Industrial IoT for machine builders and factories
Know what every machine is doing, wherever it runs, and why. Flowtics reads the PLCs you already have and alerts the right person the moment something needs attention: a fault, a reading past its limit, maintenance coming due. Its AI analyst tells you why it happened.
For machine builders with machines at their customers' sites, and for factories that want every machine visible, from one floor or many.
Paper and packaging converting machines, at customer sites on 4 continents.
Read the storyWho it's for
The same system. Different questions answered.
Breakdown news comes from an angry customer.
You see it first. Which machine, which alarm, since when.
Two days of travel for a six-minute fault.
Diagnose it from your desk. Alarm history, live data and your own team's remedy. Many faults get fixed on a call.
The machine is a one-time sale.
Earn every year. Sell monitoring as a yearly service contract. Maintenance reminders bring the spares orders back.
Line 2 lost 40 minutes yesterday. Nobody knows why.
Every stop has its reason. Straight from the machine's alarms. Nobody has to type them.
The alarm went off. Nobody was near the panel.
The right person hears about it. On WhatsApp, SMS or email, and it escalates if nobody responds.
The shift report is typed into Excel the next morning.
Reports nobody types. Emailed every day, at the time you choose.
What Flowtics is
Three parts, one product. On most machines, no new hardware.
Flowtics EdgerunningSoftware that runs on the HMI or panel PC already on your machine, like installing an app on a phone you already own. It reads your PLC directly and checks your alarms and rules right there, in under a second. No HMI or PC? We add a small Raspberry Pi.
See every machine from one screen: live status, history and reports. And change things from here too: add a machine, a new reading or a new alarm, and Flowtics sends the change to the machine, as soon as it is online. No site visit needed.
Each person sees only the machines they look after.
Meet the AI analystOne alarm, start to finish
Scroll, or click a step, to see it on the phone.
Alarm 280, air pressure below 5.0 bar, on MX-200 #07 in Rajkot. Flowtics Edge catches it at the machine.
It goes to the operator and the shift manager, the people at the machine. The MD isn't disturbed: they get a daily summary.
14:47 · nobody answered?The alarm goes up to the next person on the list, so it never gets lost.
They open the alarm: what happened, when, and the fix your team wrote for it. Often they solve it themselves.
Still stuck? They call the service team. The engineer opens the same screen, finds Alarm 280 at 14:32 and talks them through the fix.
The stop, its reason and how long it lasted are in the shift report. Nobody typed it.
Running again by 14:38. Nobody travelled.
See the full storyFlowtics AI analyst
Ask in plain language: English, हिंदी, ગુજરાતી, Français or any other. The answer comes from your own machine data, with numbers, a chart and a recommendation.
It answers only from your machines' own data: alarms, speeds, stops, shifts and live OEE. It also spots the alarms that keep coming back.
The AI analyst never touches the machine. It tells you what it found and what to check. Your rules and your people take the action.
Your machine data is never used to train AI models. You can connect your own AI key.
How we're different
Most teams run on something built in-house or another IIoT platform, the SCADA that came with the PLC, or WhatsApp groups and Excel.
| Flowtics | In-house or other IIoT platforms | SCADA / HMI software | WhatsApp groups and Excel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Getting started | Live in hours: add the machine and its PLC addresses, install Flowtics Edge. On your own cloud, we set everything up for you first, in 1–2 days. | In-house / other IIoT: Months of developer time, or weeks of setup and integration | SCADA / HMI: A system integrator project | WhatsApp + Excel: Nothing to set up, and nothing gets recorded |
| Who you need | Your own team. No IT team, no integrator, no developer | In-house / other IIoT: Developers and IT, for as long as it runs | SCADA / HMI: An integrator to set it up, IT to run the server | WhatsApp + Excel: Someone typing it up every day |
| New hardware | Usually none. Runs on the HMI or panel PC already there | In-house / other IIoT: Often a new gateway box per machine | SCADA / HMI: A server and licences per site | WhatsApp + Excel: None, because nothing is connected |
| When something goes wrong | WhatsApp, SMS, email or app, per person, with escalation | In-house / other IIoT: Email or app, once someone sets it up | SCADA / HMI: An alarm screen in the control room | WhatsApp + Excel: Someone notices, then calls or posts in the group |
| Why it happened | The AI analyst answers in plain words, in any language | In-house / other IIoT: Charts you read yourself | SCADA / HMI: Trend charts you read yourself | WhatsApp + Excel: Guesswork, and arguments |
| Changing a setting | From the office, sent to the machine | In-house / other IIoT: A developer, or a support ticket | SCADA / HMI: An engineer at the site | WhatsApp + Excel: Someone at the machine |
| Machines at many customers | Every machine at every customer. Each customer sees only theirs | In-house / other IIoT: Possible, with custom work | SCADA / HMI: One plant at a time | WhatsApp + Excel: The customer calls when it is already late |
The other columns describe common setups in Indian plants, not any specific product.
See the full comparisonIndustries
Pick your industry to see what Flowtics watches and the alarms it sends. Running today in paper & packaging; every other industry is set up the same way.
Speed, reels, web breaks and every job change, so "your machine is slow" gets settled with data, not argued about.
Resources
Answers to the questions we hear most, and the business case with your own numbers.
Paper and packaging converting machines, in production on Flowtics since March 2026.
Learn more12 questions on hardware, setup, data, security and cost.
Learn more10 questions on setup at your customers, your brand and what to charge them.
Learn morePut in your own numbers and see what watching your machines in the field can earn.
Learn moreHow we start
Three steps. You can stop after any of them.
We look at your machines and their PLCs, and give you an honest written answer on what Flowtics can read and what it would show you. No cost, no obligation, no preparation.
It runs on our cloud, so your first machines go live in hours. We agree three results in writing up front. Miss them, and your fee comes back.
Your own team adds each new machine in hours, at commissioning or already in the field. No integrator needed.
Pricing is scoped with you after the visit. No extra charge for machines, users, dashboards, reports or alarm rules.
Book a free visit
Half a day at your works and an honest written answer. No cost, no obligation.