IIoT
Webinar Highlights: How Olympus Controls Automates Predictive Maintenance with Telit, MQTT, and InfluxDB
Unplanned outages are problematic for any organization, and can be especially costly for manufacturers when they involve parts that have a long lead time. In this webinar, Nick Armenta – Automation Engineer at Olympic Controls, shares how InfluxDB provides insights into...
Herrenknecht AG Powers IIoT Platform and Edge Data Collection for Tunnel Boring Machines with InfluxDB
Herrenknecht AG is a technology leader in mechanized tunneling systems. Engineers at Herrenknecht set out to build an industrial internet of things (IIoT) platform that provided insight into live and historic data for all their tunnel boring machines (TBMs). These machines...
Managing Time Series Data in Industrial IoT
Thsi article was originally published in The New Stack. Posted here with permission. The industrial revolution was a watershed period in human history. The shift from piecemeal, cottage-industry work to mechanized manufacturing transformed the way humans work. Since the 18th century,...
Where Will Process Historians Fit in the Modern Industrial Technology Stack?
When Rolls Royce Power Systems recently needed to improve its operational efficiency within its manufacturing plants, it didn’t expand its use of a legacy process historian or purchase historian connectors to export data to their business intelligence systems. Instead, it decided...
A Platform Gaining Momentum: Announcing New InfluxDB Features for Industrial IoT
Data – specifically time series data – continues to be the key ingredient for successful digital transformation. No matter the industry, time series data helps companies understand the activities and output of people, processes and technologies impacting their business. The effective...
Algist Bruggeman Uses Insights from InfluxDB to Optimize Industrial Processes and Production
Founded in 1884 and located in Ghent, Belgium, Algist Bruggeman supplies fresh, liquid, and dried yeast to industrial, semi-artisanal, and artisanal bakeries, as well as to the beer, wine, and pharma industries. Algist Bruggeman is part of the Lesaffre Group, a...
Using InfluxDB as a Modern Process Historian
It can be difficult to facilitate interconnectivity within an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) environment, especially considering the different needs of the business and IT. OPC, or Open Platform Communication, allows for connectivity of data and monitoring across devices. Implementing OPC...
Energy Regulators Driving Cloud-First Strategies in Race to Net Zero Carbon
This article was written by Jim Allen, Future Networks Strategy Manager, Capula. Scroll below for his picture and bio. Every government in the world is evaluating the steps necessary to radically reduce carbon emissions. The UK Government has been especially proactive,...
Industry 4.0 Defined and Explained
With Industry 4.0 fundamentally transforming manufacturing systems and processes through IIoT technologies, manufacturers large and small are seeking the most efficient ways to reap its benefits. Potential gains include optimizing operations, generating data-driven insight, creating new revenue streams, and accelerating innovation....
How InfluxDB Works with IoT Data
Over the past few years, the IoT community has embraced InfluxDB as a cornerstone of the solutions they build. Whether modernizing or greenfield, InfluxDB has helped many in working with vast quantities of sensor and device data as we continue to...