial grade reliable operation. Advantech cooperates closely with our partners to help provide a multitude of solutions for a wide array of applications, such as AI solutions for automation manufacturing, robotic, smart city applications and medical imaging.
Advantech’s Integrated HIL System Enhances and Streamlines GNSS Receiver Testing
In the world of precision positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) systems, accuracy is of the utmost importance. Even simply ensuring the performance and reliability of these systems demands intricate testing methodologies. Manufacturers developing and building PNT systems, especially for automotive, aerospace, and military applications, require robust solutions capable of withstanding real-time testing applications
AI-enabled Automated Optical Inspection (AOI) system for Secondary Battery Manufacturing
The secondary battery industry's demand for high-performance vision inspection systems is met by Advantech's AI AOI vision inspection solution. Designed to cater to manufacturers requiring high-pixel images and high-speed inspections, this solution integrates the HPC-7484 4U server, which offers a compact, cool, and efficient solution for manufacturing lines, enhancing productivity and quality control.
Advantech’s SKY-9234S3 Multi-Node Server Optimizes Infrastructure for Secondary Storage Applications
With industries witnessing a surge in data-centric services, Advantech's SKY-9234S3 multi-node server addresses demand for enhanced data capacity. This solution optimizes infrastructure for secondary storage applications by emphasizing robust computing and storage performance. It offers high-density, hot-swappable features, alongside customization capabilities, setting a new standard for data service providers.
AI Visual Inspection in Electronics Manufacturing
With over 35 years of experience in electronics R&D as well as manufacturing, Might Electronics, launched a new plant in October 2021, which expanded its production capacity in Taiwan and also introduced the PowerArena AI vision inspection program, powered by the Advantech SKY-6400 industrial GPU server to their motor assembly line.
Building AOI Technology to Accelerate Yield in Precision Manufacturing
For this project, a leading provider of image processing and automated inspection solutions required a high-performance platform to function as the server for AOI applications. In addition to AOI equipment for inspecting glass substrates, thin film, and silicon wafer surfaces, the company offers customization according to specific environments.
Deliver Broadcast-Quality Live Video Streams with Advantech’s Scalable Edge Accelerator Servers
For broadcasters, edge solutions for content production must be built to operate amongst the action. In edge-based workflows, the focus is on providing broadcast-quality 4K/UHD live video links from remote production racks to central distribution hubs, while using the least power and smallest footprint.
When Biology Meets Technology: Harnessing the Power of Bioinformatics
This case study describes how a leading bioinformatics solutions provider adopted Advantech’s high-performance, industrial-grade SKY-6200 server hardware to develop a highly accurate and efficient software platform that enables laboratories of all sizes to better organize, analyze, and leverage genomic data.
Implement of Energy Transformation by Advantech Server Solution
Advantech’s smart factory energy management solution powered by Advantech WISE-STACK private cloud solution features an HPC-7320 3U rackmount server with ASMB 830 AMD® server board
Advantech’s 1U Automated Optical Inspection Solution Enhances Competitiveness for LCD Panel Vendors
A display manufacturer located in Korea wanted to upgrade their existing automated optical inspection (AOI) system to accommodate display panels of as large a size as possible.
Advanced 3D Metrology for Car Body Construction
HPC-6240+ASMB-622 is a 2U industrial AI server powered by NVIDIA A2, offering complete end-to-end performance, efficiency, and responsiveness that is critical to powering the next generation of AI inference in embedded devices.
AI-Based Pantograph-Catenary Monitoring System Enables Automated Railway Inspections
The two most important infrastructure components of a railway system are the catenary and track. Failures involving either of these components can cause lengthy delays and severely impact railway traffic safety. In the past, pantograph and catenary inspections were performed manually. However, as railway infrastructure continues to be expanded, the more challenging it becomes to maintain.
Advantech Wafer Inspection Solution for Semiconductor Factory
Semiconductor equipment has a lot of moving parts. From the equipment to the people managing it, a lot of things need to happen correctly for it to operate effectively. SKY-8201L is a highly configurable server that provides high performance and flexible solutions.
Advantech’s Machine Vision Solution Enables Automated Inspections for Intelligent Manufacturing
In the manufacturing industry, quality control inspections are crucial for ensuring consistent high-quality products. Traditionally, quality control inspections had to be conducted manually, increasing the potential for errors due to human factors such as fatigue and attention lapses. However, in recent years, machine vision technology has been increasingly deployed for conducting automated inspections. This is because machine vision not only increases the efficiency of quality control, but also reduces the risk of error and manpower-related operating costs for enhanced productivity.
Raising the Robot IQ with Smart 3D Vision
In the field of 3D vision technology, robots guided by vision can locate individual components, determine the correct application, and complete the assembly scenario. Over the course of the many stages of development, vision technology has been embraced by many companies who have seen the indirect value to their customers and a direct value to their production processes.
Automated Optical Inspection Systems for PCB Manufacturing
AOI systems are commonly used in the production of all kinds of products but are especially important for monitoring printed circuit boards for defects and accurate measurements beyond the capabilities of a human inspector.
Investing in AOI systems means less waste, a lower cost of production, and maximized yields. Advantech server boards not only deliver the necessary power for the AOI system, they work in a 0 ~ 40°C temperature ranges. Advantech continued support beyond the longevity product life of up to seven years.
Aviation Security: Airport Baggage Inspection System and Hold Baggage Screening
Baggage scanner vendors must provide scanning solutions that adequately respond to increasing security threats and comply with relevant legislation passed by the European Commission.
This new security dynamic has led to a greater need for quality detection equipment. Advantech provided a custom solution that was co-validated with the customer’s products, worldwide logistics, and an extendable warranty for certain key components.
Medical Imaging: Intelligent Data Server for Medical Hospital Surgery Solution
A high profile medical integrator needed a hospital data system that included cloud-based services, surgical robots, medical devices, and control towers.
The medical server application required a high performance and flexible system. Advantech’s was flexible for any possible customization and also continuously provided support for up to 5~7 years with extended warranties.. The hospital got their intelligent data server with all the performance and expansion requirements they needed.
Smart Warehousing: Industrial Servers Ramp up AI for Robotic Arms
Integrating AI with robotic arms is a new approach with significant benefits. Three phases –programming, operating, and maintaining – define success in robotic arm deployments. Often, an array of several robotic arms pairs with one industrial server on part of a line. Adding AI processing in that server can have a big impact on each of the three phases.
Everything in the Advantech SKY-6400 server is chosen with an eye toward performance, quality,reliability, and longevity needed for industrial deployments.
Simulation: High-Performance Computing System for Simulator Training System
Mission-critical military operations have long been an important application for industrial-grade servers. Training simulator systems require workstations that offer stable real-time environments to accurately replicate diverse simulations for helicopters, armored vehicles, aircraft, weapons, and other battlefield systems.
Advantech provided an integrated hardware solution. Through close collaboration on hardware and software development, high-performance computing systems were built for a fully functional training simulator.
AI for Moving Freight Detection System (TFDS) on Railways
Vehicle safety monitoring systems automatically identify faulty moving parts, and are essential for the safe operation of trucks, vehicles, and trains. Faced with mounting problems stemming from overloaded passenger trains and freight traffic, a system was needed to perform real time advanced data analysis and diagnosis with communication technologies that detected over stressed parts on trains while they were moving.
Advantech SKY-6100 provides the maximum number of PCI-Express cards in a 1U height rackmount chassis; making it the ideal server for AI inference applications.
Accelerating the Smart City with Advantech GPU Servers
In order to adjust climate change, cities needed an intelligent IoT solution for conducting real-time monitoring of local conditions, such as air quality, road traffic, and video surveillance data.
The SKY-6200 server enables all recorded video and environment data, such as humidity, temperature, and PM2.5 levels, to be uploaded to edge computers for instant inference and analysis. Using intelligent connectivity, the data is also transferred to a deep learning GPU server for integrating big data and optimizing device productivity and intelligence.
Intelligent Digital Video Processing System for on-site Monitoring
By using Intelligent Digital Video Processing System, combining with AI trained models, local situation can be easily detected and tracked, and the situation can be easily controlled from central management team.
HPC-8212 is the edge server to grab video streams from IP cameras and recognize objects based on AI inference. HPC-8212 can work smoothly with SAS transmission 12Gb/s and 4 NVMe drives supported via an optional riser card to provide greatly effect of video processing.
AI Platform Incident Detector and Video Surveillance System
Safety for passengers in railway stations and on platforms is paramount. These days, there are many cameras in railway stations for monitoring passengers to keep them safe and to protect secure areas.
To fulfill real-time video monitoring in the railway station, Advantech offered an end-to-end AI solution that met their application scenario. NVQual certified SKY-6400 4U rackmount servers process AI inference with the scalability needed to support multiple powerful NVIDIA GPU cards all in a single server.