Program Details - What you will get

The following items are included in the program:

• An engagement with an experienced system integrator to guide the company in designing and executing this pilot project.
• A Starter Kit:
  • Opto22 Epic Groove industrial edge computer
  • Three Opto22 electric monitoring units (EMUs)
  • Inductive Automation Ignition license: Either a full license for a cloud instance for one year, or a limited license for an on-prem deployment, indefinitely.
  • Energy dashboards to help users understand their energy consumption.
  • A budget for additional custom sensors, computing resources, software, devices.
• A training program: Training and workshop opportunities to empower participants to use and scale their starter kit.

 

Program Goals - What benefits you will see

• An installed and integrated starter kit that is delivering an important
  and valuable manufacturing insight to the customer.
• The knowledge and real-world experience to chart their own course through
  the Smart Manufacturing Landscape by buying, hiring, contracting, or DIY-ing right-sized solutions.
• An understanding of energy savings opportunities, and their own energy costs
  and avenues they can take to reduce their energy bill.

Program Saving - How it will save you money

• Demand Charge Reduction
  • Time-shift high demand activities
  • Find "natural storage"
  • Improve energy efficiency of key peak contributors
• Energy Efficiency
  • Quantify savings from behaviors, setpoints, to justify changes
  • See and act upon degraded performance
  • Justify investment in more efficient equipment
• Other Energy Savings
  • Understand costs and benefits
  • Reduce charges from Power Factor
  • Understand value of solar storage or capacitor banks
• Other uses of Energy Data
  • Monitor times when equipment is on or off
  • Predictive maintenance of key equipment 
  • Monitor supply voltage for outages and over voltages

Program Qualification 

• The participating company have more than 25 employees, or an energy bill over $100k/yr

• Small- and medium-sized manufacturers, which is defined as manufacturers with less than 500 employees total, are heavily favored.

• The participating company be a manufacturer, as defined by the NAICS code 31-33. “The Manufacturing sector comprises establishments engaged in the mechanical, physical, or chemical transformation of materials, substances, or components into new products.”

• Deployment must be planned for a factory in Indiana, and the work product must primarily benefit the Indiana site

• The company must have a dedicated champion who is:

  • Able to commit 60 hours to the project over six months working with the integrator, engaging with the program, and engaging with the deliverables.  

  • Close enough to the business to be able to develop a valuable use case