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How it works

How Flowtics works. Your machine already knows what went wrong. Now your phone does too.

Flowtics Edge installs on the HMI or panel PC already on your machine, like an app on a phone. It reads the PLC, sends the data over your internet to the Flowtics Platform, and the right person hears about it in seconds. No new wiring, no IT team, no integrator.

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Most machines are live in a few hours. Your own PLC or maintenance engineer sets it up, with our team beside them the first time.

The whole path

How your machine data travels from the floor to your fingertips.

Encrypted on the way, alarms decided at the machine in under a second, and nothing lost when the internet drops.

How Flowtics worksInside your factory, Flowtics Edge runs on the machine's HMI, on a PC nearby, or on a Raspberry Pi. It sends machine data out through your firewall over an encrypted MQTT link to the Flowtics Platform, which keeps history and runs dashboards, alarms, reports, maintenance and the AI analyst. The platform reaches your people on a web dashboard, WhatsApp, a mobile app under your brand, and email or SMS. Settings travel back the same way.1YOUR FACTORYFlowtics EdgeOn the machine's HMIFlowtics EdgeOn a PC nearbyFlowtics EdgeOn a Raspberry Pi we supplyYour internet2INTERNETThe connection you haveWired, Wi-Fi, 4G/5G, satelliteEncrypted, no ports to open3FLOWTICS PLATFORMYour machines' memoryand brainHistoryDashboardsAlarmsReportsMaintenanceAI analystRUNS ONOur cloudYour cloudYour servers4YOUR PEOPLE, ANYWHEREManagerWeb dashboardOperatorWhatsApp alertMaintenanceMobile appMDDaily report, email
  • At the machine

    Keeps working offline

    If the internet drops, Flowtics Edge buffers the data locally and syncs it on its own when the line is back. Nothing is lost, and alarms still fire at the machine.

  • On the way

    Secure by default

    TLS encrypted, with its own certificate for every Flowtics Edge. It only connects outward, so no firewall ports to open.

  • On your screen

    Live, no waiting

    Live widgets on your dashboard update the moment values change, over a live connection. No polling, no refresh, no waiting.

Machine data, liveSettings and commands, back to Flowtics Edge and the machine
  1. 1

    Flowtics Edge, at the machine

    Software on the HMI or panel PC already on your machine, like installing an app on a phone you already own. No HMI or PC? We add a small Raspberry Pi. It reads the PLC (11 protocols), takes its settings from the platform, and writes back only where you allow.

  2. 2

    Over your internet

    Any connection you already have: wired, Wi-Fi, 4G/5G or satellite. Machine data goes up; settings and commands come back down to Flowtics Edge.

  3. 3

    Flowtics Platform

    The full history of every machine, to the second. Dashboards, alarms, reports, maintenance and the AI analyst. We run it for you on our cloud, or you keep it in-house, on your own cloud or a server in your plant. Each person sees only the machines they look after.

  4. 4

    Your people, anywhere

    Each person picks how they hear: WhatsApp, SMS, email, the mobile app or the web dashboard. For example, the operator gets a WhatsApp alert and the MD a daily email.

How you get there

From PLC to live dashboard in four moves.

Your own PLC or maintenance engineer does it, and our team sits beside them the first time. A machine is usually live in hours, once its data points, PLC addresses and alarms are known.

  1. 01

    Define the machine model

    Data points, PLC addresses, alarms, shift and job calculations. Do it once per model on the platform.

    Machine setup screen
  2. 02

    Install Flowtics Edge

    Download it from the platform onto the HMI, a PC or a Raspberry Pi. Machines far away? Install remotely over AnyDesk or TeamViewer.

    On hardware you already have
  3. 03

    Data starts flowing

    Edge picks up its settings over the internet and starts sending live data. Dashboards and reports fill on their own.

    No coding
  4. 04

    Decide who hears what

    Choose which alarms go to whom, and on which channel. Write the remedy for each alarm once.

    From the browser

On your own cloud? Our team sets up the platform there first, usually in 1–2 days. All we need from you is one user account. No IT team needed on your side.

Where it runs

Your data, where you want it.

Two choices, the same full platform: we run it for you, or you keep it in-house. Either way, our team sets it up, so you never need an IT team.

We run it for you

On our cloud. Live in hours.
Internet at site
Needed for live view and history
Reach it from
Anywhere: phone, office or another site
Your brand
Web platform + mobile app
How it's priced
One-time licence + AMC, plus cloud and management

You keep it in-house

On your own infrastructure. Our team sets it up.
In your own cloud account

We set it up there in 1–2 days. Needs internet at site, and you reach it from anywhere.

On a server in your plant

No internet needed at all. Everything stays on your plant network, and you reach it from there.

Your brand
Web platform + mobile app
How it's priced
One-time licence + AMC

Built to be trusted on the shop floor.

  • Read-only by default. Writing to the PLC stays off unless you allow it, point by point, and every command is logged.
  • Change a limit or an alarm on the platform and it reaches the machine on its own. Every change is versioned and can be rolled back.
  • Each person sees only the machines they look after.
  • Your ERP or MES can read production numbers through our API. Machine data is never used to train AI models.

Under the hood

14:32. Alarm 280 on MX-200 #07.

One alarm, followed minute by minute, with what Flowtics does behind the scenes at every step.

  1. 14:32 · The alarm

    Alarm 280 fires. Flowtics knows in under a second.

    MX-200 #07 at Sunrise Manufacturing, Rajkot, raises Alarm 280: air pressure below 5.0 bar, and the machine stops. It's the afternoon shift.

  2. 14:32 · The message

    The operator and the shift manager get it on WhatsApp.

    Not everyone gets everything. Your admin decides who receives which alarm, and on which channel: WhatsApp, SMS, email or app notification. The MD isn't disturbed, because they asked for a daily summary instead.

  3. 14:33 · The screen

    One tap shows what happened, and how to fix it.

    Exact time and shift, the last 15 minutes of machine data, and the remedy your own team wrote for this alarm. One more tap calls everyone listed for this machine.

  4. 14:38 · The fix

    Fixed over the phone. Nobody gets on the road.

    The operator follows the remedy. When it needs more, one call to the machine builder's service team, who open the same alarm on their screen. The machine is running again.

  5. 14:47 · If nobody responds

    Alarms don't get lost.

    If an alarm isn't acknowledged in time, it goes up to the next person, such as the maintenance head. Nobody has to keep watching a screen.

  6. Next morning · The record

    It's already in the report. Nobody typed it.

    The shift report shows the stop, its reason and its duration. It's emailed automatically, and it becomes evidence if anyone asks later.

Running again in 6 minutes. Nobody travelled.Without Flowtics: a phone call at 16:00, and an engineer on the road the next morning.

Book a free visit

See what your own machines can already tell you.

Half a day at your works and an honest written answer. No cost, no obligation.

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What happens on the visit

  1. 01
    We come to your works

    Half a day. We look at two or three of your machines and their PLCs.

  2. 02
    We check what Flowtics can read

    Which readings, alarms and counters it can pick up, and what they would show you.

  3. 03
    You get a written report

    With your own numbers. Then you decide: stop there, or start a pilot.

  • No cost
  • No obligation
  • No technical preparation