A small British company has developed a condition and energy monitoring system that uses wireless and mobile phone technologies to monitor and control equipment remotely at a much lower cost than traditional monitoring systems. Hemel Hempstead based Global Sense has spent two years refining its patented “data push” technology which captures machine data cheaply in real time.
The company claims that its system can cut preventative maintenance costs by up to 40% and breakdown costs by 30%, while delivering 20% more uptime.
The system senses changes in the state of a component, such as an escalator bearing, and sends this “micro data” to a central server only when necessary, thus cutting data transmission costs to a few pounds (in the UK) per month. Software analyses the data which can then be viewed via a Web browser on any platform, including mobile phones, anywhere in the world.
Global Sense says it can provide the service for hundreds rather than thousands of pounds, without having to rely on existing networks or install new ones.
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