From signal to dashboard.
Real-time monitoring, automated data collection and analysis.
One dashboard. Every machine.
PlantWatch reads straight from your controllers — dashboards, data history, downtime logs, and automated reports. All on your hardware, no cloud, nothing leaves your network.
Commissioning
1 day on-site
Cloud?
Don't need one
From signal
Straight to dashboard
What PlantWatch does.
Real-Time Monitoring
Temperatures, pressures, cycle times, energy consumption, motor loads — captured directly from the controller and displayed in real time. Key figures are calculated straight from the data, not compiled manually.
Data History
All readings are stored without gaps — retention period freely configurable, backup included. Every value remains retrievable down to the second, even years later. Audit-ready and NIS-2 compliant.
Downtime Analysis
Which machine or line stopped, when and for how long — automatically evaluated and logged from controller signals and variables. Downtime reasons, duration and frequency directly analysable.
Automated Reports
OEE, availability, cycle times and production KPIs — generated as reports, on demand or scheduled. Evaluations also possible via free-text input. No Excel exports, no manual preparation.
Predictive Maintenance
Motor currents, temperatures, vibrations, etc. are continuously monitored. Changes in machine behaviour are detected and reported before unplanned downtime occurs.
Notifications
Threshold breaches, downtimes and anomalies trigger notifications automatically. Who gets notified about what and when is fully configurable — via email, SMS or webhook.
Why not traditional SCADA.
SCADA was built to monitor and control. Not to analyse, report, or predict.
- Historian, MES, reporting tools — each a separate system with its own license
- Every additional capability requires a new integrator and maintenance contract
- Predictive maintenance and AI-based analysis not available natively
- Per-tag and per-client licensing that scales with cost, not with value
PlantWatch combines monitoring, data history, analysis, and reporting in one system. One license, one deployment, one interface.
Where PlantWatch runs.
Steel & Metal Processing
Rolling mills, furnaces, cooling lines. Temperature curves, roller speeds and energy consumption captured in real time. Downtime reasons and duration per line automatically logged and analysable.
Mining
Crushers, conveyors, pumps, ventilation. Distributed equipment across large sites, often with limited connectivity. Connection via mesh networks or directional radio possible.
Lumber & Wood Processing
Saw lines, dryers, and feed systems with tight tolerances. Cycle times, feed rates and downtimes are captured and logged. Trend analyses directly derivable from the data.
Cement
Rotary kilns, mills and separators generate continuous process data that many plants barely use. Kiln temperatures, mill currents and separator pressures — the foundation for energy optimisation and emissions reporting.
Recycling
Variable input material makes stable processes harder. Throughput, equipment load and anomalies across sorting, shredding, and separation lines are continuously monitored and documented.
Energy & Power
Turbines, generators, transformers and grid feed-in points produce high-frequency data around the clock. Real-time load monitoring and complete data history as the foundation for regulatory reporting.
How commissioning works.
Order, installation, data.
Week 1 — Order to Install
Network access to the machines, an OT contact person and PLC documentation must be available. Installation is scheduled within the same week.
Day 1 — On Site
Connection to the controllers is set up on site. With an existing OPC UA server: connected on the same day. Without an OPC UA server, custom integration is required — effort increases accordingly.
First Data
Dashboards and KPIs are configured directly after connection. First evaluations on the same day.
Handover
Formal handover and team training on request. The dashboard is built to be operable without training.
What you need to have ready.
Three things from your side — and we handle the rest.
- Network access to your production equipment — air-gapped environments are no obstacle, but an Ethernet connection to the controller is a prerequisite
- OT contact person or system integrator
- Program backups, documentation, variable lists
If none of that exists yet — we can build the connectivity from scratch. That's a larger engagement, but it's well within scope.
Under the hood.
Built on industrial standards, no proprietary lock-in.