IIoT

GPS and Multi-Zone Monitoring for Transportation

Case Study

Sealevel partners with the largest food industry redistributor in the United States. They deliver products in refrigerated trucks on a weekly basis to distributors across the country. The customer needed to monitor the temperature in three compartments in their reefer trailers. Each compartment contains either dry goods, refrigerated or frozen products. They wanted to correlate the temperatures with information in their internal databases that identifies what is loaded at any time in each compartment and the required temperature. The customer also wanted to record the time and GPS coordinates of the truck at the time of the reading.

Remote Pressure Monitoring: An Alternative to Telemetry Installation

Case Study

Le-ax Water District is a drinking water facility located in southeastern Ohio. This rural water district supplies drinking water: 6,800 taps, 17,000 people, and 500 miles of waterline 4 counties. Le-ax contacted Sealevel for a pilot project to monitor pressure-reducing valve stations. Approximately 20 stations are strategically located throughout the district to prevent damage from high pressure and avoid unnecessary stress to the infrastructure. They sought a solution to remotely monitor their existing facilities and detect spikes in pressure or water main failures. Technicians were often not alerted of an issue until a homeowner or business called — after the damage had been done.

IIoT Penetrates Metal Fabrication with Asset Management and Environmental Monitoring

Case Study

An automotive manufacturer approached Sealevel seeking an Industrial Internet of Things metal fabrication solution. Their primary concerns were asset reliability management and environmental monitoring. Their plants use a semi-automated welding process that employs both skilled welders and programmed robotic tools. Although semi-automatic welding removes the highest risks from employees, it can increase downtime instances, especially without proper maintenance. Moreover, it cannot completely eradicate dangers such as toxic air pollution, unsafe temperatures and explosions. This company sought a solution that would provide predictive maintenance and mitigate risks of operating conditions.

The company needed an IIoT system that updated their current operations by adapting existing equipment and systems. The application needed to run on a wireless area network due to poor cellular reception in the building. They requested a scalable, user friendly solution with a cloud Software-as-a-Service platform. The solution also needed to provide notifications for remote monitoring and critical system remote actions.

Ruggedized Edge Computing for Oil & Gas Exploration

Case Study

A natural gas company wanted to begin an exploration campaign. It would be monitored from their field base located at a current fracking site. From the base, they needed to supervise progress, run analytics and other operational software and perform maintenance procedures as needed for equipment. The team needed a ruggedized, powerful computer at the base that could withstand intense shock, vibrations, and extreme operating temperatures.

On their exploration campaign, they wanted to incorporate an edge computing system for asset management, data analysis, and crisis control operations. Due to the high cost of exploration, they wanted to predict maintenance measures and prevent prohibitive downtime periods. They also wanted to mitigate energy waste: they needed to measure and record energy consumption by machine assets to optimize the process. They requested a text notification system that delivers warnings and a remote trigger function to shut off processes not hardwired in. The system also needed to transition past the exploration phase to monitor pressure and flow of pipelines successfully constructed.