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Notes from the factory floor.
Water and energy reduction, sensor spotlights, industry events and company news — written by the two people who do the work.
Water
1 post.
7 practical ways to reduce water use in a manufacturing plant
Seven measures that pay back quickly in a Canadian plant, ranked by how fast the meter proves them — starting with the overnight baseline that should read zero.
Technology & IIoT
3 posts.
We ran the Industrial IoT session a second time
Four weeks after the first one, we ran the Industrial IoT webinar again on 29 November 2023 — with more time spent on the questions the first session ran out of room for.
Sensor spotlight: the pulse counter
The cheapest way to get a utility-grade meter you already own onto a live dashboard, without touching the meter.
Sensor spotlight: the industrial edge computer
The gateway is the least glamorous device in the plant and the one that decides whether you still have data when the internet drops.
Company News
3 posts.
The webinar we ran on Industrial IoT in manufacturing
On 1 November 2023 we ran a free hour on what Industrial IoT and AI actually change on a factory floor — and what they do not. Here is what we covered.
What we heard at MeatEx in Toronto
Notes from the floor: what processors asked about, what surprised them, and the one question that came up at almost every conversation.
Not yet published
Two subjects we work on every week and have not written up here yet. Each one links to where the work actually is.
- EnergyEnergy & electricity case studies
- Food & AgricultureFood & beverage processing
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