Schneider Electric has launched Schneider Electric Harmony XVB7 Modular Tower Lights. The new IoT-enabled signaling devices are designed to support operational efficiency, with the goal of improving safety and reducing downtime in industrial environments by enabling earlier detection and response to potential issues.
Reducing downtime through real-time visibility
Unplanned downtime can significantly impact productivity, with estimated costs for industrial manufacturers reaching up to $50 billion annually1 and reducing plant capacity by 5-20%. Equipment or process malfunctions may be mitigated by real-time visibility, remote monitoring and improved process control, which also support predictive maintenance. Schneider Electrics’ Harmony Modular Tower Lights provide machine and process status alerts in real time, helping operators and maintenance teams respond promptly to reduce the risk of production interruptions.
Flexible integration for industrial environments
Designed for integration with industrial controllers, the new Harmony XVB7 Tower Lights offer a modular and flexible signaling suited for manufacturing and logistics environments focused on operational efficiency.
Key features include:
- Resilience:Designed to operate reliably in environments with dust, moisture, temperature variations, and vibrations, making them suitable for manufacturing and warehouse settings.
- Flexibility:Users can adjust colors, sound and voice alarms, and light modes (flashing, steady or rotating) to match specific operational requirements.
- Connectivity:Supports integration with industrial controllers via IO-Link and USB, allowing for remote configuration and automated signaling.
Seamless product transition and future-proof design
As the XVB range of Harmony Tower Lights is phased out, customers can transition to the next-generation modular XVB7 models, which are fully compatible and include updated features.
Certified for CE, UL, CSA, CCC, RCM and UKCA standards, the XVB7 model includes plastic-free packaging made from 100% recycled materials and incorporates design elements that support circularity.
New Harmony XV6 and XV4 models in the Harmony Modular Tower Light line,along with additions to the Harmony Pro Smart Tower Light range,will be available in the second half of 2025.
The Harmony Tower Lights signaling family has been available for more than 20 years and is used across sectors including consumer packaged goods (CPG), food and beverage, life sciences and pharmaceuticals, automotive, logistics and warehousing, semiconductor and electronics manufacturing, and metal processing.
For more information on the next-generation Harmony Modular Tower Lights, click here.
1 Deloitte, Predictive Maintenance and Smart Factory, 17 Oct 2022; Source: Predictive Maintenance and The Smart Factory | Deloitte US
Edited by Puja Mitra, WTWH Media, for Control Engineering, from a Schneider Electric news release.
