The FRANK solution prevents unauthorised users from entering safeguarded spaces thus ensuring that machines are accessed and operated only by fully trained personnel.
While this does not eliminate the hazard, it prevents the risks associated with unqualified employees accessing those safeguarded areas and/or performing hazardous tasks. Our system enables setting individual access permissions for various entry/exit points and associating them with the RFID card of each user, which can be used to set and amend entry regulations within the facility.
Through our research, we have found that many organizations provide RFID cards to their employees for building access, recording time and attendance, and even to purchase lunch from the canteen.
So, we decided to integrate these existing employee RFID badges with our solution to control access to machinery. We support all popular manufacturers’ protocols across a range of card frequencies including (but not limited to) 13.56mHz & 125kHz cards. As a part of designing the system, we may ask for an example card for testing; contact our team for more information.
The transition to connected technology has no doubt driven an increase in savings, installation of new lines, and productivity over the past decade.
In large facilities, however, it can be difficult to identify inefficiencies in processes. Through tracking and analysing user interactions against associated processes, on a controller, these inefficiencies can be easily identified facility wide and mitigated whilst providing key insights to drive productivity. Request a demo from our team to find out more about how to exploit this data and maximise the benefits of access control technology.
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Access control can be integrated into process and safety access devices to maximise functionality of a standalone device and minimise electrical cabling and programming.
Additionally, networked technology through PROFINET and Ethernet/IP allows systems to easily scale up to support site wide automation technology.
Setting up FRANK
