In the summer of 2018, Viatrax started a new LTE design project for their new GPS Tracker for LTE Cat 1M. Radientum was chosen to design the multiband antenna for the device. Despite the challenges, the product came out as a success.The GPS tracker itself was designed by an engineering company Device Solutions based in Morrisville, North Carolina. Device Solutions and Radientum worked closely in liaison to deliver Viatrax with the best possible result.When starting the project, Viatrax engineers were pondering whether they should locate the antenna on the circuit board itself or create a trace antenna. The latter was a better, but at the same time more difficult task.– Everyone agreed it was going to be a challenge. We discussed with the folks at Radientum and they said they guarantee it will work. If not, they wouldn’t have charged us for the work, Viatrax Automation CEO Mike Webster says.–  Radientum went back and forth with our design people to make adjustments. It turned out they did a really good job and the trace antenna solution will end up saving us a lot of money and parts.

By 2025, Transport for London will have to meet strict emission-control regulations. This means buying and operating new fleets of hybrid or fully electric, zero-emission buses. As a consequence, many Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and operators will have to develop new technologies to help them get-to-market fast enough to meet demand.

The case study revolves around the challenge of digital transformation faced by many organizations. In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, businesses are under constant pressure to adapt and innovate. They need to increase their business agility, improve customer experience, and lower the total cost of ownership. However, the process of digital transformation is complex and fraught with challenges. It requires a deep understanding of technology, a clear vision for the future, and the ability to execute effectively. The challenge is not just about adopting new technologies, but also about changing the way businesses operate and deliver value to their customers.

The Northern Ireland regional government needed a secure data connectivity solution for electric vehicle charging station usage and billing.

The Spacecraft Propulsion Research Facility at Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio is the world's largest space simulation chamber measuring 100 feet in diameter and rocketing more than six stories tall.The facility conducts tests within the vacuum chamber after the necessary electrical power, fuel, oxidizer, and purge gas connections are made. To recreate the conditions of outer space while still on earth, the test facilities rely on vacuum pumps and cryogenic systems which can simulate deep space temperatures down to -423°F. Protecting the scientists and engineers is critical to moving space missions forward safely.

•Smart healthcare. Cascade3d wanted to integrate its analytics into an IoT platform so that data from sensors could be gathered, filtered, and analyzed to transform and optimize professional healthcare.• Education. IoT solutions are seen to be quite complex and can be daunting for less technical people, so adoption in the healthcare industry requires education as well as low barriers to use.• Data privacy. Especially when dealing with vulnerable individuals, the security of all data collected is paramount, as is sensitively dealing with this data.

BMO Automation already used Teamviewer, a remote desktop access solution that allows you to control computer screens remotely. Rick explains why it was time to take remote access a step further: “We noticed that we wanted more insight into our system. To not just look at what’s happening on the screen, but also in the robot, in the security systems and in any safety control systems.” This would give BMO the opportunity to not just solve problems for their customers, but to help them with many other questions.The search for a remote access solution started when BMO asked themselves how they could speed up their ability to help customers with questions, issues and innovations. “That eventually led to the realization that VPN remote support would be the best solution,” says Rick.

Construction summaryLine 3 is built with total length of 35.86km, 18 stations, 1 depot, 2 parking lots, 2 master substations and 1 control center. Line 3 is designed to be south-north like a “Y”. The main branch starts from Guangzhou East Railway Station at north, extends to the south by Zhujiang along Tiyu West Road and ends at Fanyu Square along planning Fanyu Road. The sub-branch starts from Tianhe bus station at north and combines with the main branch at Tiyu West Road to the southeast along Wushan.

It needs to be kept in a low temperature environment aftrer human blood is isolated from the body, blood bank centers distribute blood kits to hospitals via Cold chain transport. There may be refrigeration equipment failure or other reasons lead to temperature overtemperature during the transportation and no set to record the blood from source to end. 

Our client requirement was to solve their desktop management environment. They aimed at minimizing cyclic renewal costs while maximizing their desktop hardware lifespan. They wanted to give their employees wider access, simplifying the management of hardware and increasing renewal costs.

Hongyanhe Nuclear power plant is the first nuclear power plant in Northeast of ChinaNingde Nuclear power plant is the first island nuclear power plant in China and the first nuclear power plant on the west coast of the StraitScale: both plants use 4x1000MWe pwr nuclear power unit

For one of their brands, they wanted to developed technologies that could harvest electric and thermal energy from the wearer to support self-warming & cooling systems. They lacked the in-house capabilities to IoT-enable their product line.

At the end of 2008 the company set out to significantly improve their driving culture by focusing on four main goals: • Reduce overall risk • Reduce the number of safety incidents • Reduce costs • Fulfill their legal duty under Health & Safety legislation Iron Mountain embarked on a comprehensive risk assessment program for all commercial vehicle drivers, which reduced reported incidents by 71% and cut the cost of claims by 43% in just two years. To further this effort Iron Mountain partnered with its insurance provider, Zurich, to acquire and deploy GreenRoad across its entire fleet to help reduce insurance premiums by improving driver behavior and reducing overall risk exposure.

EYMS was struggling to counteract the rising price of fuel when it first began looking for solutions. The team investigated a number of options but were attracted to GreenRoad because it did not need to interface with existing telematics and vehicle information. At that time, a significant proportion of the EYMS fleet did not have an Engine Control Unit (ECU).

The project presented a series of technical and organizational challenges to the partners. First, the team members collaborating on the project were located in different regions of the world (US, Europe and China) and all development and testing had to be performed remotely.Huawei required that the application rely entirely on 3D Object Tracking. Finally, the solution had to work outdoors, in highly variable climatic and lighting conditions in which the SUN2000 inverters are usually installed.

As one might easily imagine, there is no shortage of opportunities for disaster to strike in such a large and complex operation. Because of this, the ESRF is now using WIN-911 alarm notification software to help protect the facility and its occupants.

Fiat Chrysler Automobile needed to keep track of their powered industrial vehicles (PIVs) throughout the 560 acres of the Chrysler Technology Center and World Headquarters. The Chrysler facilities team wanted an easy way to know where all of the PIVS were located at any given time. The team had been encountering issues with the PIVs rented to third-parties not being returned to the designated areas promptly, so they wanted an asset tracking system to help them find the missing PIVs. Unfortunately, all of the commercial systems they looked at would cost nearly a million dollars. The facilities team needed a more cost-effective way to track the PIVs. So they decided to create their own.

Smasoft Technology Co., Ltd., a System Integrator that develops industrial automation software and offers AI application solutions, was commissioned by a semiconductor equipment manufacturer to implement AI inspection features into their Extreme Ultraviolet Light (EUV) pod inspection machines. The existing AOI software in the EUV pod inspection machines could only identify defective products but could not trace the cause of the defects. The manufacturer wanted to upgrade their machines with AI features to make the products more useful. The AI solution needed to complete the analysis of 380 images for a single pod within two minutes and inspect different materials simultaneously. This required multiple sets of AI models for interpretation. The solution also needed to be installed in a cabinet in the lower half of the machines, which posed a challenge due to the limited space. Smasoft needed to purchase a hardware solution with strong computing performance, stable operation, compact size, and flexible configuration to overcome these challenges.

A leading data-center operator in the EMEA region, with multiple facilities spanning over 25,000 square meters, faced significant security challenges. The operator experienced interruptions in their internal IT network due to unsupervised work of third-party technicians. Despite having a high-end building control system that provided 24x7 monitoring and control to all the building’s infrastructure, the data center was vulnerable from a cyber perspective as it was connected to the IT network infrastructure. The operator launched an urgent OT cyber security project that included both IT-OT network segmentation and OT network asset mapping and anomaly detection. The main objectives were to harden the security of the server systems, secure the facility’s power supply and server cooling system, strengthen the segmentation between building and operational systems, create a visual OT network map, and set up a system for presenting supply-chain attacks that may threaten the data center through equipment vendors’ maintenance activities.

Czarnikow is wholly reliant upon business information management to support its global operations. The combination of manual and unstructured office based processes lacked the control, clarity, efficiency, security and governance required within the business.Information flow across the business and its counter-parties was handled through custom spread sheets, email (both user mailboxes and Microsoft Exchange public folders), Word documents and specific business function systems such as Infor SunSystems FMS for accounting and Allegro for trading/shipping. A lack of flexible and compliant process management in trade registration, credit risk and counterparty on-boarding was leading to unacceptable levels of risk in day-to-day operations. This was increasingly threatening operational capability and failing to support the strategic growth plans of the business. The business issues included:• Too many manual, cumbersome processes with inconsistent hand-offs and duplication of data entry • Pre execution enforcement of internal compliance procedures, ensuring adherence to external regulations with improved reporting and transparency • Manual processes and retrospective visibility were leading to unacceptable levels of operational risk • Inability to delegate authority across the business due to insufficient auditability and control • Limited visibility and accessibility of real-time, accurate management information to inform business decisions • Lack of global standards in compliance processing

The plant is also responsible for covering Orly’s energy requirements in the event of a failure of the regional power supply. Should the local power grid ever fail, restoration of power must be seamless to ensure an uninterrupted supply of energy to all ANA-related systems. There is simply no margin for error when faced with such an implacable need for continuity.

Our client designs, manufactures, and leases industrial equipment and provides software to remotely monitor equipment operations. They looked to Faststream Technologies to accelerate the prototyping of intelligent features in the software platform that could reduce downtime of machinery by predicting and preventing faults.Working closely with our client’s software engineering team, Faststream built a predictive analytics prototype that consists of 2 wire current sensors, an Anemometer, equipment sensor time-series data to predict and prevent machine downtime. The system alerts field teams about units at risk of faulting, so they can proactively take action before any failure. The client’s team is able to continue the work on their own, maintain the code, and conduct further experiments using the data processing pipeline and machine learning framework we created.One sensor that we used was an inertial sensor that includes a Machine Learning Core (MLC) and a Finite State Machine (FSM). A revolutionary aspect of this sensor is that it has an embedded Machine Learning Core. Our team could configure specific parameters of the decision tree with Weka, an open-source collection of machine learning algorithms. 

In the Industry 4.0 world, Desoutter’s customers call for a higher degree of flexibility in the way they can use their products. The company looked for a solution that could bring that level of versatility within reach for every customer and help establish Desoutter’s position as an Industrial Internet frontrunner in the market.

Electrode slurry is coated onto copper and aluminium foil to facilitate electric flow. The metal surface, separator, and coating must be inspected for potential surface or edge defects as well as uniform shape and thickness.

Grain Processing Corporation (GPC), a leading U.S. manufacturer of corn-based products, needed a smarter, more efficient tool to capture, track, notify, and report daily Clean Air Act Title V compliance parameters for numerous emission sources and points at their various production facilities. GPC was using SharePoint to enter over 20 daily logs at two facilities and had to address several questions per log and per shift, throughout a two-shift day. Their system had no reporting or notifications, and there was no consistency between the forms in the system. The EHS manager would spend weeks searching through information to obtain the data needed for GPC’s annual Title V certification report and other reporting needs.

Greengage was looking for a way to provide ‘smart’ lighting solutions, to provide farmers with an essential system for managing operations and to monitor animal welfare remotely.

Failure prediction by human operators requires advanced skills, and the limited number of experts cannot monitor all MRI systems around the world. "Corrective maintenance" for repairs after breakdowns has also become inevitable.

While we not often think about it, the breakdown of matter in landfills potential produces methane and hydrogen sulfide gases. These gases present a risk of explosion (as they are both flammable) and hydrogen sulfide serves as a health hazard—potentially causing death if breathed in massive doses. Given the volatility of these two by-products of landfills, many local governments seek out better ways to monitor the potential production of these gases in their landfills. Moreover, seeing the needs of these local governments, Plexus Controls, a Canadian-owned designer and manufacturer of wireless monitoring and control products, decided to create a product for monitoring methane and hydrogen sulfide gases for landfills.

Retail is a fast-paced business. To stay competitive, organizations like Modell’s must react quickly to market place conditions, industry trends, and economic upticks and downturns, sometimes overnight. 20 years ago, critical sales, inventory and transactional data lived in a mainframe system that was only accessible through Lotus 1-2-3. Joe Paltenstein, now AVP, Assistant Controller at Modell’s Sporting Goods said, “It was challenging to get the data we needed out of the mainframe system and into a workable format that we could use. And with so many different types of data it was hard to extract any useful insights without a painfully slow reformatting process. We had to print out reports on green bar paper and then entered the data into spreadsheets.”

Deutsche Bahn, Europe’s largest railway operator, and rail infrastructure owner has been leading innovation in the railway industry with IoT technology solutions supported by TEKTELIC. TEKTELIC is providing a product line of the Best-in-Class KONA Gateways in DB’s corporate facilities, and the partnership has been a key driver for the implementation of the Basic Station packet forwarder on these gateways to support DB’s preferred interface to the Network Server. DB has been leveraging the IoT network to test many applications including asset tracking and remote asset monitoring.Deutsche Bahn selected TEKTELIC as its IoT gateway provider thanks to its Always-on Connectivity, Carrier Grade design and approach to providing customers with the lowest Total Cost of Ownership for their LoRaWAN® networks. The KONA Gateways are managed on TEKTELIC’s customized KONA Element Operations, Administration and Management server, a comprehensive tool allowing operators to configure, monitor and optimize all of the Gateways in their network from a single node.