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Case study 1 / 7

Brewery — Littoral region, Cameroon

  • Food and beverages
  • Cameroon
  • Supervision + IIoT & data
  • 14 weeks

Context and challenge

Unknown OEE on a 36,000 bottles/h line: nobody knew where the minutes were lost.

Solution

Machine states and stop causes collected, per-shift OEE shown on a shop-floor screen.

3 · WinCC · InfluxDB · Grafana2 · OPC UA · gateway1 · Line machines · S7-1500

S7-1500 · WinCC Unified · OPC UA · InfluxDB · Grafana

Measured results

OEE · before61%
after74%
Share of losses traced to the labeller38%

For the client’s teams

“Line leaders now talk about causes, not culprits.”

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Case study 2 / 7

Water utility — North, Cameroon

  • Water and sanitation
  • Cameroon
  • IIoT & data + Energy
  • 5 months

Context and challenge

14 boreholes and 3 water towers visited by motorbike, faults discovered days later.

Solution

Solar SAE-TLG4 cabinets, 4G and LoRaWAN, central supervision and alerts.

3 · Node-RED · Ignition2 · 4G · LoRaWAN · MQTT1 · Boreholes and water towers · SAE-TLG4

SAE-TLG4 · MQTT · Node-RED · Ignition

Measured results

Site visits · before100%
after65%
Water losses · before100%
after82%
Fault detection · before3 days
after20 min

For the client’s teams

“Residents get their water back the same day.”

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Case study 3 / 7

Palm oil mill — Sanaga-Maritime, Cameroon

  • Palm oil and agro-industry
  • Cameroon
  • PLC automation + Maintenance
  • 7 months

Context and challenge

S5 PLCs with no spare parts, a risk of stopping in the middle of the campaign.

Solution

Migration to S7-1500 in three 36-hour stops between two campaigns.

3 · TIA Portal · control room HMI2 · Profinet1 · Presses and dryers · S7-1500

S7-1500 · TIA Portal · Profinet

Measured results

Unplanned stops · before100%
after58%

For the client’s teams

“No more sleepless nights hunting for a second-hand card.”

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Case study 4 / 7

Mining site — Haut-Ogooué, Gabon

  • Energy and mining
  • Gabon
  • Energy
  • 9 months

Context and challenge

100% diesel plant, uncertain fuel deliveries over difficult tracks.

Solution

1.2 MWp solar-diesel hybrid with batteries, energy management and IIoT supervision.

3 · Energy management · IIoT supervision2 · Modbus TCP · MQTT1 · Panels, batteries, generators

Gestion d’énergie · Modbus TCP · MQTT

Measured results

Diesel consumed · before100%
after62%
Tanker rotations−2 a month

For the client’s teams

“Fewer trucks on the track, fewer risks.”

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Case study 5 / 7

Cement plant — Littoral region, Cameroon

  • Cement and materials
  • Cameroon
  • Electrical + Energy
  • 4 months

Context and challenge

Draught fans at full speed, regulated by damper: energy was wasted as heat.

Solution

Variable speed drives and per-fan energy monitoring.

3 · Per-fan energy monitoring2 · Modbus TCP1 · Fans · drives

Variateurs · Modbus TCP · compteurs d’énergie

Measured results

Fan energy · before100%
after73%
Payback14 months

For the client’s teams

“Less noise and heat in the motor room.”

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Case study 6 / 7

Regional hospital — Centre, Cameroon

  • Healthcare and buildings
  • Cameroon
  • Electrical + Supervision
  • 3 months

Context and challenge

Frequent outages, generators started by hand, vaccines exposed to cold-chain breaks.

Solution

Automatic transfer switches, generator supervision, UPS, medical cold storage and SMS alerts.

3 · Supervision and alerts2 · Modbus RTU · SMS gateway1 · Transfer switches · generators · UPS

SAE-ATS400 · Modbus RTU · passerelle SMS

Measured results

Power availability (theatres, ICU)99.9%

For the client’s teams

“Nurses no longer have to watch the generators.”

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Case study 7 / 7

Food SME — Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

  • Food and beverages
  • France
  • IIoT & data + Energy
  • 10 weeks

Context and challenge

Costly compressed air and OEE keyed in by hand every week.

Solution

Metering, leak hunt, automatic OEE, web dashboard (Lyon team).

3 · Web dashboard (Lyon)2 · SAE-EDGE2 · OPC UA1 · Meters · compressed air · machines

SAE-EDGE2 · OPC UA · tableau de bord web

Measured results

Compressed-air energy · before100%
after78%
OEE · beforemanual
afterevery morning

For the client’s teams

“Maintenance knows where to start.”

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