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Elevating Garage Door Excellence with Icom Radios

Napoleon/Lynx, a garage door manufacturer with five North American locations, relies on Icom two-way radios to coordinate operations across its production facilities. The company has transitioned from analog to digital radio communication, and is exploring IP Radio capabilities to link all locations via the internet for secure, instantaneous communications. The case highlights how modern radio technology enhances safety, efficiency, and coordination on the factory floor.

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By Pro Av · · Garage Door ManufacturerIcomMike SharpeNapoleon/lynx
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Napoleon/Lynx uses Icom two-way radios across five North American facilities to enable real-time, secure inter-facility communication.

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The shift from analog to digital radio systems has improved manufacturing coordination, worker safety, and operational efficiency.

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The company plans to adopt Icom IP Radio technology to connect all locations over the internet for seamless, instantaneous communication.

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Can two-way radio communication play an integral role in elevating garage door excellence?

The evolution of radio communication technology, transitioning from analog to digital systems and adopting more advanced and integrated radio communication solutions, has significantly impacted the manufacturing sector by promoting real-time communication, enhancing safety, and fostering a more coordinated and efficient operational environment.

One leading garage door manufacturer finds its long-standing use of Icom two-way radio devices critical for providing the communication necessary for manufacturing garage door excellence.

Mike Sharpe, a Product Specialist with Napoleon/Lynx in Archville, Ohio, highlights the transformative journey of their communication methods, emphasizing the pivotal role of Icom radios in enhancing inter-facility communications.

We've had the potential with five locations in North America, two in Canada and three in the US, to tie all the operations together via the internet, instantaneous, secure communications between one production floor in another or one main office in another. This is going to afford us a lot of flexibility in the future. One of the features we look forward to in the future is the ability to tie all of our locations together via IP Radio.
— Mike Sharpe, Product Specialist at Napoleon/Lynx

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Napoleon Linx is a global leader in garage doors and components. Since nineteen sixty three, they've been crafting quality products from springs to electric openers. With over sixty years of experience, they've grown into a full line manufacturer with a global reach in over forty countries. With five facilities spanning five hundred thousand square feet, they are the committed leader in the garage door industry. Hi. I'm Mike Sharp with Napoleon Links in Archville, Ohio, and we're here to talk to you about how we use Icom radios. We are Napoleon Links, a garage door hardware manufacturer in North America with five locations. And we've been using two way radio and the manufacturing processes since the nineteen eighties. We evolved away from it, and we've came we've come back in the nineteen nineties early icon radio that we've used for years and no longer. The tower you're looking at was the tower that we installed back in the nineties when we first started using Icom radios. But we're evolving into a new generation radio and some new functionality. We're looking forward to IDAS being able to grow with us as our business grows and adapt in ways we needed to adapt to our needs. We've, had the potential with five locations in North America to Canada three in the US to tie all the operations together via the internet, instantaneous, secure communications between one production floor in another or one main office in another. This this is going to afford us a lot of flexibility in the future. One of the features we look forward to in the future is the ability to tie all of our locations together via IP Radio. And with hopes that we can communicate to all the locations or selectively communicate to the necessary locations as needed. We we expect that to be a real advantage when the shop floors of all of our locations can talk directly. Another great feature of the icon radios over a lot of radios we've used in the past is is their ruggedness. Cheap radios don't hold up to the drops and bumps, and and spills that they get. The Icom radios are are military standard eight ten, so they stand up the shock and vibration. Temperature. They are somewhat waterproof and dust tight. And, that's really appreciated in an industrial setting.

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Mike Sharpe is a Product Specialist at Napoleon/Lynx, a garage door manufacturer based in Archville, Ohio. He oversees communication technology integration across the company's five North American facilities and has been a key advocate for Icom two-way radio solutions in manufacturing operations.

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