The Connected Pipeline: Harnessing IIoT to deliver process efficiencies and reduce costs.

(With subtitles: en français / auf Deutsch / 日本語で)
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) offers ways to improve efficiency, productivity, and quality in manufacturing and industrial processes, as well as reduce operational costs. However, harnessing it at scale is not easy.

This demonstration video involves a simple flow rig with low-cost camera modules configured as edge devices, measuring multiple flow and fluid properties. Like any industrial process, the pipework has clear sight glasses at specific points, where we have installed the camera modules to capture footage of the liquid flowing through.

We control the system remotely, with a virtual control panel, adjusting variables such as flow rate, introducing air to create bubbles, or adding coloured contaminants. The images are processed locally on edge devices to determine factors such as gas percentage or contaminant distribution. The analysis from the various camera modules is sent to the cloud and a central dashboard is updated in real-time as the liquid properties change; if requested, the camera images can also be uploaded to the cloud for human review.