Business value
Solution
Opportunity
ALOXY VALVE POSITION MONITORING WITH LORAWAN
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PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE
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Easy monitoring, increased efficiency, and improved
safety.
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No Visual checks to be performed in the field
resulting in less chance of human error.
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To prevent these issues, a wireless Aloxy Pulse device is attached to the valve
handwheel or lever without any customized mounting brackets to detect the position
(open, closed or intermediate) of manual quarter and multi-turn valves.
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The Aloxy Pulse device is configured to capture signals from embedded sensors,
and wirelessly transmit the data over a LoRaWAN® network. Initial pre-processing of
measured data is done on its IIoT HUB to provide an accurate valve position.
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A dashboard highlights the correct and current position for the operator and control
room to see whether all valves end up in the correct position.
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In the Chemical and Oil & Gas industry, many manual valves are in place, often only
operated during maintenance.
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When these valves are accidentally left in the wrong position, this could have
disastrous consequences (70% of accidents are the result of human errors).
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People can get injured or die, assets get damaged, and plant production stops
resulting in millions of dollars of cost for a single accident.