$250,000-Estimated Savings with UniCloud—Embedding IIoT into Hazardous Gas Production

The CEO of Smolsys, Daniel Jakob, estimates that Smolsys saved approximately $250, 000 by using UniCloud, a do-it-yourself platform that was easily adapted to their needs, instead of trying to build or commission a custom-built Cloud solution. When asked why Smolsys selected UniCloud, Mr. Jakob gave the following reasons:

• “Safety. UniCloud enables us to get real-time access to relevant data for the monitoring of environmental conditions, assuring both staff and public safety. One of our favorite features is the Dashboard, displayed in our labs on a big screen—we were able to create this dashboard ourselves using UniCloud’s drag & drop widgets. This dashboard is used by all Smolsys staff. It makes us feel safe, because it displays continuously updated vital data to operators and radiation safety staff such as tritium concentration, ventilation speed, air exhaust volume, room temperature, and oxygen levels. The availability of real-time data is a “make or break” deal for all companies working with highly sensitive or hazardous material. UniCloud proved to be a fast and reliable way for all our customers to get real-time access to relevant data for the monitoring of environmental conditions”
• “Data visibility—we use UniCloud to harvest selected real-time data, and display it in graphs with multiple “y” axes in different scales.This enabled us to identify the form of Tritium in the air—important because oxidized, tritiated water vapor is poses a much greater health hazard than does pure Tritium.”
  We also use charts to compare actual values to predicted value—these are valuable metrics.”
• “Eliminates the need for 3^rd-party applications–previously, we used external analytical tools to analyze our tritium measurements. Now we do this within UniCloud—no need to export the data to a 3rd party application. In addition, values are now provided from the cloud directly to staff; there is no longer any need to read and manually record values.
• “Real-time Alerts—this was a feature we wanted to add to our existing—and new—applications. UniCloud allows us to easily create alerts and send them directly to authorized staff.”

Smolsys is now able to implement preventive maintenance, by continuously monitoring sensitive sensors and alerting staff at the first sign of deviation from set values. Their staff can then immediately intervene to prevent problems, thereby improving system overall health and avoiding downtime.

UniCloud’s ability to collect and log historical data, and automatically refine it into reports allows Smolsys to discover where their systems and machines can be improved. In addition, reported data can be used to comply with regulations and standards.