Machine utility measurement system
Problem
During industrial machine moves, water & air utility supply differences between locations (new & old) can cause severe machine down-time and require extensive troubleshooting (e.g. new location’s water supply does not produce enough flow rate or cooling performance for blow molds).
End-client required a quick, non-invasive, simple solution for capturing compressed airflow & cooling water flow into large machinery to validate adequate supply at final location (i.e. supply of water & air was measured at original location, then measured at new location to confirm same performance or better).
Solution
Novum Automation designed, developed, tested, and commissioned a private labeled PROMEA machine utility measurement system within 6 weeks of PO.
Delivered a fully private-labeled solution for client with their custom branding and nameplates
Test data was stored in Amazon Web Services (AWS) Relational Database Solution (RDS) MySQL database for comparison of before/after utility supplies
Connected Tableau Business Intelligence to AWS RDS database for additional comparison of utilities analytics
Keyence clamp-on flow meters were used for measuring water and compressed air flow rates using non-invasive means (i.e. didn’t have to cut into supply pipes)
Lenovo X1 carbon cellular laptop was used to provide remote access and cloud data storage capabilities
Two Pelican cases with custom foam inserts provided safe and secure transportation of system components
Based on Novum’s standard PROMEA product offering (with application-specific development)
