Manufacturers and production companies can now avail of a new Internet of Things (IoT) service suite to help monitor their assets remotely, and even predict equipment failures before they happen.
Introduced in the market by Flowserve Corporation, a provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, ‘RedRaven’, the new platform supports any flow control equipment regardless of manufacturer, which means the latter can use predictive analytics without major infrastructure changes.
According to a press release issued by the vendor, IoT services platform RedRaven was available with wireless or wired options based on applications. It includes sensors that are placed on industrial equipment and gateways that collect data from assets and then transmit it to the Cloud with a secure, data-encrypted solution. Companies can access critical data on their equipment performance via Flowserve’s secure Insight Portal dashboard.
What differentiates it in the marketplace, claimed the company, was Flowserve’s dedicated remote monitoring facility staffed by a team of technical specialists who didn’t just identify problems but also told companies how to fix the issues.
RedRaven works for any company with flow control equipment such as those in the oil and gas, water, chemical, power, food and beverage and mining industries, among many others.
“We’re betting big on IoT to help companies avoid costly downtime, which is not feasible in today’s world,” said Scott Rowe, Flowserve President and Chief Executive Officer, in a written statement. “The COVID-19 pandemic illustrated the critical importance of digitization in production facilities for business continuity, and RedRaven can help companies accelerate their digital transformation to start reaping the numerous productivity and profitability benefits of IoT.”
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