Customer: vacuum technology company.

Goal: Connection of vacuum pumps to the conNXT platform to provide real-time monitoring data, predictive maintenance and alarm notifications.

Solution: Adaptation of our conNXT solution according to customer requirements, development of gateway software connected to the Microsoft Azure Cloud.

Procedure: Multi-phase project starting with a proof of concept (POC), followed by a pilot project, which should include the development of a complete data collection solution for three pumps and the installation of 200 work units for end customers. Further requirement was the connection of 12 different inverters or pumps to a cloud. The pilot project aimed at preparing for a long-term project to connect 13,000 vacuum pumps to the conNXT cloud platform, their integration between gateway and application, data reduction and compression, and alarm configuration.