Connected Factory

Connected Factory Solutions powered by Digital Blanket^® platform

Digital Blanket^®, FlamencoTech’s Digital IoT Platform, edge appliance and professional services spearheads an organization’s digital transformation journey linking IoT data with real-time analytics and digital twin to model and to create Connected Factories. Our platforms and edge solutions connect and collect information from machines, equipment, sensors, meters, pumps, motors etc, then analyse and act on that information to control machines, maintenance, processes, logistics, assets, energy, safety, environment & facilities.

We help factory managers extract more out of their physical assets digitally and make it possible to bring data-driven decision making to new realms of human activity thereby optimizing the performance of systems and improving the performance of factories and its workers.

Connected Factory 4.0 solutions apply to various manufacturing processes across industries. Standardized processes lends itself to IoT led Digital transformation.

Some core drivers for Connected Factory 4.0 are:

Predictive maintenance
Asset tracking & Worker safety
Tracking of pharmaceuticals to reduce counterfeits
Fleet & logistics management
ESG compliance
Effective utilization of assets & space
Lower operational costs
Interoperability & security of legacy or proprietary systems

Challenges and Solution Model: Connected Factory 4.0

Connected Factory and Industry 4.0 solutions apply to discrete or process manufacturing, core manufacturing across Oil & Gas, Automotive, Cement, Pharma, Energy and more. Standardized processes in play in manufacturing lend itself to IoT led Digital transformation. Predictive maintenance of manufacturing equipment, location tracking of inventory, tracking of pharmaceuticals to reduce counterfeits, worker safety zones and lone worker tracking, managing fleet and logistics, machine OEE, meeting energy goals and ESG compliance, effective utilization of assets & space, operating at lower cost and factory compliance norms have become core drivers for a Connected Factory.

Interoperability & security have become primary concerns and challenges that needs to be addressed while working in these environments. Some of these systems have a legacy background and many are walled¬ garden proprietary systems.

Our Digital Blanket^® Platform and Edge solutions address these needs to help factories and plants become smart and intelligent. The Platform can readily complement & integrate with existing manufacturing support Systems (ERP, CAM, CIM, CMMS, IBMS, BIM) and connect using range of protocols.

Who we help

Our Digital Blanket® powered Platform and Edge solutions address needs to help Factories become smart and intelligent. Our Connected Factories solutions help teams across:

Shop-floor:

Plant manager
Electrical department
Mechanical department
Planning and scheduling department
Maintenance

The Platform can readily complement & integrate with multiple existing heterogeneous IT systems (ERP), OT systems (PLCs, Historians, MES, L2 Automation), File based systems (.CSV files) and Custom developed applications (Extrusion Information Systems) by leveraging our current support for a range of protocols including BACnet TCP, Modbus, OPC UA, I2C, SNMP, MQTT without any development

Digital Blanket^® Framework
for Connected Factory

The Digital Blanket^® framework offers a secure suite of ready applications for Smart Factories & Warehouses with easy adapter-based framework for third party systems and applications integration. This includes Web, Mobile as well as Kiosk platforms for access and consumption of data, a data analytics and reporting engine and a secure wireless sensor network platform with related sensors.

The above diagram provides an overall integrated view of the capabilities of the platform & the edge environment. FlamencoTech Digital Blanket^® solutions not only provides for anomaly detection or real-time control, which pivots around the optimization vector, it goes beyond and provides prediction models where additional value can be derived for optimized performance of machines and equipment.

The following table provides a summary of some of the modules on the platform. These solutions are modular yet integrated offering a unique model of Unified Command & Control Centre.

Our Offering	Description	Value / Benefits
Factory & IoT Automation	Factory Automation, Energy & Sustainability Management, Indoor Air Quality Management.	ESG, Energy and Sustainable Goals, Worker Wellness, Operational Efficiency
Digital Twin	Integrated with a 3D contextual reference to assets and asset information and real-time status and alarms of all human, machines & material in the factory.	Operational Efficiency Real-time Visibility Safety & Security Command & Control Training & Induction
Condition Monitoring	Continuous performance management and developing fault detection of any rotary equipment with minimal instrumentation	Predictive Maintenance, Lower Energy, Improved Equipment Lifecycle
Factory Visitor Management	Touchless visitor experiences including visit request, visit authorization, visitor registration and authentication and visit tracking.	Visitor Experience, Safety & Security, Brand Value
Digital Fencing & Lone Worker	Asset & people accountability. Tracking Lone Worker and ensuring safety of worker	Risk Mitigation, Emergency Response, Safety & Security,
Plant Asset / PPM Management	Enables process automation and factory operations with field service management, PPM and OEE	Operational Efficiency, Machine Uptime, Higher Productivity
Sensor Network	Secure sensor network platform for wired as well as wireless sensing integrated with SCADA/PLC/MES’S monitoring temperature, humidity, pressure, flow, and indoor air quality.	Measurements, Monitoring, Accuracy, Reliability, Security, Efficiency
Unified Command & Control Centre	Integration of all systems and services to across buildings and locations to provide central monitoring and management	Unified Dashboard, Centralized Command & Control, Lower Operational Costs

Connected Factory