For manufacturers
Ask your lines what is going on. Get an answer, not a ticket.
- No cloud account needed
- Works offline
- Your data stays in the plant
Today
“The data is in the PLC, but nobody can get it out without the integrator.”
IronFlock reads S7, OPC UA, MQTT and Modbus directly. Hand the assistant a TIA Portal export and the tags are polling in one step.
Today
“Every new dashboard is a request to IT and weeks of waiting. By then the question has changed.”
Ask in plain language and the board is built for you; keep it, change it, or embed it in the chat. Boards, alarms and write-back are built in.
Today
“IT won't let a cloud tool anywhere near the line.”
IronFlock in a Box runs on-site with no open ports and no VPN. The cloud is optional; the appliance works without it.
Use cases
Start with one line and one question
- Energy monitoringMeters commissioned from their manuals; load, power factor and cost per line.
- OEE, downtime & performanceAvailability, performance and quality per shift, with the reasons behind the stops.
- Quality & traceabilityFind the program that makes bad parts; trace a part's history across stations.
- Alarms & monitoringThresholds and conditions on any signal; notifications to the people on shift.
- SCADA / HMI screensProduction-grade screens in a no-code editor, with live data and write-back.
- Work instructions & formsStation screens, forms and checklists next to the machine data they belong to.
- Vision inspectionCamera apps at the edge; the assistant grades images and charts the result.
- Predictive maintenance & remote serviceCondition data for your own team or your machine supplier, with logged access.
The first week
From a PLC export to a board on the wall
- Put the appliance on the lineIronFlock in a Box, or your own IPC with the agent. No open ports, no VPN.
- Hand the assistant your exports and manualsTIA Portal tag lists, OPC UA servers, meter datasheets. It configures the connections.
- Ask the first question“Which program produced the most rejects this week?” Then keep the board it builds.
- Set the alarms, add the appsThresholds for the shift lead; apps from the store for OEE, vision or work instructions.
Where it runs
In the plant, in your IT, or in your own cloud: your call per site
- Appliance in the OT: works offline; the cloud connection is optional
- Appliance in IT / DMZ: OT → IT → cloud, for sites with strict segmentation
- Private cloud: your own private cloud or data centre
- Factory Online: IronFlock cloud, no appliance, for a first pilot
Connect your first line this week
Start on the free cloud tier with one machine, or have an IronFlock engineer walk your line with you and scope a pilot on an appliance.