HARTING and Bosch integrated their expertise in the first IP 54-rated industrial plug-and-play IoT suite for sale on May 9, 2018. The kit enables digital condition monitoring of any type of machine with extremely fast speed and very little motion.
Digital condition monitoring using physical measurements such as temperature and vibration is an effective means of continuously monitoring and improving the availability of machine and equipment systems. It recognizes changes in machine behavior and takes appropriate action. However, selecting, installing, and integrating the right components in an existing infrastructure can sometimes be very costly. To this end, many production plants require the support of experienced IT experts. The IoT Starter Kit, which was previously available on the market, is suitable for first-time prototyping but is not suitable for long-term use in industrial environments.
With the MICA® CISS Industrial IoT Suite developed by Bosch Connected Devices and Solutions and HARTING Technology Group, IoT solutions that can run in one day and immediately output initial data are now available. The kit consists of Bosch’s CISS (Connected Industrial Sensor Solutions) multi-sensor unit and HARTING’s MICA® edge computing system.
Starting the app takes just a few steps. The small CISS sensor unit can be mounted to any surface (IP54) and detects up to 8 physical parameters including temperature, humidity, vibration, positional change, pressure, light, magnetic field, and acoustics. The rugged MICA® microcomputer can also be installed next to the machine (IP67), eliminating the need for a control cabinet. MICA® is connected to the sensor unit and the local network via industry standard connectors. Sensor data in MQTT format is available upon startup and displayed in a web browser via the integrated Node-RED control panel. Data can be analyzed and stored on virtually any IT system or IoT platform. The connector for Microsoft Azure Cloud is pre-installed. Local data storage is possible: MICA® can be equipped with a variety of database software for this purpose.
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