Conveyors
See changes in conveyor drives between maintenance rounds.
One Octopus per conveyor section, watching every critical component — drive motors, gearboxes, bearings and supply — against the section's own history. In commercial use on multi-level sortation lines, coast to coast in Canada.
- 1Drive bearingSteady
- 2Uptime99.4% this week
- 3TeamNotified · load change
Conveyors change in ways you cannot see from the walkway.
The bearing that warms between rounds
Temperature and vibration on a drive bearing can change between inspections.
Motor load that drifts
Current patterns show a drive working differently than it used to.
One stop, whole-line cost
What an unplanned stop costs is yours to estimate; we help you see changes earlier.
Section by section
One hub per section, every critical component in it, one comprehensive picture of the line.
How it works
Three steps: pilot, review, expand.
Mount sensors on the drive
Vibration and temperature on the drive-end bearing and gearbox; current at the supply.
Connect the hub
Each hub: 8 sensor leads of any mix + 3 CT clamps for three-phase current + internal sensors. Readings go to the platform; notifications for configured conditions.
Review together
Trends per section, on an agreed cadence.
What you get
An asset that knows itself — and a team that hears about it first.
Readings, trends and history your team can review; a notice when something needs a look; one record per machine.
Drive and bearing trends
Vibration and temperature against the section's own history.
Motor load and runtime
Current patterns and runtime by shift.
History per section
Findings and work recorded with the conveyor section.
What this is worth to you
Run efficiently. Plan the work. Stop paying for surprises.
The value is the stop that did not happen, the part that was not replaced for nothing, and the energy that stopped leaking. The full story — hub, platform, installation and the pilot plan — is on the IoT Octopus page.
Start with a small pilot
A few critical assets, installed by our team, reviewed with yours. When the value is clear: the first site, then the rest.
Start a pilotBuilt for industrial reliability
Proprietary hardware and software, developed in Kitchener, Ontario.
Built on Google Cloud with per-customer data isolation. In commercial industrial use. Invented, designed and made in Canada.
Applications and resultsExternal sensors
Vibration and temperature sensors mount on accessible surfaces; current clamps need electrical access by qualified personnel.
Review together
Readings, trends and notifications reviewed with your team on an agreed cadence.
Questions
Answered plainly.
Do we need to stop the line to install?
External vibration and temperature sensors mount on accessible surfaces; a current clamp needs electrical access by qualified personnel and a site-approved window. Installation arrangements are agreed per site.
How do we start?
With a small pilot on a few critical assets. We agree the configuration, review the readings with your team on an agreed cadence, and expand to the next assets and sites once the value is clear.
How is our data secured, and where is it stored?
Equipment data is encrypted in transit and at rest with per-customer isolation, on a platform built on Google Cloud using the most modern data-security protocols. Data residency is agreed with each customer. See the security page.
Does it predict when a failure will happen?
No. Monitoring helps people review changes over time against the asset's own history. A trend may support investigation; it does not establish a diagnosis or guarantee when a failure will occur.
Next step
Book a conveyor demo.
Tell us the equipment and the question. We reply within one business day to find a time for a 20-minute demo on your kind of assets.
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