Industrial Manufacturing

Peace of mind for all stakeholders

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System integrators

Fast, Straightforward Installation
Bosch PRAESENSA offers system integrators a seamless installation experience. Its intuitive design ensures a quick setup, minimizing downtime. The system’s advanced functionality, combined with clear documentation, accelerates deployment, while its compatibility with existing infrastructure allows for effortless integration. PRAESENSA's reliability and user-friendly interface guarantee that system integrators can deliver a high-quality public address solution with confidence and ease.

Training & design consultation
Our dedicated engineering and support teams are committed to your project's success. Through expert training and consultation, we empower your team for effective system design and deployment, enhancing performance and efficiency within your budget. Together with our integrator partners, our expert support team is available to help with upgrades, maintenance, and advanced troubleshooting.

We are built on standards
Our industry-leading UL-compliant solutions ensure your bid can be submitted with confidence. Our integration with Dante, OCA, ONVIF, and SIP ensure best-in-class interoperability, scalability, and flexibility for your project. Our partnerships with Genetec, Milestone, and other technology provides extend the functionality of the system and add greater value for your customers.

Architects & consultants

Category Expertise
We provide architects and consultants with deep category expertise by understanding the acoustic challenges of diverse spaces and designing systems for optimal sound distribution. We offer customized solutions that integrate seamlessly into architectural designs, ensuring high speech intelligibility and compliance with safety standards. Their experience enables them to support the entire project lifecycle, from conceptual design to implementation.

Specification Support
We partner with architects and consultants by providing detailed product specifications, customized support, and educational resources. We help navigate acoustic requirements, offer design flexibility, and ensure compliance with safety standards. Our expertise in sound system integration into various architectural spaces allows for optimal performance and client satisfaction. We are a time-saving partner throughout the project’s lifecycle.

Elegant Solutions
We provide architects and consultants with elegant solutions by offering systems that ensure clear, high-quality audio for announcements and music. These systems are designed with user-friendly interfaces for seamless interaction and integration with other technologies, accommodating spaces of any size and adapting to evolving needs through cost-effective, IP-networked capabilities.

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IT managers

Connectivity & Flexibility
The Bosch PRAESENSA system represents the pinnacle of public address and voice alarm technology, offering unparalleled flexibility and scalability. Its IP-based architecture allows for seamless integration into existing network infrastructures, providing a cost-effective solution that adapts to the dynamic needs of modern facilities. With the ability to manage all devices via OMNEO media networking technology, PRAESENSA delivers superior audio quality and extensive scalability, ensuring your communication needs are met with precision and reliability.

Cost Efficiency & Operational Excellence
PRAESENSA sets a new industry benchmark for cost-efficiency in mid-to-large scale applications. By leveraging standard cabling and network switches, it significantly reduces installation costs. The system’s smart-power concept and integrated redundancies offer a robust solution that minimizes the need for on-site maintenance, further driving down operational expenses. Remote diagnosis and maintenance capabilities ensure that your system is always at peak performance, providing value that extends well beyond the initial investment.

Unmatched Reliability & User Experience
Reliability is at the core of the PRAESENSA system, with IP-based technology ensuring consistent performance from installation onwards. Redundancy is built into every level of the system, safeguarding critical signal paths and functions. The intuitive user interfaces facilitate easy operation, allowing authorized staff to make announcements, schedule events, or initiate voice evacuation protocols effortlessly. By choosing PRAESENSA, you’re not only investing in a state-of-the-art public address system but also in the safety and well-being of your occupants.

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Owner/Operators

Scalability & Flexibility for Modern Infrastructure
The Bosch PRAESENSA system is not just a public address system; it’s a future-proof investment in your building’s communication infrastructure. With its IP-based architecture, it offers the highest flexibility and scalability to accommodate changes in building use or expansions. Whether you have a centralized or decentralized setup, PRAESENSA can integrate seamlessly, managing all devices via OMNEO media networking technology for superior audio quality and greater scalability.

Cost-Efficiency and Sustainability
As a building owner, you’re always looking for ways to optimize costs without compromising on quality. PRAESENSA stands out with its smart-power concept and integrated redundancies, which can often utilize existing IP-network infrastructure, leading to considerable cost savings. Moreover, its remote diagnosis and maintenance capabilities reduce the need for on-site visits, ensuring your system is cost-efficient and sustainable in the long run.

Reliability & User-Friendly Design
Reliability is paramount when it comes to public address and voice alarm systems. PRAESENSA’s IP-based technology ensures reliability from installation, with redundancy built into the whole system. This includes all devices and IP network connections, critical signal paths, and functions, which are constantly supervised. Additionally, the system’s user interfaces are designed to be intuitive and accessible, making operations like voice announcements and scheduling events easy for authorized staff, without extensive training.

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Safety managers

Unmatched System Reliability
For a Safety Manager, the reliability of a public address and voice alarm (PAVA) system is non-negotiable. The Bosch PRAESENSA system offers this assurance with its IP-based technology, which ensures consistent performance and incorporates redundancy throughout the entire system. This means critical signal paths and functions are constantly supervised, providing a fail-safe solution that you can trust in any emergency situation.

Enhanced Safety & Security
The PRAESENSA system is designed with safety at its core. It supports smart integration of functions and backup facilities, with encryption and authentication to protect against eavesdropping and hacking. In the event of an emergency, clear voice announcements guide occupants to safety efficiently, reducing evacuation times compared to traditional siren alerts. This system not only meets but exceeds the stringent standards for voice alarm systems, ensuring the well-being of all occupants.

Ease of Use & Future-Proofing
Ease of use is critical in high-stress situations. PRAESENSA’s user interfaces are intuitive and accessible, allowing authorized staff to make announcements, schedule events, or initiate voice evacuation protocols with minimal training. The system is software-based, which means it can be updated to meet future requirements, maintaining the highest levels of protection and system security. By choosing PRAESENSA, you’re investing in a system that adapts to your evolving needs while keeping user interaction straightforward and efficient.

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Floor managers and workers

Keep your warehouse safe with clear communication
Our PA systems ensure everyone hears critical announcements, whether it's an emergency evacuation or a shift change. Its reliable system provides clear voice communication across your entire warehouse, even in noisy environments.

Boost productivity with targeted announcements
Reach specific teams or areas instantly with our PA systems. Send targeted messages to individual zones, pre-record safety procedures, and easily manage communication for different shifts, maximizing efficiency and minimizing downtime.

Streamline communication, enhance collaboration
Our PA systems empower your team to communicate effectively. Floor managers can quickly share important updates, shift supervisors can easily coordinate tasks, and receptionists can provide clear instructions, all with a single, powerful system.

Ensure seamless communication, enhance safety, and improve operational efficiency with IP-integrated security, safety, and public address systems . Our systems provide real-time alerts and announcements, helping to prevent accidents, manage emergencies, and boost productivity. They also enable centralized control and monitoring, reducing response times and ensuring that critical information reaches all employees promptly. This integration supports a safer, more secure, and well-coordinated working environment.

Challenges

Safety first

Accelerate response and minimize risk with systems that work together intelligently.

Improve security

Ensure peace of mind with incident prevention, detection, and response through intelligent monitoring, efficient communication, and access management.

Boost productivity

Easily send live or prerecorded messages to individual zones for maximum efficiency and minimum downtime.

Clear Communication

Quickly and easily direct tasks, share important updates, and coordinate emergency procedures

Scale for the future

We specialize in supporting growing businesses with scalable IP systems that seamlessly connect across campuses and continents.

Overview of industrial manufacturing challenges

Overview of our industrial manufacturing solutions

Security solutions for manufacturing & warehouses

Unauthorized access of people and vehicles

Maintaining control over who is allowed to access production plant premises is crucial. Bosch Access Control solutions offer a combination of cutting-edge technology, open access, and strict security. Our portfolio includes all access control components, from various software options and controllers to a wide range of readers, credentials, and biometric solutions, ensuring maximum protection against unauthorized intruders.

Violations automatically trigger an alarm in the software, allowing immediate action to be taken. The system monitors and records any unauthorized access attempts. When combined with video surveillance and IP horn loudspeakers, it enables the capture and documentation of all access events and allows for real-time communication with trespassers if necessary.

Integrating our public address system further enhances these security measures. In the event of a security breach, the system can automatically broadcast warnings and instructions to the relevant areas, ensuring that personnel are promptly alerted and can respond appropriately. This integration provides an additional layer of security, helping to prevent unauthorized access and maintain a safe and secure environment. Our access control solutions can grow according to your security needs, thanks to the scalability of the components.

Intruder at the perimeter area

Manufacturing companies are vulnerable to theft, espionage and sabotage. To prevent incidents from happening it is important to protect the premises with automated perimeter protection. Bosch offers powerful tools for fast intervention, to detect, assess and respond quickly to objects approaching the perimeter area. IP cameras with robust built-in Video Analytics detect persons, cars or objects left behind 24/7 and are resilient to false alarms. Suspects can be detected in video footage, even when hiding in dark areas. Built-in infrared illuminators make objects visible up to 550 meters away, and thermal images allow detection of suspects hiding, for example, in bushes. When an intruder passes the perimeter zone, cameras automatically follow them to support intervention. In combination with IP horn loudspeakers real time communication between security personnel and the intruder is possible. Security operators are able to view and act on the situation in real time. Multiple objects can also be displayed on a map, showing their location, size, and speed to enable quick intervention. This reduces the number of false alarm signals operators must deal with.

Inventory losses due to theft

When inventory goes missing, it’s crucial to add an extra layer of security to determine what happened. By connecting BVMS—the video management system from Bosch—with local warehouse management software and using cameras with built-in Video Analytics, you can detect goods movements within the shelving area and automatically cross-check incidents with scheduled tasks from the warehouse management software. Shipments without a related picking order trigger an alarm event to prevent theft.

Previously, the logistics team required several hours to manually locate a lost item. Now, every item receives a tracking number connected to video recordings documenting its movements. This level of transparency allows the logistics team to solve inventory problems within minutes instead of hours.

Integrating our public address system further enhances these security measures. If an alarm is triggered due to a missing item, the system can automatically broadcast alerts and instructions to the relevant areas, ensuring that personnel are promptly informed and can take immediate action. This integration provides an additional layer of security, helping to prevent theft and maintain efficient warehouse operations.

Bosch safety solutions for industrial manufacturing

Fire at manufacturing sites

Detecting flames and smoke in harsh environments like dusty industries is crucial for production plants. The consequences of a fire outbreak could be devastating for your business. Bosch offers a fully modular fire system adapted for manufacturing sites that can grow according to your needs. Our fire detection systems help prevent loss of life, inventory, and business continuity disruptions.

The characteristics of production halls—high ceilings, dusty or humid areas, or even those with explosive materials—pose challenges for reliable fire protection. Bosch has specific solutions for these circumstances, including highly reliable detectors that account for the environment, certified silicon-free devices suitable for clean rooms or lacquering areas, detection solutions designed for areas with high ceilings, signaling devices suitable for noisy environments, and smoke detectors for explosive areas with low-grade risk.

Bosch also offers video-based fire detection, where cameras use intelligent algorithms to identify smoke and flames at the earliest stage. If an indication of fire or smoke is detected, an alarm is immediately triggered, and the location is pinpointed in the control room. This provides time-critical information that can prevent damage to production or stock through fire or unnecessary activation of a sprinkler head.

Additionally, integrating our UL-listed Public Address System enhances safety measures. If voice evacuation is necessary, our seamlessly integrated paging and mass notification systems can be triggered either manually or automatically, depending on the situation. This integration ensures clear and effective communication during emergencies, further safeguarding your business and employees.

Forklift / AGV accidents

As one of the most commonly used tools in plant logistics activities, forklifts and AGVs play an increasingly important role in the manufacturing process. However, accidents involving these vehicles can cause production interruptions and even casualties.

To prevent accidents, it is crucial to ensure that no one enters the working area of a forklift or AGV while it is operating. Bosch cameras with built-in Video Analytics can smartly differentiate between a person and a forklift/AGV, instantly creating an alarm if anyone steps into the forklift/AGV area when it is moving. Additionally, workers can be actively warned when forklifts/AGVs come too close. By adding specific script rules, cameras can intelligently determine when not to alarm, such as when the vehicle stops for unloading or a status check.

Raising the safety awareness of drivers is also essential. Cameras with built-in video analytics can define paths that forklifts/AGVs need to follow. Non-compliant forklift drivers can be identified and required to undergo additional safety training. Based on camera footage, accidents can be investigated and analyzed, leading to improved routes and rules.

Integrating our public address system enhances these safety measures. If a potential hazard is detected, the system can automatically broadcast warnings to the relevant areas, ensuring that workers are promptly alerted to any dangers. This integration provides an additional layer of safety, helping to prevent accidents and maintain smooth operations.

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Workers neglect wearing safety vests

The use of safety vests by workers in potentially hazardous areas ensures they are easily visible, helping to prevent injuries and accidents. To manage safety protocols at the site and ensure all employees are following the rules on wearing safety vests, surveillance cameras can be utilized. Our cameras, equipped with built-in Video Analytics, can differentiate whether a person is wearing a safety vest or not. If a worker is found to be noncompliant, a targeted PA announcement can be automatically played in the specific zone to alert them. Additionally, the verification done by the camera allows the Access Control System to grant access only to workers wearing a safety vest. This way, non-compliant workers can be identified and receive additional safety training. In case of an audit, this solution can prove that the company is effectively managing its safety protocols.

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Keep workers safe and informed with clear communication

Enhance communication efficiency in your warehouse with our dependable public address (PA) systems. Engineered to deliver clear voice announcements throughout your facility, even in the noisiest settings, our UL-compliant paging and mass notification systems, paired with the Ambient Noise Sensor, ensure that everyone hears important updates—whether it's an emergency evacuation or a routine shift change.

With the ability to reach specific teams or areas instantly, you can send targeted messages to individual zones, pre-record safety procedures, and manage communications across different shifts effortlessly. This maximizes efficiency and minimizes downtime, keeping your operations running smoothly.

Empower your teams with a system that allows floor managers to share important updates quickly, shift supervisors to coordinate tasks efficiently, and receptionists to provide clear instructions—all from one powerful, integrated solution.

Manage access rights for several sites

Manufacturing companies that operate in different countries or even continents, could benefit from a solution to control access rights for several sites in an efficient and transparent way. With the Access Engine of our Building Integration System (BIS), Bosch offers you a global access solution for multiple offices and manufacturing sites, in a centralized management system with one central database. This allows employees who visit different sites to easily enter the building with a standardized ID card, that can provide access to all sites. This way it saves the company time and money, because it is no longer needed to apply for a temporary access card each time, going through all the additional security procedures. Also, 3rd party software can be used to tailor specific solutions according to your wishes. The global presence of Bosch ensures that everywhere in the world you can get support for setting up your local sites. Furthermore, our solutions are perfectly scalable for future expansion of your business.

Missing goods in the inventory

With the Internet of Things (IoT) and a customized integration between video analytics and warehouse management software, it is possible to create a solution to detect inventory theft and track missing shipments.

Bosch cameras with Intelligent Video Analytics process image data in real time and detect suspicious activities using an algorithm. Using their built-in Camera Trainer, Bosch cameras can be taught to recognize objects in the warehouse such as forklifts and shipment items. Once the security system learns to identify these objects, it is ready to interface with the center’s logistics system.

The next step is to create a direct interface between the warehouse management system and BVMS—the video management system from Bosch. This connection adds a new level of intelligence to the center’s video surveillance: the smart cameras now act as IoT sensors that can identify products stored in the warehouse management system software. The system automatically cross-checks security incidents with scheduled tasks in the warehouse system. Thanks to this smart automation, operators only receive an alarm when a worker enters an aisle without a task, and no alarm is triggered if the worker passes through without stopping.

Integrating the Bosch public address system further enhances these security measures. If an alarm is triggered due to a security incident, the system can automatically broadcast alerts and instructions to the relevant areas, ensuring that personnel are promptly informed and can take immediate action. This integration provides an additional layer of security, helping to prevent theft and maintain efficient warehouse operations.

From an operations perspective, this Industry 4.0 solution not only boosts security but also addresses the center’s need to replace the time-consuming manual tracking process for misplaced items and shipments.

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Boxes piling up on a conveyer belt

As an essential part of modern production and logistics, smooth conveyor belt transportation symbolizes the seamless operation of the entire production line and logistics process. An accumulation of products on the conveyor belt indicates a problem somewhere in the production or logistics chain. If not addressed promptly, this can lead to interruptions or even paralysis of the entire process.

Bosch intelligent cameras with Camera Trainer can be trained to give an occupancy alarm if there are too many boxes, allowing operators to be informed in a timely manner to check and resolve the issue, ensuring continuous production and logistics flow. Additionally, Bosch cameras can generate business intelligence with structured video data by monitoring the conveyor belt, which helps optimize production and logistics.

Integrating a Bosch public address system further enhances these measures. If an occupancy alarm is triggered, the system can automatically broadcast alerts and instructions to the relevant areas, ensuring that personnel are promptly informed and can take immediate action. This integration provides an additional layer of efficiency and safety, helping to prevent disruptions and maintain smooth operations.

Tracking incoming materials waiting for inspection

Production plants have a great demand for raw materials, which are usually supplied by different vendors. Therefore, the IQC (incoming quality control) of these materials has always been tricky. When the quality control operator needs to check the materials by random samples, it is often very difficult for them to find out the target due to excessive incoming materials and chaotic piling up. A great deal of time and manpower are hence wasted.

Using their built-in Camera Trainer, Bosch cameras can quickly locate the incoming materials that need to be inspected amongst huge quantities of materials, by learning how to read different vendors’ tags. This greatly shortens the inspection time of the IQC operator and improves highly the efficiency for the production.

Keeping supply monitored & replenished

A smooth production is depending on the constant availability of assembly materials. When the materials are put on shelves or racks, operators constantly need to check whether the stock needs to be replenished. Relying on such an incidental inspection could lead to delayed replenishment or even supplies being out of stock. This leads to low production efficiency as well as valuable time of personnel being used.

Using their built-in Camera Trainer, Bosch cameras can inform you about the status of your supplies. They can for instance detect that material boxes on a shelve are empty and also they can be trained to know what is in each specific box. They can notify operators in time about the materials out of stock and which materials need to be replenished. Moreover, by connecting with BVMS - the video management system from Bosch -, the inventory can be vividly visualized in real time. This ‘virtual inventory’ can significantly reduce costs, shorten the replenishment lead time, and ensure a smooth production.

Clear communication, efficient operations

Our PA systems empower your team to communicate effectively. Floor managers can quickly share important updates, shift supervisors can easily coordinate tasks, and receptionists can provide clear instructions, all with a single, powerful system.
Reach specific teams or areas instantly with our PA systems. Send targeted messages to individual zones, pre-record safety procedures, and easily manage communication for different shifts, maximizing efficiency and minimizing downtime.
Our system can automatically control volume levels based on changing ambient noise.
Solutions scale from small workshops to massive multi-site complexes.

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