Cisco's market-leading networking products extend wireless capabilities to challenging industrial environments. That includes sites that are contaminated with dust or dirt, as well as those which are extremely hot or cold. These solutions also stand up to high levels of electromagnetic interference (EMI) and vibration. But there are some environments that are even harsher and require an additional level of protection.
That's where Cisco's collaboration with Extronics -the company I lead -comes into play.
At Extronics, we make specialty wireless enclosure solutions that are certified to international standards for explosion protection, including ATEX, IECEx, North American as well as other internal standards. Through our relationship with Cisco, we provide explosion protection that makes it possible to install Cisco's standard products into the most potentially explosive atmospheres and the harshest of industrial environments, complementing Cisco's Class I, Division 2 access point, the Catalyst IW6300 Heavy Duty access point.
When integrated into our wireless enclosures, Cisco industrial wireless devices can be deployed throughout offshore platforms, FPSO's, oil refineries, chemical plants, pharmaceutical plants and any other industrial site that handles flammable or explosive substances. And because Extronics is part of the Cisco IoT Design-In Program, we've created and tested our enclosures specifically for use with Cisco's industrial IoT wireless portfolio.
These complementary capabilities make it possible for industrial organizations to accelerate their journey to digitized operations. What follows are just a few examples of how organizations benefit when they can implement Cisco's portfolio of wireless industrial networking solutions into the harshest, most hazardous environments:
Beyond these specific examples are a host of other applications that were previously out of reach for the most hazardous industrial sites. Together, Cisco and Extronics are helping oil and gas, chemical, pharmaceutical, mining and other industrial companies to safely implement wireless infrastructure -and unleash new levels of efficiency, productivity and safety.