[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":168},["ShallowReactive",2],{"industry-page-building-materials":3,"industry-use-cases":123},{"id":4,"applications":5,"closingCta":40,"compliance":43,"extension":70,"faqs":71,"hero":90,"industryName":98,"listingImage":96,"listingImageAlt":97,"meta":99,"metrics":100,"metricsBridge":110,"roi":113,"seoMeta":116,"slug":119,"socialProof":120,"stem":121,"__hash__":122},"industries\u002Findustries\u002Fbuilding-materials.yml",{"heading":6,"description":7,"items":8},"Applications for building materials manufacturing","Manufacture windows, doors, or other configurable building components? Build applications that connect mixed plant systems with the order, configuration, instruction, and quality context for each unit.",[9,17,25,33],{"title":10,"description":11,"linkText":12,"linkHref":13,"image":14,"imageAlt":15,"variant":16},"Connect mixed plant systems","Connect CNC routers, glazing and assembly stations, test equipment, PLCs, ERP, MES, and databases through available protocols, gateways, and APIs. Bring equipment events and approved order data into reusable integration patterns, with mappings for each plant's interfaces and naming conventions.","Explore manufacturing data integration","\u002Fuse-cases\u002Fdata-integration\u002F","\u002Fimages\u002Findustries\u002Fbuilding-materials\u002Fconnect-mixed-plant-systems.png","Screenshot of a Node-RED flow in FlowFuse reading Siemens S7, Allen-Bradley, OPC UA, and Modbus devices and publishing the data to plant topics","indigo",{"title":18,"description":19,"linkText":20,"linkHref":21,"image":22,"imageAlt":23,"variant":24},"Bring your own AI to the fabrication line","Use [FlowFuse Expert](\u002Fdocs\u002Fuser\u002Fexpert\u002F), or connect the AI tool your company already approved — ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude, or another MCP-compatible client — directly to that same data, since FlowFuse can act as an MCP server. No policy exception needed to stand up an AI pilot on machine data.","Read how to connect an industrial AI agent to FlowFuse","\u002Fblog\u002F2026\u002F09\u002Findustrial-ai-agent\u002F","\u002Fimages\u002Findustries\u002Findustrial-machinery\u002Fbring-your-ai.png","Screenshot of an AI chat interface showing supported AI tool logos and a prompt to build an MCP server exposing CNC machine data","red",{"title":26,"description":27,"linkText":28,"linkHref":29,"image":30,"imageAlt":31,"variant":32},"Guide assembly for each product configuration","Load the approved instructions for the identified unit and configuration revision. Check scanned components, tools, and required steps against those instructions, then route mismatches to the responsible team for resolution. Keep machine protection and safety functions in the systems designed and validated for them.","Build digital work instructions","\u002Fblog\u002F2026\u002F07\u002Fdigital-work-instruction\u002F","\u002Fimages\u002Findustries\u002Findustrial-machinery\u002Ferror-proof-work.png","Screenshot of a guided work instruction app showing a step-by-step checklist with a reference photo","mixed",{"title":34,"description":35,"linkText":36,"linkHref":37,"image":38,"imageAlt":39,"variant":16},"Manufacturing traceability from assembly through rework","Build a workflow that links each unit's specified configuration to the components actually fitted, inspections, defects, substitutions, and rework. Capture scans, operator input, and equipment events with station and time context. Route them to the chosen system of record to preserve the unit's as-built history.","Explore a quality reporting dashboard example","\u002Fblog\u002F2026\u002F07\u002Fdefect-and-quality-monitoring\u002F","\u002Fimages\u002Findustries\u002Fautomotive\u002F4-quality-traceability.png","Screenshot of a FlowFuse quality and traceability dashboard",{"heading":41,"description":42},"Bring your production challenge","Start with the workflow where order context and production data need to meet, and see how FlowFuse can help your team build it.",{"heading":44,"subtitle":45,"description":46,"items":47},"Keep product configuration \u003Cspan class='text-indigo-600'>connected to the work\u003C\u002Fspan>","Approved instructions and a traceable record for every unit","High-mix, low-volume manufacturing changes what an operator needs from one unit to the next. Build assembly workflows that use each unit's approved configuration to select instructions, verify setup, and record outcomes. Keep those records connected as the unit moves between stations or returns for rework.",[48,53,59,64],{"title":49,"icon":50,"text":51,"linkText":52,"linkHref":29},"Order and revision control","i-heroicons-document-check","Pull each unit's order configuration and approved instruction revision, and record which revision guided each operation.","Build work instructions for each configuration",{"title":54,"icon":55,"text":56,"linkText":57,"linkHref":58},"Measure and verify changeovers","i-heroicons-arrows-right-left","Measure setup losses and check materials, tools, and settings against the next configuration before restarting.","Explore poka-yoke workflows","\u002Fblog\u002F2025\u002F09\u002Fpoka-yoke-mistake-proofing\u002F",{"title":60,"icon":61,"text":62,"linkText":63,"linkHref":37},"Unit traceability and rework","i-heroicons-qr-code","Keep each unit's as-built glass, frame, hardware, and lot history, including substitutions and rework.","Explore reporting on captured defects",{"title":65,"icon":66,"text":67,"linkText":68,"linkHref":69},"Testing and certification records","i-heroicons-document-text","Keep test and inspection results with the unit they support, easy to retrieve for certification reviews.","Generate reports from captured production data","\u002Fblog\u002F2025\u002F05\u002Fhow-to-generate-pdf-reports-using-node-red\u002F","yml",[72,75,78,81,84,87],{"question":73,"answer":74},"How does FlowFuse support high-mix, low-volume manufacturing?","In high-mix, low-volume assembly, a window or door can need a different size, glass package, frame, hardware set, or finish from the unit before it. Build workflows that load the requirements for the identified unit, guide the operator, check component scans, and record measurements. Reuse the workflow while changing its approved configuration data. This same high-mix, low-volume pattern shows up differently in [Industrial Machinery](\u002Findustries\u002Findustrial-machinery\u002F), where it's a job-shop and precision-machining problem rather than an assemble-to-order one.",{"question":76,"answer":77},"Can we trace the exact configuration of an individual unit?","Yes, when a unique unit identifier and the relevant data are captured at each step. Link that identifier to the order and preserve the recorded as-built configuration, component or lot identifiers, inspection outcomes, substitutions, and rework. An order number alone is insufficient when the order contains multiple units. Define the system of record and how the application handles missing scans, duplicate identifiers, and revisions.",{"question":79,"answer":80},"Can we standardize across plants with different equipment and systems?","Yes. Connect each plant through the interfaces available there, normalize equipment and order data into a shared model, and reuse approved flow logic with site-specific configuration. Validate the pattern at representative equipment before wider rollout, because signal availability, controller access, and process details will vary by plant. Learn more about [FlowFuse's approach to manufacturing data integration](\u002Fuse-cases\u002Fdata-integration\u002F).",{"question":82,"answer":83},"Can older equipment with limited connectivity be included?","Often, but the approach depends on the equipment. Use a supported interface, protocol node, gateway, database connection, or additional sensing where appropriate. Equipment without accessible digital signals may require hardware work. Start with the data needed for the application and validate it on representative assets before committing to a fleet-wide design. See [FlowFuse Device Agent](\u002Fplatform\u002Fdevice-agent\u002F) for how this works on distributed, mixed-vintage equipment.",{"question":85,"answer":86},"Can FlowFuse produce the records needed for product certification or code compliance?","FlowFuse can collect, contextualize, and route available test and process data so records are easier to retrieve and report. The manufacturer remains responsible for the applicable standard, test method, approved equipment, retention policy, validation, and certification process. Do not treat a FlowFuse workflow as certification by itself.",{"question":88,"answer":89},"How does FlowFuse add manufacturing traceability alongside our ERP or MES?","Build Node-RED workflows that connect your ERP or [MES](\u002Fuse-cases\u002Fmes\u002F) to plant equipment, scanners, and operator inputs through available interfaces. Retrieve approved order and configuration data, link production, inspection, and rework events to each unique unit, and write records to the agreed destination. Your ERP or MES continues to handle the functions assigned to it, such as planning, inventory, or scheduling. Define record ownership and exception handling; the integrations, capture logic, and traceability views are configured for your production process.",{"eyebrow":91,"eyebrowIcon":92,"heading":93,"description":94,"image":95},"Building Materials Manufacturing","building-office-2","Connect systems for \u003Cspan class='text-red-600'>window and door manufacturing\u003C\u002Fspan>","FlowFuse is a platform for building and managing industrial applications with Node-RED. Connect your window and door manufacturing software, plant equipment, and production data to build workflows for high-mix assembly, changeovers, and unit traceability across sites.",{"src":96,"alt":97},"\u002Fimages\u002Findustries\u002Fbuilding-materials\u002Fhero.jpg","Worker in safety glasses inspecting a window frame on the shop floor","Building Materials",{},[101,104,107],{"number":102,"text":103},"40+","Industrial protocols and systems supported out of the box",{"number":105,"text":106},"5,000+","Open-source Node-RED plug-ins available for devices, data, and services",{"number":108,"text":109},"Type I & II","SOC 2 audits completed by FlowFuse",{"heading":111,"description":112},"Extend production applications \u003Cspan class='text-red-600'>across different plants\u003C\u002Fspan>","Build and test an integration or production application, then reuse its logic across plants with site-specific configuration. FlowFuse helps teams manage application versions and deployments while accommodating the equipment, interfaces, and production processes at each facility.",{"heading":114,"description":115},"\u003Cspan class='text-indigo-600'>Put a cost\u003C\u002Fspan> on configuration and data gaps","Each order can combine a different size, material, finish, glass package, hardware set, or other product option. When order context, machine data, and work instructions do not meet at the station, teams lose time to changeovers or rework. See what it's costing you:",{"title":117,"description":118},"Window and door manufacturing software","Connect window and door manufacturing software and equipment. Build apps for high-mix production, changeovers, and unit traceability with FlowFuse.","building-materials",null,"industries\u002Fbuilding-materials","s8o33Kml7j4QfKNWWrTsXAYZIptUu2T_MkoMbE_R-8M",[124,129,133,137,151,155,159,164],{"slug":125,"title":126,"problem":127,"industries":128},"data-integration","FlowFuse for Data Integration","Collect, transform, and route data from any industrial source to any destination, without writing integration code from scratch.",[119],{"slug":130,"title":131,"problem":132,"industries":120},"it-ot-middleware","FlowFuse for IT\u002FOT Integration","Bridge OT protocols and IT systems with low-code flows. Connect PLCs, SCADA, and historians to ERP, databases, and cloud services.",{"slug":134,"title":135,"problem":136,"industries":120},"mes","FlowFuse for MES","Build exactly the MES your operation needs, compose modular execution, tracking, and reporting flows without a monolithic vendor platform.",{"slug":138,"title":139,"problem":140,"industries":141},"production-monitoring","Production Monitoring","Your operation is running. You just can't see it clearly enough, until something breaks.",[142,143,144,145,146,147,148,149,150,119],"automotive","food-beverage","life-sciences","aviation-aerospace","aerospace-components","renewables","semiconductors","electronics-appliances","industrial-machinery",{"slug":152,"title":153,"problem":154,"industries":120},"remote-device-management","Remote Device Management for Industrial Equipment","FlowFuse runs Node-RED next to your PLCs and governs it from one place with remote device management, editing, snapshots, and fleet-wide controls.",{"slug":156,"title":157,"problem":158,"industries":120},"scada","FlowFuse for SCADA","Modernize SCADA with low-code flows that connect legacy hardware, stream real-time data, and drive dashboards and alerts from a single platform.",{"slug":160,"title":161,"problem":162,"industries":163},"shop-floor-communication","Shop Floor Communication","The line stopped four minutes ago. The person who can fix it will find out when someone walks over.",[142,143,145,149,150,119],{"slug":165,"title":166,"problem":167,"industries":120},"uns","FlowFuse for UNS","Adopt a Unified Namespace without ripping out existing infrastructure. FlowFuse connects producers and consumers through MQTT with low-code flows.",1790269834580]