Monitoring industrial and R&D processes

Process monitoring to identify and prevent hazards to your industry operation

In this increasingly competitive world, companies just cannot take the liberty of industrial and R&D processes stopping or being interrupted due to any problems. Therefore the monitoring of industrial and R&D processes is necessary to ensure the long term reliability of their operations. Monitoring enables you to receive intelligent real time insights and thus react preventively in the optimization, repair, and maintenance of equipment and production lines, minimizing downtimes and cutting down costs.

customized sensing cables with FBGs

rapid detection and high sensitivity

real time information about anomalies, integrity, or process failures and their location

Industrial and R&D processes are even more challenging to monitor due to their complexity, nonlinear dynamics, and many affecting factors involved. SAFIBRA’s system for monitoring industrial and R&D processes uses fiber optic sensing technology. When unexpected changes in temperature, strain or any other parameters occur, the industrial monitoring system features high sensitivity and speed to give complete, continuous, real time information about what is happening at every point of the covered process.

When monitoring industrial and R&D processes, the FBG sensing cable covers your process structure. The system takes measurements at every point where the FBG sensing element is. It can monitor linear structures, or you can create a grid, or another layout, covering your process structures or other technological features.

We offer a wide range of sensing cables that are fully customized and designed for each specific application to provide the balance between rapid response and maximum protection to the sensing fiber. Supplementary telecommunications fibers can be incorporated into the sensing cable if required. We can also offer sensing cables for different temperature ranges.

Our system is suitable for monitoring, controlling, and optimizing machinery and equipment, systems, and processes across many industries, such as chemicals, pharmaceutics, biotechnology, energy, water/wastewater, oil, gas, plastic, paper, food, and beverages.

Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) technology

FBG technology brings many advantages over the conventional sensing methods, such as immunity to EMI/RFI, high precision, durability, quasi-distribution, absolute measurement, compact size, reduced cable requirement etc. The expected lifetime of the system is 30 years.

Immune to EMI/RFI

The sensing cable itself enables operation even in harsh environments, as the technology is passive, explosion safe and immune to electromagnetic/radio frequency interference.

Real-time monitoring 24/7

The system monitors any issues that may arise in real time, alerting you immediately about detected events, integrity or process failures, and their location. Furthermore, it enables you to work with collected data right away.

Early warning of events

The system for industrial monitoring is equipped with direct alarm relays for immediate notifications via email or using any other communication interfaces in case of very large and unusual events. All alarm alerts can be integrated using one of the 3rd party integration modules in SigProc, relay contacts or Relay box.

System safety

Our system for process monitoring minimizes the number of false alarms using algorithms that monitor the rate of change and the value of change against the ambient conditions.

High number of measuring points

Several industrial sensors with different functions can be connected in series on a single fiber without signals being confused. The necessary cable length becomes considerably smaller.

Integration into customer’s system

Our industrial monitoring system is fully automated and can be easily integrated into the customer’s control system in many different ways (Modbus, Ethernet). Additional communication protocols are available on request.

Powerful software tools

Process monitoring itself is only one part of the solution. SAFIBRA also offers powerful software tools for the acquisition of raw data, consequent real-time data processing, analysis, storage, and visualization.

Use of existing fiber optic network

Installation of an expensive process monitoring sensor infrastructure or availability of electrical power aren’t necessary, and this makes our system the most economical solution for monitoring many industrial sensors spread over a large area.

Web interface

You will be able to manage the process monitoring system via a user-friendly web interface, which also provides all necessary information about the structure and reporting and data analysis features according to your SLA.

Reporting and data analysis

Our process monitoring system provides the necessary reporting and data analysis features. The available level of service is according to SLA.

Customized solutions and adjustments

The system for process monitoring can be modified to meet your project’s needs, such as the desired functionality, interoperability, etc.

Service and maintenance planning

We will help you optimize your service and maintenance planning based on your specific needs to ensure efficient operation.