Navantia Ferrol has become the first shipyard in Europe to have specific 5G for the naval sector. The public company, together with Telefónica España, Ericsson, Cinfo and Idronia have implemented three solutions with this technology, which can be applied to both the construction and repair of ships. This initiative is developed within the framework of the first call for grants from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation with ERDF funds.
One of the applications will allow “a non-specialized local operator to carry out repair or maintenance tasks with the assistance of a remote specialist and thus reduce the downtime of the industrial chain,” according to the promoters. In addition, they recall that, “at present, the machinery and devices used in an assembly line and industrial processes are very complex, which entails a highly specialized support that few people or applications are capable of providing. The direct consequence is that, every time an important part breaks down, it is necessary to wait for a specialist from the supplier company to come in person, which can take days, with the consequent loss of productivity in the assembly line ”.
Another of the cases in which this technology will have a practical application is the visualization of virtual parts, which allows checking the construction works that have been designed before carrying out the manufacture and the planning of the assembly. In this way possible errors can be avoided.