ADLINK unveils AI Edge Server MEC-AI7400 for smart manufacturing

ADLINK Technology has announced the successful deployment of its new AI Edge Server MEC-AI7400 series, designed to enhance smart manufacturing and drive AI innovation and digital transformation.

This deployment enables enterprises to leverage generative AI and digital twin technologies, which integrate physical and virtual environments for improved production processes.

The AI Edge Server MEC-AI7400 series facilitates real-time data analysis and intelligent decision-making. According to ADLINK, this technology allows enterprises to simulate and predict production processes in a virtual environment, identify and resolve potential issues proactively, reduce costs, improve product quality, and enhance production line flexibility and responsiveness. By doing so, it accelerates the pace of digital transformation in manufacturing.

Many AI applications are increasingly occurring at the edge, necessitating hardware capable of handling edge environments. Companies require such hardware for real-time data processing and analysis while ensuring the confidentiality of information within the plant to prevent data breaches. Devices must be robust enough to address challenges specific to edge environments that differ from those encountered in data centres.

ADLINK's AI Edge Server MEC-AI7400 series comes with diverse configurations, incorporating GPU cards, motion control cards, I/O cards, and image capture cards within a dustproof and compact chassis. This design makes the series adaptable to the varied demands of smart manufacturing and durable enough for factory and automation environments.

The series offers several advantages for smart manufacturing applications, starting with its ability to ensure fast delivery and reliable supply of high-quality products. This helps projects remain on schedule and supports business growth. The product portfolio is diverse and flexible, catering to various customer needs and the evolving requirements of smart manufacturing. By integrating ADLINK's frame grabber cards, vision/motion cards, GPU cards, and servers into a comprehensive system, customers can select solutions that best fit their needs.

For semiconductor Automated Optical Inspection (AOI) and digital transformation applications, rapid processing of large data sets and images is crucial for operational efficiency and precise analysis. These applications support real-time decision-making and process optimization, necessitating high standards of data processing speed, reliability, and accuracy. ADLINK's solutions cater to a range of applications including AOI, data-driven decision-making, AI and machine learning, digital twin, and enterprise ChatGPT platforms that combine generative and predictive AI.

ADLINK has already integrated its AI-enabled industrial automation solutions into production lines at its headquarters. This implementation has significantly improved productivity, overall equipment efficiency (OEE), first-pass yield (FPY), and reduced AOI overkill. These improvements contribute to achieving total digital transformation, enhancing overall competitiveness, and improving market responsiveness for ADLINK.