DELIVERY WORK
Selected delivery work, shown in engineering detail
We document delivery work in one consistent format: operating context, challenge, inputs, system boundary, workflow and outcome. Client identities, site details and performance figures remain confidential unless publication is approved.
Digital twin of an automated packaging cell
- CONTEXT
- High-volume packaging cell: two robots, conveyors, vision check, manual end-of-line
- CHALLENGE
- A planned product changeover threatened throughput; physical trials would cost production days
- INPUTS
- Cell layout, cycle and takt data, PLC signal logs, demand profiles
- SYSTEM
- Simulation & Twin module; scenario runs for three layout / buffer options
- WORKFLOW
- Model → validate against recorded weeks → compare scenarios → virtual commissioning of the selected option
- OUTCOME
- Commissioning-risk reduction; changeover decision made on evidence, parameters handed to the floor pre-validated
ARCHITECTURE
RESULTS SHOWN AS CATEGORIES · QUANTITATIVE CLAIMS REQUIRE WRITTEN EVIDENCE
Visual inspection on a high-mix component line
- CONTEXT
- Component line with frequent changeovers and dozens of active part variants
- CHALLENGE
- Manual inspection missed intermittent surface defects; no structured record per unit existed
- INPUTS
- Multi-camera streams, part specifications, historical reject samples, synthetic data for rare classes
- SYSTEM
- AI Perception with review queues; Guidance gates for borderline lots
- WORKFLOW
- Detect with confidence per unit → queue low-confidence frames for QA verdicts → verdicts feed evaluation → weekly quality reports
- OUTCOME
- Quality consistency; every unit carries an audit-ready inspection record
Orchestrating a mixed robot fleet with the WMS
- CONTEXT
- Warehouse zone with AMRs from two vendors, a picking arm and conveyor handoffs
- CHALLENGE
- Vendor systems didn't coordinate; handover failures stalled lanes and every exception needed three consoles
- INPUTS
- Robot vendor APIs, WMS task queue, conveyor PLC signals, zone map
- SYSTEM
- Robotics Orchestration with vendor-neutral adapters; Guidance for exception approval
- WORKFLOW
- WMS task → dispatch across fleet → live state per participant → exceptions pause to safe state → operator resolves from one console, logged
- OUTCOME
- Coordination reliability; exceptions resolved in minutes from a single console
ARCHITECTURE
VENDOR NAMES ILLUSTRATE INTEGRATION SURFACE, NOT ENDORSEMENT
REFERENCE SCENARIOS
Reference scenarios for the applied systems
These are engineering reference designs, not delivery work. Each one describes how an applied system behaves in a representative plant, written in the same format we use for real projects so the operating logic can be examined before any site visit.
REPRESENTATIVE PLANTS · NOT CLIENT DATA · NO PERFORMANCE FIGURES OR GUARANTEES
A demineralisation train whose cycles keep getting shorter
- CONTEXT
- Representative plant producing low-conductivity water for a steam boiler and critical process lines: raw water → pre-treatment → RO → cation and anion beds → mixed-bed polishing, on shift operation with variable demand
- CHALLENGE
- Anion bed cycle length shortened over three consecutive cycles under comparable raw water, while conductivity alarms, regeneration records and RO trends sat on different screens — so each shift formed its own theory
- INPUTS
- PLC/DCS tags, conductivity and flow analysers, chemical dosing and tank levels, regeneration recipe versions, laboratory results, operator shift notes
- SYSTEM
- AI Perception for the deviation signal; Guidance for the investigation card and audit trail; Orchestration for the regeneration state machine; Edge & Cloud Operations for OPC UA connectivity and store-and-forward
- WORKFLOW
- Flag the shortening trend against comparable cycles → open one event card holding RO permeate conductivity, caustic consumption, rinse duration and analyser calibration status → verify the instrumentation first → then examine the pre-treatment trend and recipe version → record the engineering decision on the card
- WHAT SURFACES
- Investigation completeness: process, maintenance and quality read the same evidence in one place, and the closed card becomes the reference for the next similar event. No cause is asserted before the instruments are verified
ARCHITECTURE
REFERENCE SCENARIO · NOT CLIENT DATA
A ceramic UF train where pressure climbs at constant flux
- CONTEXT
- Representative industrial plant separating a variable-turbidity, high-organic liquid on multi-channel ceramic membranes, running in clarification or concentration mode depending on the campaign
- CHALLENGE
- During one campaign, transmembrane pressure rose faster than in comparable cycles while flux was held at target. Raising pressure further risked energy and deposition; cleaning early would spend a cycle for nothing
- INPUTS
- Feed flow, temperature and solids proxy; crossflow flow and pump speed; feed, retentate and permeate pressures; permeate flow and quality; crossflow and auxiliary power; cleaning records and campaign identity
- SYSTEM
- Simulation & Twin for the operating envelope; AI Perception for the deviation signal; Guidance for the investigation card; Orchestration for cleaning and backpulse recipes; Edge & Cloud Operations for edge buffering
- WORKFLOW
- Compare the pressure slope against the envelope for the same feed class → open an investigation card with volume processed since the last clean, campaign, temperature and crossflow energy → verify the pressure instrumentation → examine the hydraulic path and feed character → choose between a short hydraulic clean and a full chemical clean, and record why
- WHAT SURFACES
- A cleaning decision made from cycle evidence rather than the calendar, and a per-cycle record tying flux, pressure, energy, cleaning and operator notes to one cycle identity
ARCHITECTURE
REFERENCE SCENARIO · NOT CLIENT DATA
ILLUSTRATIVE CASE STUDIES
How an engagement would be structured, end to end
Each scenario below takes one process domain and walks through it the way a project actually runs: operating context, challenge, system boundary, modelling approach, delivery workflow and the measurement plan that would decide whether it worked.
ILLUSTRATIVE SCENARIOS · NOT NAMED CUSTOMER PROJECTS · NO ACHIEVED RESULT IS CLAIMED
SCENARIO 01
THERMAL PROCESSING · MULTI-GRADE DRYER
Moisture and energy optimisation in a multi-grade dryer
Soft sensing, constrained optimisation and anomaly detection around a continuous dryer whose grades each behave differently.
Read the scenarioSCENARIO 02
LIQUID SEPARATION · PARALLEL UF TRAINS
Fouling-aware ultrafiltration and cleaning planning
Predicting fouling trajectory, remaining run length and cleaning effectiveness across parallel trains running different feed families.
Read the scenarioSCENARIO 03
PROCESS WATER · DEMINERALISATION & POLISHING
Breakthrough forecasting for a demineralisation and polishing train
Capacity estimation from ionic load, breakthrough forecasting per quality attribute, and lead/lag switching inside demand and storage constraints.
Read the scenarioSCENARIO 04
STARCH PROCESSING · CROSS-STAGE
Cross-stage liquefaction and saccharification optimisation
Material genealogy from slurry to assay, stage-specific soft sensors, and a cross-stage twin for the enzyme, severity and residence-time trade-off.
Read the scenarioSCENARIO 05
REACTION · CAMPAIGN BATCHES
Constraint-aware reactor campaign optimisation
Phase-aligned batch comparison, heat-removal margin, endpoint prediction with uncertainty and optimisation confined to the approved envelope.
Read the scenarioSCENARIO 06
PLANT-WIDE · MULTI-STAGE PROCESS PLANT
Plant-wide constraint-aware process optimisation
One decision layer over production, quality, utilities, maintenance and storage, ranking feasible plant-wide responses instead of optimising each stage alone.
Read the scenario
CLIENT CONFIDENTIALITY
Client identities and sensitive site details are withheld unless publication is approved. Quantitative results are shown only when they can be supported and released; otherwise we state the verified outcome category.
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