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SDK Makes It Easy to Develop Innovative Industrial Apps

Rockville, MD (April 15, 2020) — Industrial IoT leader Machfu has added more flexibility and power to its signature industrial gateway with the launch of the Machfu Software Development Kit (SDK). The SDK is a set of tools that allow application developers to work in industrial markets to develop new and innovative apps that run on the Machu Gateway. Machfu’s SDK makes it easier to rapidly develop Apps that improve industrial operations.

“For years our customers have used the Machfu Gateway to provide a secure edge to cloud connectivity because it simplifies configuring, connecting, managing, and processing data from equipment running on different protocols,” said Jai Dialani, Machfu’s Director of Products. “Our graphical SDK now provides industrial customers with a set of tools to develop tailor-made industrial Apps in as little as six weeks.”

The greatly abbreviated timeline is possible because the bulk of the application software is auto-generated, which means developers only need to write their own business logic. This frees application developers and domain experts who work with Modbus, DNP3, and IEC 60870 protocols to focus exclusively on their own value-add.

“The SDK provided by Machfu IIoT Solutions is easy to use and lets one develop smart grid applications rapidly. Since the Android studio is used for application development, it does not require deeply embedded programming experience and most of the application is auto-generated except for the core business logic,” said Dave Greenly, Software Architect, TAV Networks. “Machfu’s unique low power edge intelligence capabilities, powered by a customizable application framework, helps customers focus on what they do best and remain competitive in their field.”

Machfu’s SDK libraries are designed with a highly optimized code to achieve maximum performance with minimal overhead. Its proprietary set of industrial plugins enables interactive and dynamic workflows through GUI wizards and generates template code allowing the developer to focus on business logic. The following plugins are included in the SDK for swift application development and innovation:

Project Creation: Create an industrial App to run on the Machfu Gateway

Network Configuration: Configure/Provision IP network layers to configure firewall rules, and port forwarding

Device Configuration: Access underlying device-specific protocols including Modbus, DNP3 and IEC 60870

Data Model: Abstract device protocols and their corresponding object models to an abstract data model

Time Series Database Library: Option for Apps to record events and interactions with their configured devices for scenarios based on custom business logic which may include data for the historian, edge analytics, audit trails, and post-event analysis

Cloud Connector: Create MQTT connections to providers such as AWS IoT, Azure IoT Hub, Google Cloud IoTCore, including support for private MQTT brokers

Smartphone users take containerization or sandboxing of applications for granted. It’s the reason that if one app crashes on your phone, your other apps and the phone’s operating system continue working. It’s also the reason why if one app gets hacked on your phone, the hacker does not gain access to data in any other app.

Machfu helps industrial systems take advantage of containerization approaches that improve operation, maintenance, and security. In the enterprise IT world, containers can decouple computational workloads from the computing substrate on which they run. This allows deployment of multiple workloads across racks and scaling the hardware resources as necessary to handle the workloads. Machfu’s curated Android platform serves as a containerization scheme that’s proven in massive scale.

The benefits of containerization in the machine market include:

Virtual Machines – A container can act like a lightweight virtual machine but without incurring the significant overhead that comes from simulating every aspect of the target machine within the host machine.

Partitioning – Containers allow systems to avoid “dependency hell,” by providing strong partitioning between application components on a target machine.

Enhanced Security – Containers allow enhanced security policies and constraints to be imposed on an application by constraining the container engine itself.

Orchestration Systems – Containerization systems include or interoperate with orchestration systems that provide the means to dispatch containers to host machines and determine which containers should be dispatched to which hosts.

Industrial workplaces are complex spaces filled with equipment and machinery where safety is paramount. Moving parts, extreme temperatures, and contents under pressure require close monitoring and regulation to ensure safe operations. The introduction of a highly contagious virus means that employees in these workplaces need to take extra precautions to stay safe.

The difficult times brought on by COVID-19 highlight the benefits of automation and web services. For customers that must maintain continuous operations to ensure optimum functioning and maintenance of their equipment, Machfu’s low-cost digitization, automation, and edge-intelligence solutions preserve continuity and value. In addition, Machfu enhances employee safety by eliminating the need for field visits through remote, cloud-based monitoring.

Centrifugal pumps are the most popularly used to pump fluids among all industrial pumps due to their range of capacity, smooth flow rate, simple design and ease of operation and maintenance. These pumps are easier to install as compare to positive displacement pumps. Different types of centrifugal pumps play a vital role in operation in different industries such as Food and Beverages, oil and mining, chemical and more. In the chemical industry, it is estimated that there is a greater number of pumps than employees and its ratio revealed is 1:1.25 between employee and pumps according to study in Germany. This type of pumps is expensive which cost burden for the business.so most of the users of centrifugal pumps looking for a solution to overcome this problem:

Common Applications of Centrifugal Pumps:

Water desalination plants:

In 2025 UN estimates that 14% of the global population will be suffering from water scarcity. As such water desalination plants are vital. They involve separating various minerals and dissolved salts from unusable water and also potable pumping water can be transferred to areas that need it most.

Mining industry:

Mining pumps are involved in the processing of minerals. They help separate valuable minerals from bitumen and gangue and also process minerals. During the mining process, the centrifugal pumps are used to transport the solid containing fluids and slurries.

Petrochemical plants:

This industry relies heavily on Pumps and is worth well over $500 on centrifugal pumps. The robustness of Centrifugal pumps is important for the value of petrochemical components in use. Through well designed centrifugal pumps the production of rubbers, plastics and dyes are done.

All the industries operation are heavily dependent on centrifugal pumps. So, pump monitoring, efficiency, and arising costs are important. Downtime of pump put the operation at a complete halt that causes revenue loss and also pumps replacement or damage repair is very expensive. To overcome such losses the user of the pump wants to avoid damage to the pumping equipment. Following are some common causes for the damage of components of centrifugal pumps are:

1. Seal or packing in the design of a pump prevents leakage of pumped liquid from the volute casing but the demand for continuous operation of pump and presence of corrosive working damage seal and as a result, fluid enters the pump casing.

2. Improper maintenance, incorrect lubrication and misalignment cause bearing failure.

3. Due to due to improper heat treatment, poor surface finish or insufficient radial clearance between impeller and volute casing leads to impeller failures.

4. Corrosive environment causes the formation of cracks and subsequent fracture of the shaft as well as electric motor failure.

All these damages contribute to problems such as leakage, overheating, over noise and most importantly pump downtime and no pumping. To overcome this problem a technological solution is provided.

Technological solution:

For Centrifugal Pump stakeholders such as rentals, manufacturers users or Support teams; pump monitoring can be done easily and remotely through IIoT based application. Such an IIoT Solution comprises of the following three components:

Data collection device

Monitoring/analysis software

Sensors, including cables and junction boxes

Sensors are used to take the data from various hardware which is then broadcast using GPRS/Internet/Ethernet to a web-based application which stakeholders can access on their smart devices such as laptop, computer, and phones.

Benefits of IIoT platforms for pumps

1. Detect misalignment, worn out bearing, bent shaft.

2. Analyze noise levels and associated data.

3. Record breach of temperature threshold.

4.Track gap between pump housing and impeller