Know what is running out of hours
Anything drawing current when the site should be quiet flags as it starts. That is a cost problem and a safety problem in the same reading.
By job role
See the machines running when nobody is there.
Most safety systems record what already happened. Output IQ watches equipment condition continuously, so overheating, excess vibration and machines running unmanned are visible before they become an incident.
- No implementation fee
- Rolling monthly
- Thirty days to change your mind
- UK hosted
Asset conditionLive
Running out of hours
Last night
4
Prev night2↑ 100.0% Week average3↑ 33.3%
Over temperature
This week
2
Prev week5↓ 60.0% Month average4↓ 50.0%
Assets watched
Continuously
24
With thresholds18↑ 33.3% Alerting18↑ 33.3%
The problem
The conditions that lead to an incident are rarely recorded.
A machine gets hot, runs rough or runs when it should not, and none of it is written down. The first record of any of it is usually the report written afterwards.
01
Unmanned running is invisible
A machine left running through a break, a night or a weekend does not announce itself. Nothing on a paper system distinguishes it from a machine that was supposed to be on.
02
A developing fault is heard, not measured
Excess vibration and heat are the two warnings that matter most and the two that get noticed last, usually by whoever happens to walk past.
03
Evidence gets reconstructed after the event
An investigation asks what the machine was doing. Without a recording, the answer is assembled from memory and a shift log, and it is only as good as both.
What you get
Equipment condition, watched continuously.
Catch overheating and vibration early
Temperature and vibration against limits you set, sampled continuously. A machine deteriorating gets picked up as a trend rather than as a noise somebody mentions.
Alerts to whoever needs them
Thresholds route to the floor, to a manager, to maintenance, or to all three. The point is to shorten the gap between a condition and a person knowing about it.
A recorded history for any investigation
The weeks before an event are still there afterwards, timestamped. Findings rest on readings rather than on recollection.
Evidence for audits and insurers
Continuous condition monitoring on named assets, recorded and exportable. Useful for an audit, and useful in a conversation about premiums.
Where the numbers come from
Four sources, one figure.
None of this is typed in by anybody. The number you look at is assembled from the parts of the business that already produce it.
The ERP
Orders, stock, purchasing and finance. What was sold, what it was quoted at and what was bought to make it.
Mobile job tracking
Jobs booked on and off from a phone or a tablet on the floor. Labour lands against the job as it happens, not on a timesheet at the end of the week.
Connected sensors
Power, vibration, heat, pressure and run hours, straight off the machine. Nothing to key in and nothing to remember.
Conditions recorded, not remembered
Continuous readings on named assets against limits you set, retained so any investigation starts from a recording.
Running out of hours 4 Assets drawing current overnight
In practice
Measured, anonymised results will be published here as our first deployments report them. Nothing invented goes on this page in the meantime.
The rest of the business
The same feed, read a different way.
- Owners and directorsKnow what it costs to run.
- ProductionFull control of your shop floor in real time.
- OperatorsAll the upside, none of the extra work.
- EngineeringEfficiency from hard data, not guesswork.
- MaintenanceCatch it before it becomes a breakdown.
- QualityEvidence for every batch, not assumptions.
- FinanceReal costs now, not at month end.
- PlanningA plan built on real times.
- FacilitiesThe utilities nobody meters.
Questions
The ones safety managers ask.
Is this a safety certified system?
No, and we will not pretend otherwise. It is condition monitoring that gives you evidence and early warning. It does not replace guarding, interlocks or any statutory inspection.
What can it detect?
Current draw, vibration, temperature, pressure, humidity and run hours depending on the sensor. Anything that shows as a change in one of those is visible.
Can it stop a machine?
Smart sensors can act on a threshold where that is appropriate and safe to configure. Whether you use that is your decision and your risk assessment.
How long is data kept?
Readings are retained so incidents can be investigated against the period before them, with daily backups and a thirty day history.
Does it monitor people?
No. The sensors read the machine. A current clamp cannot tell who is stood in front of it.
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