2023 USE CASE
LoRaWAN
®
Valve Positioning
Monitoring Sensors Increase Safety
and Improve Plant Efficiency
SITUATION
Opening or shutting a valve seems straightforward,
but when it is placed in an industrial environment,
surrounded by chemicals, machinery, high heat and
dangerous equipment, making a mistake can be
disastrous. In the tank storage industry, valves that
are left in the wrong position have a negative impact
on the environment and efficiency (70% of accidents
result from human errors). Tracking valve positioning
in industrial environments is critical to avoid
disastrous mistakes, potential spills, incidents or
accidents, unwanted downtime or production loss.
SOLUTION
MultiTech, a global leader in LoRaWAN® and cellular
technologies for IoT and Aloxy, a leading European
IIoT Solutions Provider for the Oil & Gas, Chemical
and process industries are providing integrated
LoRaWAN® solutions with easy to install gateways
and robust Aloxy Pulse Valve Positioning Monitoring
Sensors that comply with ATEX Directive
2014/34/EU and IECEx FM certification Class1 Div2.
Sensors can be mounted to valves without
alterations to the valve or the need for unique
mounting brackets. Cost-effective, plug-and-play
wireless sensors capture any valve data to monitor
their position (open, close or intermediate
positions), location, temperature and vibration, and
enable real-time alerts, offering continuous no-fault
information on the actual position of the valves.
The MultiTech Conduit® IP67 Base Station
programmable gateway is a ruggedised IoT gateway
solution, capable of resisting harsh environmental
factors including moisture, dust, wind, rain, snow
and extreme heat.
Smart
Industry
North
America
Gateway
Provider
BENEFITS
LoRaWAN® Aloxy valve positioning sensors
wirelessly transmit valve monitoring data to the
IoT HUB. Customers can collect data and leverage
insights to increase the safety of error-prone,
manual valve operations. This enables easy
monitoring, increases efficiency, delivers
actionable insights into industrial operations and
improves safety. The risk of contamination,
environmental spills and unwanted downtime is
reduced, resulting in more efficient operations.
MultiTech gateways provide long range coverage
compared to Wi-Fi, excellent signal propagation,
low power, and the ability to support multiple
protocols including DASH7, to monitor
communications with ATEX/IECEx certified
sensors.
CONTACT INFO
MultiTech, Minnesota - USA
https://www.multitech.com/
sales@multitech.com
Aloxy, Antwerpen - Belgium
https://www.aloxy.io/
info@aloxy.io
