Your home is connected. Your car is connected. So….shouldn’t your car wash be connected too!!??
Well now it is, Herbst Produkt worked with National Carwash Solutions, the largest manufacturer of carwash solutions and equipment in the US to design a connected data-driven platform. The Lens Hub ‘command center’ will help National Carwash Solutions evolve the classic experience into a precision operation that cleans millions of cars each year.
Each stage of a car wash – presoak, soap, rinse, seal, polish and dry – requires a complicated array of brush motors, water systems, chemistry, filters and pressure working in concert to achieve a sparkling result. Their Lens Hub aggregates data from sensors and software to monitor an entire ecosystem of components, delivering real time alerts, analytics and insights to optimize throughput and maximize sparkle!
What Is NCS Lens?
The NCS Lens App is a cloud-based software solution that connects your smartphone, tablet or computer to your car wash equipment and systems.
NCS Lens Enabled (LE) car wash systems employ sensors and software to monitor and adjust equipment automatically and remotely – no onsite visit required. Equipment is connected wirelessly to the Lens Hub in your backroom. The hub, in turn, communicates in real time with the Lens app on your device. It’s a revolutionary step forward in car wash management.
Cloud-based carwash management may sound futuristic or far-fetched. Some will immediately recognize the benefits and embrace it. Others may think it’s too complicated or expensive. But it’s not that different from your home doorbell cam or thermostat app. It’s not prohibitively priced for the benefits, and it’s not hard to use. It’s the same concept, on a more industrial scale.
Speaking of industrial scale, many manufacturers use automated processes and remote monitoring (known as Industry 4.0) to produce a wide variety of goods. Which is a good analogy since your carwash can be thought of as a mini manufacturing plant. The raw goods are a dirty car and the finished product is a clean, dry, shiny one. Every stage of the carwashing process – from presoak and foam soap to rinse, seal, polish and dry to brush motors, water systems, pumps, chemical levels, vacuum filters and pressure and more – can be monitored, optimized and controlled remotely in real time. Borrowing from the Industry 4.0 framework, this capability is known as Carwash 4.0.™
For more information about NCS Lens visit https://ncswash.com/automatic-car-wash-system-app/
