Illustrative scenario
Silo-level alert before the reorder threshold
Illustrative scenario, representative of common industrial IoT applications
Silo & levelFood & Beverage ProcessingControlled Environment Agriculture (Greenhouses)
Non-contact radar provides continuous level readings and a configurable low-level alert before inventory reaches the reorder deadline.
An ingredient handling operation
How it went.
Every study on this site runs the same four beats, in the same order.
01
Alert
Someone is still climbing the silo to check. The reading is a guess, it is taken once a shift, and it costs somebody a ladder.
02
Cost
0 silo climbs. Replaces the manual level check with a continuous reading.
03
Fix
Non-contact radar level sensor on each silo · Continuous level trending with a reorder threshold · Low-level alerting to purchasing and production
04
Restored
A live number and an alert three days before empty
In full.
Illustrative scenario, representative of common industrial IoT applications.
The problem
Someone is still climbing the silo to check. The reading is a guess, it is taken once a shift, and it costs somebody a ladder.
What would be installed
- Non-contact radar level sensor on each silo
- Continuous level trending with a reorder threshold
- Low-level alerting to purchasing and production
What changes
Before: A ladder, a torch and a guess After: A live number and an alert three days before empty
The number
0 silo climbs. Replaces the manual level check with a continuous reading. Illustrative scenario, not a client result. Figure is representative, not measured.
In one line
A ladder and a torch tell you what the silo held when somebody climbed it. A level sensor tells you what it holds now, and how many days that is.
What the data looked like.
Hover or arrow-key across the trace to read any interval. The flagged point is the one that started the conversation.
What changed.
Before
A ladder, a torch and a guess
After
A live number and an alert three days before empty
0
silo climbs
Replaces the manual level check with a continuous reading.
Source: Illustrative scenario, not a client result. Figure is representative, not measured.
Where to go next.
The sector, the sibling studies, and the calculator that runs this same arithmetic on your own numbers.
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Tank level and inventory reconciliation
A bulk chemical storage operation
Measured tank level reconciled against what the paperwork said was in there.
Continuousreconciliation
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