CAMNEXUS PROPOSED PILOT CASES FOR CORPORATES AND BUSINESS CUSTOMERS
We help companies operating in the food, water and energy sectors achieve their sustainability goals with a user-centric platform to detect process’ anomalies in real time.
Driven by our expertise developing and adopting new and enabling technologies in various industries, and our commitment to solve the most pressing sustainability challenges, at Camnexus, we have developed a long-range wireless infrastructure to detect in real-time anomalies reducing inefficiencies in the water and energy management. Combining new technologies of “Internet of Things” and artificial intelligence with a user-centric design we have developed a unique end-to-end Internet of Things solution for the industrial sector. |
With an international experience, we have tested our solution and demonstrated its interoperability in the following scenarios:
- Pilot: the water utility sector (underground large area coverage wireless sensor infrastructure and real-time notification of water leakage / water flooding in Chile, South America).
- Feasibility study: Aquarice project - water sector (energy producers and rice producers of Santa Catarina, Brazil).
- Testbed: Integration with 5G network of the customer (First 5G Testbed in Cambridge by CW, UK).
Pilot Proposal Overview
There are three pilot cases that we are presenting depending on the existing infrastructure of the customer and in its needs.
A cost-efficient wireless solution for multiple sensors deployment
You are a customer who is looking for an effective, scalable and cost-efficient infrastructure to access the data of sensor devices deployment installed in their facilities or in remote operations to act promptly and reduce inefficiencies.
The problem: Currently the company has either a wired or wireless infrastructure / architecture of sensor nodes which is costly or inefficient when it needs to be scaled up (adding more sensors or devices may mean a redesign of the current infrastructure).
Context to the need: The sensors the company has may be for different applications (from measurement of critical assets performance to environmental monitoring). It is of interest to the company that their sensors are of low-maintenance, as they may be located in critical operations or in remote locations.
The solution: Camnexus IoT Low-Power wireless network
Pilot Area: facilities, premises or remote operations of the company where sensor devices are projected to be deployed. Potential areas in the organisation are: operations, IT, HS&E, logistics, procurement, innovation, engineering.
Pilot Resources:
Timescale: Three months.
Training required: Dashboard usability training 1 hour. Technology training: 1 hour (online).
Feedback Loop:
Communication Plan:
The problem: Currently the company has either a wired or wireless infrastructure / architecture of sensor nodes which is costly or inefficient when it needs to be scaled up (adding more sensors or devices may mean a redesign of the current infrastructure).
Context to the need: The sensors the company has may be for different applications (from measurement of critical assets performance to environmental monitoring). It is of interest to the company that their sensors are of low-maintenance, as they may be located in critical operations or in remote locations.
The solution: Camnexus IoT Low-Power wireless network
- Objective: to demonstrate that new sensor deployment in locations of the company where the existing infrastructure cannot reach are covered by our wireless infrastructure in a more cost-efficient way when compared to the existing solution in a scalable scenario.
- The pilot: a coverage test of Camnexus wireless communication network in an area defined by the customer (company) and economical assessment of the cost-effectiveness in a projected scenario (new sensor deployment defined by the company).
Pilot Area: facilities, premises or remote operations of the company where sensor devices are projected to be deployed. Potential areas in the organisation are: operations, IT, HS&E, logistics, procurement, innovation, engineering.
Pilot Resources:
- From the Camnexus side: Four people (project leader, CTO, field engineer and SW engineer); two Camnexus communication gateways; two Camnexus sensor nodes.
- From the company: Head of the defined area of pilot (such as operations, HS&E) which could act as the sponsor / key contact of the pilot from the side of the company. Facilitator: Head of IT and 1 supporting engineer of the IT department. User of the area where the pilot will take place.
Timescale: Three months.
Training required: Dashboard usability training 1 hour. Technology training: 1 hour (online).
Feedback Loop:
- Progress and update meetings every two weeks with all project members.
- Risk analysis and mitigation plans to be revised every week.
Communication Plan:
- Kick-off meeting with the key stakeholders and potential customers and end users.
- A midpoint meeting with the project members.
- Final meeting to inform the results and outcomes of the pilot.
- Agreement in a PR and communication plan to showcase and inform outside the company.
Data of sensors are not reachable with current infrastructure (or non-existing infrastructure for data acquisition)
You are looking for an effective, scalable and cost-efficient infrastructure to access the data of remote sensor devices installed in either your facility or in remote operations to act promptly and reduce inefficiencies.
The problem: Currently the existing solution of the company cannot automatically retrieve the data from the sensors or need high maintenance (i.e. depending on frequent battery replacement or manual intervention to acquire the data), therefore, despite the existence of devices that are supposed to monitor, there is no sufficient data to take actions, actions are not taken, consequently, anomalies are not detected or detected very late (after an incident, accident or failure). Hence, inefficiencies persist.
Context to the need: The sensors the company has may be for different applications (from measurement of critical assets performance to environmental monitoring). The common factor is that they can be battery-powered, each sensor transmit data of low data volume, and the data is transmitted periodically. The data, however, is not retrieved automatically or the devices last too little to send sufficient data to predict or anticipate an anomaly. Therefore, there is no sufficient data for analysis and interpretation to trigger an action. It is of interest to the company that their sensors are of low-maintenance, as they may be located in critical operations or in remote locations.
The solution: Camnexus Internet of Things (IoT) Low-Power wireless network
Pilot Area: facilities, premises or remote operations of the company where sensor devices are installed. Sensors that are applicable can include: sensors to monitor operation (production lines), security (restricted areas, control access, geofencing, critical assets location), environmental monitoring (water quality, air quality), and assets maintenance (energy consumption, vibration, noise, heat). Potential areas in the organisation are: operations, IT, HS&E, logistics, procurement, innovation, engineering.
Pilot Resources:
Timescale: Three months
Training required: Dashboard usability training 1 hour. Technology training: 1 hour (online).
Feedback Loop:
Communication Plan:
The problem: Currently the existing solution of the company cannot automatically retrieve the data from the sensors or need high maintenance (i.e. depending on frequent battery replacement or manual intervention to acquire the data), therefore, despite the existence of devices that are supposed to monitor, there is no sufficient data to take actions, actions are not taken, consequently, anomalies are not detected or detected very late (after an incident, accident or failure). Hence, inefficiencies persist.
Context to the need: The sensors the company has may be for different applications (from measurement of critical assets performance to environmental monitoring). The common factor is that they can be battery-powered, each sensor transmit data of low data volume, and the data is transmitted periodically. The data, however, is not retrieved automatically or the devices last too little to send sufficient data to predict or anticipate an anomaly. Therefore, there is no sufficient data for analysis and interpretation to trigger an action. It is of interest to the company that their sensors are of low-maintenance, as they may be located in critical operations or in remote locations.
The solution: Camnexus Internet of Things (IoT) Low-Power wireless network
- Objective: to demonstrate that Camnexus end-to-end infrastructure (wireless sensor-node and IoT platform for alert notification) is effective, scalable and cost-efficient to retrieve automatically the data from the sensors and to provide notification of alerts to the users.
- The pilot: a coverage test of Camnexus wireless communication network in an area defined by the customer (company), assessment of Camnexus sensor technology integration or adoption in the customer needs for responding to the monitoring requirement of the client.
Pilot Area: facilities, premises or remote operations of the company where sensor devices are installed. Sensors that are applicable can include: sensors to monitor operation (production lines), security (restricted areas, control access, geofencing, critical assets location), environmental monitoring (water quality, air quality), and assets maintenance (energy consumption, vibration, noise, heat). Potential areas in the organisation are: operations, IT, HS&E, logistics, procurement, innovation, engineering.
Pilot Resources:
- From the Camnexus side: Four people (project leader, CTO, field engineer and SW engineer); two Camnexus communication gateways; two Camnexus sensor nodes.
- From the company: Head of the defined area of pilot (such as operations, HS&E) which could act as the sponsor / key contact of the pilot from the side of the company. Facilitator: Head of IT and 1 supporting engineer of the IT department. User of the area where the pilot will take place.
Timescale: Three months
Training required: Dashboard usability training 1 hour. Technology training: 1 hour (online).
Feedback Loop:
- Progress and update meetings every two weeks with all project members.
- Risk analysis and mitigation plans to be revised every week.
Communication Plan:
- Kick-off meeting with the key stakeholders and potential customers and end users.
- A midpoint meeting with the project members.
- Final meeting to inform the results and outcomes of the pilot.
Effective and reliable system to communicate sensor alerts or notifications in real-time to users in the field
You are looking for an effective, scalable and cost-efficient solution to communicate sensor alerts or data-driven notifications in real-time to end users who are in the field, mobile or in critical operations to act promptly and reduce anomalies.
The problem: The existing solution of the company for alert anomaly detections or anticipation is based on the data visualisation and analysis from several platforms and BI systems that are not always integrated. The interface with the user is not intuitive, or is a one-waycommunication depending intensively on web-based dashboards or computer software. The user is mobile and is not always in front of a computer or a dashboard, they depend on a smartphone or tablet and have limited time to navigate through complex dashboards. Therefore, despite the existence of a monitoring system and a platform that process the data, th elack of an effective communication with the user means that actions are not taken and inefficiencies persist.
The solution: Camnexus Internet of Things (IoT) Low-Power wireless network
Pilot Area: facilities, premises or remote operations of the company where end users work and need to receive the alerts of potential anomaly to act promptly in order to reduce inefficiencies. Potential areas in the organisation are: operations, IT, HS&E, logistics, procurement, innovation, engineering.
Pilot Resources:
Timescale: Three months.
Training required: Dashboard usability training 2 hour. Technology training: 1 hour (online).
Feedback Loop:
Communication Plan:
The problem: The existing solution of the company for alert anomaly detections or anticipation is based on the data visualisation and analysis from several platforms and BI systems that are not always integrated. The interface with the user is not intuitive, or is a one-waycommunication depending intensively on web-based dashboards or computer software. The user is mobile and is not always in front of a computer or a dashboard, they depend on a smartphone or tablet and have limited time to navigate through complex dashboards. Therefore, despite the existence of a monitoring system and a platform that process the data, th elack of an effective communication with the user means that actions are not taken and inefficiencies persist.
The solution: Camnexus Internet of Things (IoT) Low-Power wireless network
- Objective: to demonstrate that Camnexus IoT platform and the AI-enabled chatbot for alert notification is an effective and reliable solutions to communicate sensors alerts or notifications in real-time to users who are in the field, mobile or in critical operations to act promptly and reduce inefficiencies.
- The pilot: usability tests of Camnexus IoT and AI-enabled chatbot with end users of the areas of interest of the customer.
Pilot Area: facilities, premises or remote operations of the company where end users work and need to receive the alerts of potential anomaly to act promptly in order to reduce inefficiencies. Potential areas in the organisation are: operations, IT, HS&E, logistics, procurement, innovation, engineering.
Pilot Resources:
- From the Camnexus side: Four people (project leader, CTO, two SW engineer); Camnexus IoT Dashboard and AI-enabled chatbot.
- From the company: Head of the defined area of pilot (such as operations, HS&E) which could act as the sponsor / key contact of the pilot from the side of the company. Facilitator: Head of IT and 1 supporting engineer of the IT department. Up to four users of the area of interest where the pilot will take place.
Timescale: Three months.
Training required: Dashboard usability training 2 hour. Technology training: 1 hour (online).
Feedback Loop:
- Progress and update meetings every two weeks with all project members.
- Risk analysis and mitigation plans to be revised every week.
Communication Plan:
- Kick-off meeting with the key stakeholders and potential customers and end users.
- A midpoint meeting with the project members.
- Final meeting to inform the results and outcomes of the pilot.