Accurate time synchronisation in the industry sector

Is time synchronisation paramount in factories?

Time synchronisation features many advantages for industries, thus contributing significantly to the efficiency and reliability of operations. It allows for optimised management of production chains. In factories, production cycles are often complex, since each step is interdependent and synchronised.

Accurate time synchronisation ensures that each process starts and ends exactly at the right time, thus eliminating expensive downtime and maximising the use of resources. This means smooth production, loss reduction and general improvement of operational efficiency.

Time synchronisation is crucial for quality control systems. Recordings with an accurate time are paramount for ensuring product traceability and compliance with regulatory standards. By maintaining an exact chronology of operations, companies can quickly identify and correct anomalies, thus guaranteeing the constant quality of their products and minimising the risks of non-compliance.

The importance of having an accurate and reliable time for the industrial sector

In the industrial sector, accuracy and reliability are crucial elements for ensuring efficient production without interruption. Time synchronisation plays an essential role by making sure that all operations and processes run in a coordinated way.

Accurate time synchronisation allows for synchronisation of machines, production processes, employee schedules and management systems, thus minimising risks of errors, delays and inefficiency.

Security and monitoring systems such as alarms and incident management systems, rely on the time synchronisation system to trigger alerts in real time and coordinate responses. Accurate time management allows for quick detection and response to incidents, thus protecting employees and installations.

Time servers for synchronising computer networks in factories

Time servers play a crucial role in the management of operations in factories, where time synchronisation is paramount for ensuring smooth and efficient production. These devices provide an accurate time across the industrial network, thus guaranteeing that all equipment and systems operate with an identical and exact time.

By integrating protocols such as the NTP (Network Time Protocol) or the PTP (Precision Time Protocol), time servers allow for harmonious coordination of production processes, thus avoiding synchronisation errors that could cause disruptions.

In industrial environments where production chains are often complex and interconnected, the slightest time drift can have significant consequences. Time servers ensure that all machines, control systems and devices are perfectly synchronised, thus optimising production cycles.

Gorgy Time offers robust and reliable time servers, especially designed to meet the specific needs of industrial environments. These servers ensure optimum time synchronisation and distribution, thus enabling factories to improve their efficiency, security and compliance, while promoting continuous and harmonious production.

The synchronisation mode

Gorgy Time offers several transmission modes to meet the specific needs of each installation.

The most widely used is the NTP (Network Time Protocol). By synchronising the time via the Ethernet network, the NTP reaches a level of accuracy from milliseconds down to one second.

For even more stringent synchronisation requirements, the PTP (Precision Time Protocol) has been designed to offer a synchronisation accuracy down to nanoseconds, which is paramount in industrial environments where highly accurate coordinated operations are required.

With these advanced synchronisation solutions, Gorgy Time ensures that each installation benefits from a time accuracy meeting its specific requirements, thus optimising performance and operational efficiency.

Analogue and digital clocks for the industry sector

Analogue and digital clocks are essential since they provide accurate time references in industrial infrastructures.

In the industry sector, clocks play an essential role by synchronising production processes, by ensuring the precise coordination of teams, machines and automated systems.

For example, in an assembly line, a synchronised clock enables each production workstation to start and finish tasks at the right time, thus minimising downtime and increasing productivity.

The main features of analogue clocks for workshops and offices

Analogue clocks offer optimum time readability, which makes them perfectly suitable for workshops and offices. Their traditional and intuitive design enable employees to read the time instantly, thus facilitating time management in often dynamic and diversified environments.

By displaying the time with different hands on a clear dial, they are particularly efficient in areas where fast and instant time reading is required, while adding an aesthetic touch fitting harmoniously into several settings.

In multiple application fields, especially the industrial sector, the quality of the HANDI® range of analogue clocks is a reference in terms of accuracy, readability and robustness.

Digital clocks for improving the work environment in a factory

Digital clocks often mean modernity and efficiency, which make them the perfect solution for companies or industries. With their clear and accurate digital display, these clocks allow for instant time reading, thus reducing the risks of errors.

Installed in both workshops and offices, these clocks fit harmoniously into their respective environment. They have built-in additional features such as the display of the date or the temperature, alternately with the time.

The tricolour LED technology enables to display information with a better visibility, even under low light conditions or hectic environments. The LED colour as well as the light intensity can be modified at all times.

These LED clocks are extremely sustainable and resistant to difficult conditions such as dust, humidity or vibrations, which make them a suitable choice for factories and workshops. The digital clocks of the LEDI range not only ensure efficiency in the organisation of working times but also the global aesthetics of the working environment.

We also offer a whole range of calendar clocks which integrate several digital features enhancing both time management and daily efficiency. By displaying the time and the date simultaneously, clocks help coordinate the different production steps, thus avoiding wastes of time and the excessive use of equipment.