Manufacturing

Tracking and analyzing data from monitoring sensors in manufacturing plants has a long history. There is a whole subset of media dedicated to this realm, commonly referred to as the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) or Industry 4.0. A wide variety of manufacturing industries are implementing IoT devices and sensors.

Ergon Refining has a facility in Mississippi that connects multiple sensor units such as vibration, acoustic, and position sensors to a central system that monitors and analyzes the data.

Emerson Process Management makes wirelessly-monitored Enardo 2000 emergency pressure relief vents (EPRVs). There are hundreds of steam trap monitoring and pressuring relief vents in many process plants. Monitoring them with inexpensive sensing capabilities can provide value by avoiding unplanned downtime due to faulty equipment.