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Culture & Digital Transformation in Bulk Supply Chains

Digital transformation improves supply chain resilience, automation, accuracy, and efficiency, benefiting people effectively collaborating in a digital system. BinMaster designs systems to pool such technology partners. By bringing bulk material data from sensors atop silos to a secure cloud report, authorized users can access the same information in real time. Decisions and conversations bring decision-makers the same data. It’s all about collaboration, accuracy, and transformation to a more automated process.

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Sensors for bunkers, pie & oh my

Some bulk material applications are straightforward. Others, not so much. BinMaster’s 3D Level Scanner works well in most bins and silo storage. Let’s dive into some more unique applications. Uneven loading can be “seen” with 3D so operators can adjust before major failures. Bulk material tends to pile in uneven ways in a pie-shaped bin. 3DLevelSensors are the best solution for measuring these bins as well. Finally, material stored in bunkers can be measured accounting for the ups and downs of piles.

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IoT Key to Cloud Inventory

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A storm of challenges faces organizations including the strain of product demand, limited supply chain resources, and an unprecedented exodus of people leaving the workforce. Industry 4.0 technology and systems provide some relief.

Industry 4.0 is a system that combines informational and operational technology to make manufacturing more aware, predictive, and autonomous. Employees operating in a 4.0 environment are highly connected with a more complete view of their business ecosystem.

“Ultimately, you want to run autonomously in a closed-loop system where humans set parameters, but technology runs itself,” said Chris Hill, Technology Program Director at Iowa State University Center for Industrial Research and Service. “Sensors and software directly feed an Industry 4.0 environment. They replace a physical process and feed information back to people.”

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Plugged chutes design and monitor

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Chutes are used to control the direction of the material, flow stream, spillage, dust and environmental pollution, production degradation, retard or control flow, and surge control.

Cost is a factor for designing a bulk material handling system to accommodate different materials, according to Rich Tavis, BinMaster Representative, Southeast Region.

“I work with a company that purchased an agricultural facility and used it for minerals processing,” Tavis said. “They don’t want to invest in new silos, conveyors, and chutes, so they adapt and utilize sensors to monitor bulk material flow.”

High-tech sensors indicate flow and no-flow material conditions to alert operators before, or shortly after, a plug occurs.

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Seconds Count with Sensors & SIlos

Bulk Inventory Level Sensor workforce shortage industry 4.0 automation sensor

Workforce shortages in the U.S. have sparked great energy toward technology. The urgency to implement automated work processes continues to climb. BinMaster sensors and software can provide significant labor relief by replacing repeatable and frequent physical labor. It results in a safer workplace and accurate inventory and aids in strategic ordering and dispatching.

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Maintenance, repair, operations: Strategic Spending

Bulk Material Maintenance Repair Operations Maintenance

MRO budgets will grow from $701 billion in 2021 to $897 billion by 2028, according to a study by Markets N Research. MRO, or Maintenance, Repair, and Operations, usually covers supply chain management, industrial machine upkeep, technology advancement, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, and preventative maintenance solutions. BinMaster sensors and software bring technology improvements with a quick return on investment. Besides replacement parts, companies budget for future needs like an inventory management system for tank, silo, and bin installations.

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Operational Technology & BinMaster

Sensors and switches have transformed industries that store bulk materials in bins, silos, and tanks. Simply detecting the presence of material opens automation like turning conveyors on and off, and alerting employees to possible overfills or empty vessels. Operational Technology--the practice of using hardware and software to control industrial equipment--continues to grow. Data from level, dust, or flow sensors can interact with the physical world with processing equipment, programmable logic controllers, distributed control systems, supervisory control, and data acquisition systems. OT helps reduce inefficiencies, prevent errors, and enables plants to do more work with fewer people

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Municipal Water Measured with Radar

IoT Internet of Things Radar Level Sensors Water Treatment

Islands in the Caribbean endure plenty of weather events, but Hurricane Maria in 2017 was particularly damaging to Puerto Rico. According to their government, the water system, with 114 municipal water treatment plants, was severely damaged, leaving about half of the residents without water. Extra funding and attention to long-term solutions include water level storage sensors and software by BinMaster.

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Industry 4.0, Safety and Worker Shortage

Industry 4.0 Bulk Inventory Sensor

While manufacturing managers were implementing the Industry 4.0 philosophy, COVID-19 hit. The pandemic brought worker and supply chain shortages and accelerated the effort to boost technology in manufacturing. BinMastersensors and software fit perfectly into Industry 4.0 goals.

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3D and Radar-Can't Touch This

3D Level Measurement Silo Continuous Level Sensors

See through silo walls without touching product

Food manufacturers find non-contact level sensors attractive for a number of reasons. Of course, since nothing comes into contact with the material, there’s no risk of equipment interfering with the process or rogue parts breaking off and getting stuck in equipment or contaminating ingredients intended for human consumption. Plus, they provide continuous level measurement for optimizing inventory and preventing silos from running empty. No food manufacturer wants to risk tagging a bad batch due to a missing ingredient. Today’s most popular non-contact technologies are laser, radar, and 3D scanners.

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Culture & Digital Transformation in Bulk Supply Chains

Sensors for bunkers, pie & oh my

IoT Key to Cloud Inventory

Plugged chutes design and monitor

Seconds Count with Sensors & SIlos

Maintenance, repair, operations: Strategic Spending

Operational Technology & BinMaster

Municipal Water Measured with Radar

Industry 4.0, Safety and Worker Shortage

3D and Radar-Can't Touch This

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