Patent ID: 7124063

Claim:
A system for monitoring industrial processes, comprising sensor means for detecting one or more process quantities in at least one process station, acquisition means for acquiring measuring signals emitted by said sensor means, processing means operating on signals generated by said acquisition means for obtaining information on the process quality, and means for managing the manufacturing flow operating on the basis of said information on process quality, wherein said acquisition means are arranged locally in said at least one process station and comprise means for coding said measuring signals generated by said sensor means into coded signals, said means for managing the manufacturing flow and processing means operating on signals generated by said acquisition means for obtaining information on the process quality are arranged in remote position with respect to said acquisition means and there are wireless transceiver means associated to said acquisition means for sending the coded signals generate by said acquisition means to said means for managing the manufacturing flow, said acquisition means comprising an analog-to-digital converter operating on said measuring signal operating at a freguency above 30 KHz.