Industrial Intelligence Blog
Insights from the shop floor
Practical, engineering-led writing on industrial data collection, edge connectivity, OEE, alarms, reports, and brownfield Industry 4.0 — no buzzwords, no overclaim.
What Is EdgeConnect? Edge Data Collection for Mixed-Vendor Plants
A protocol-agnostic edge runtime that connects to FANUC, Siemens, Brother, Modbus, and OPC UA sources and maps supported readings toward a canonical model at the edge.
How to Calculate OEE Correctly in a Real Factory
OEE is Availability times Performance times Quality — but the number is only as good as the definitions behind it. How to calculate it consistently.
What Is EREMOS V2? From Machine Signals to OEE You Can Trust
The operational intelligence layer that turns clean machine signals into OEE, alarms, dashboards, and reports — computed against your own state definitions.
How to Build Defensible OEE Reports
A defensible OEE report is one where each number can trace back to timestamped, sourced, quality-coded signals. How to build reporting that holds up.
Condition Monitoring vs Predictive Maintenance: A Practical Difference
Related, but not the same — and neither is a guarantee. What each does, where it applies, and what it cannot promise.
Industrial Protocols Explained Simply: OPC UA, MQTT, Modbus, FOCAS2, MTConnect & S7
A plain-language guide to the protocols behind factory data, and how to choose the right one for each machine — including OPC UA client and server.
What “Brownfield” Industry 4.0 Really Means (and Why Rip-and-Replace Often Struggles)
Most factories are brownfield. Why rip-and-replace often struggles, and what a connect-what-you-have approach looks like.
Canonical Data at the Edge: Why Source-Side Mapping Matters
Mapping supported readings into a canonical vocabulary at the edge can make mixed-vendor data easier to use across dashboards, OEE, alarms, and reports.
Store-and-Forward in IIoT: What It Means (and What It Doesn’t)
Buffer edge data through network outages — within limits. What it means, what it doesn’t promise, and how to configure it honestly.
How to Collect Data from FANUC CNCs Without Writing Custom Scripts
The data is already in your FANUC controls. Why custom FOCAS2 scripts become fragile on a real floor, and what a maintainable approach looks like.