The Internet of Things (IoT) has opened up a new world of possibilities for industrial companies in terms of asset tracking and real-time tracking. The use of IoT trackers, such as Invirtus Technologies' ivTrack Evo, has become commonplace in many industrial sectors. However, for these devices to be used in an aeronautical environment, DO-160 certification has become a necessity. In this article, we explore the importance of DO-160 certification for industrial companies and its impact on IoT trackers, highlighting the recent case of the ivTrack Evo.
DO-160 certification, also known as "Environmental Conditions and Test Procedures for Airborne Equipment," is an internationally recognized standard that establishes electromagnetic compatibility requirements for electronic equipment intended for installation on board aircraft. Your tracker automatically switches to "airplane mode" when in flight.
"Airplane mode" on an electronic device, such as a mobile phone or a GPS tracker, disables wireless communication functions like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and cellular signals. The purpose of airplane mode is to avoid interfering with other electronic devices in the area, conserve battery by avoiding constant transmissions, and comply with safety regulations in some situations.
DO-160 certification offers industrial companies an exceptional opportunity to monitor their assets safely and compliantly when used on board aircraft. Here's how this certification benefits companies:
The integration of DO-160 certification into the development of Invirtus Technologies' ivTrack Evo has a significant impact on the IoT tracker sector.
IoT sensors have found many applications in the aerospace sector, thanks in particular to connectivity and real-time data collection. Here are a few use cases:
DO-160 certification is an essential element for industrial companies looking to use IoT trackers in aeronautical environments. It opens up business opportunities while guaranteeing reliability, safety and regulatory compliance. This certification not only concerns a specific device, such as the ivTrack Evo from inVirtus Technologies, but has a global impact on the entire IoT tracker industry, stimulating innovation and boosting user confidence. What's more, IoT sensors have promising applications in aeronautics, helping to improve the safety and efficiency of flight operations.
In the ever-changing world of industry, asset tracking is of crucial importance. The Industry 4.0 era, with its technological innovations and focus on efficiency and performance, has paved the way for more advanced, intelligent ways of managing industrial assets. At the heart of this transformation is the Internet of Things (IoT), a technology that has radically changed the way we manage and monitor our assets.
As experts specializing in industrial asset tracking, we'd like to introduce you to the considerable benefits IoT brings to asset tracking in Industry 4.0, and how our solution at InVirtus Technologies can revolutionize your business.
The IoT has revolutionized the way companies manage their assets by providing real-time visibility, unprecedented connectivity and actionable insights. Here's how IoT is redefining asset tracking in Industry 4.0 :
1. Real-time visibility
2. Predictive Maintenance
3. Optimized use
4. Safety and Compliance
5. Supply chain traceability
1. Real-time visibility
Thanks to intelligent sensors and devices, the IoT enables real-time visibility of asset location, status and use. You can monitor your equipment, products and vehicles wherever they are, improving operational responsiveness and reducing downtime.
2. Predictive maintenance
The IoT enables you to anticipate equipment breakdowns by collecting and analyzing data in real time. You can proactively plan maintenance, avoiding costly production interruptions.
3. Utilization optimization
By monitoring asset utilization, you can identify opportunities for optimization. This includes energy efficiency, reducing operating costs and maximizing asset life.
4. Security and compliance
The IoT enhances asset security with automated alerts in the event of intrusion or abnormal behavior. It also facilitates regulatory compliance by providing accurate traceability data.
5. Supply chain traceability
IoT asset management is essential for ensuring product traceability throughout the supply chain. You can track products from manufacture to delivery, improving product quality and safety.
At InVirtus Technologies, we're proud to offer cutting-edge IoT solutions specifically designed for industrial asset tracking. Our product range includes BLE beacons for indoor use (ivBeacon Lite, ivBeacon Eos) and trackers for outdoor use (ivTrack Evo).
What sets our solutions apart is our supervision platform, inVirtus Cloud, developed in-house and constantly updated to meet the specific needs of each customer. We offer you the flexibility to customize and modulate the platform according to your needs, with impactful KPIs to measure your company's performance.
When you choose inVirtus Technologies, you benefit from the expertise of a French company that puts innovation and quality first. Our dedicated team is ready to work with you to develop customized solutions that meet the unique requirements of your industry.
In the age of Industry 4.0, IoT is the key to smarter, more efficient asset tracking. Trust InVirtus Technologies to support you in this transformation.
Asset Tracking, also known as asset monitoring, is revolutionizing resource management in the Industry 4.0 sector. It is a real-time geolocation system that allows businesses to efficiently track and manage their employees, vehicles, goods, and equipment. inVirtus Technologies positions itself as a developer and integrator of IoT solutions specialized in asset tracking, both indoors and outdoors.
To meet outdoor tracking needs, inVirtus offers the ivTrack Evo tracker, a powerful and versatile solution capable of detecting your assets anywhere in the world. With this device, you can monitor your assets' real-time positions, optimize commercial exchanges, and reduce losses and resource wastage.
In the luxury sector, especially for precious wine and champagne crates, ivTrack Evo provides continuous tracking to ensure optimal asset management. Independent of transporters' declarations, you have constant visibility of your valuable assets' real positions and receive alerts for any unexpected events.
Thanks to its real-time geolocation, you can remotely track your valuable crates, avoiding potential thefts and losses. The sophisticated vibration sensors in ivTrack Evo instantly alert you to any rough handling, preserving your luxury products' quality and building trust with your customers.
For indoor environments, inVirtus offers BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) tags: ivBeacon Lite and its latest innovation, ivBeacon Eos. The latter is a compact and waterproof tag that operates without batteries, harnessing light as its power source. This revolutionary technology allows long-term use without worrying about battery replacements while providing enhanced geolocation accuracy for indoor environments.
All these asset tracking solutions are interconnected via the inVirtus Cloud supervision platform. This intelligent platform enables efficient equipment flow management, tracks asset history, and grants access to various KPIs (Key Performance Indicators). You gain a comprehensive real-time view of resource optimization, improving commercial exchanges' efficiency, and ensuring strict adherence to safety guidelines.
Selecting the right connectivity for asset tracking depends on your specific use case. For confined spaces, proximity technologies such as Bluetooth and Wifi are preferred. Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) is particularly advantageous due to its low energy consumption while maintaining reliable connectivity with tags. This allows continuous contact with your assets and more detailed environmental data, such as temperature and vibrations.
Asset tracking has become indispensable in various industrial sectors. In mobility and transportation, it enables companies to track their vehicles' real-time status and availability. For security purposes, it aids in recovering stolen assets or identifying isolated workers in risky environments. In construction and agriculture, it facilitates equipment tracking and loss prevention. Heavy industries also benefit from this technology, reducing the risk of accidents. Finally, asset tracking finds its place in public services, particularly in healthcare for medication and medical equipment inventory management, as well as administration for tracking computer equipment, and more.
Asset Tracking offers undeniable advantages to businesses seeking resource optimization and improved operational efficiency. With inVirtus Technologies and its innovative IoT solutions, you can now benefit from precise and comprehensive asset management, both indoors and outdoors, staying competitive in the Industry 4.0 market.
As of 20th July 2023,
The Internet of Things (IoT) has transformed many aspects of our daily lives, and the industrial sector has not been spared from this technological revolution. One of the areas where IoT brings significant benefits is industrial asset management. Through the combination of smart sensors, connectivity, and data analytics, companies can now automate the management of their assets, resulting in improved operational efficiency, cost reduction, and performance optimization. In this article, we will explore the advantages of automating industrial asset management with IoT, highlighting Invirtus Technologies' solutions: Tracker Evo, ivBeacon Eos, and ivBeacon Lite tags.
The use of Invirtus Technologies' Tracker Evo enables businesses to have real-time visibility of the location of their industrial assets, even on an international scale. With advanced geolocation and global connectivity, Tracker Evo provides accurate information on asset location, facilitating supply chain management and quick equipment localization. Whether on land, sea, or air, Tracker Evo optimizes operations and reduces the risk of loss or theft.
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Accurately tracking assets within industrial facilities is a challenge, especially when it comes to battery life. This is where Invirtus Technologies' ivBeacon Eos comes into play. With its innovative energy harvesting technology, ivBeacon Eos operates without batteries, making it the ideal solution for tracking equipment inside an industrial site. Managers can easily locate assets, monitor their usage, and optimize distribution without worrying about battery issues.
In many industrial environments, it is crucial to track small equipment such as tools, instruments, or containers. Invirtus Technologies' ivBeacon Lite tags offer a compact and efficient solution for this application. Easily attached to equipment, these tags provide precise location data. Through ivBeacon Lite tags, managers can reduce losses, optimize equipment utilization, and enhance overall productivity.
IoT has opened new possibilities in industrial asset management, and Invirtus Technologies' solutions are at the forefront of this revolution. By utilizing Tracker Evo, ivBeacon Eos, and ivBeacon Lite tags, companies can automate their asset management, improve visibility, optimize equipment utilization, and reduce operational costs. By integrating these innovative connected devices into their infrastructure, businesses can gain a significant competitive advantage and ensure more efficient management of their industrial assets.
On 11/07/2023,
Optimizing production flows is crucial for companies seeking to improve profitability and competitiveness. inVirtus Technologies has developed the inVirtus Cloud solution, a software solution aimed at improving production management and enhancing company cybersecurity. The solution has been already deployed at numerous clients of various businesses : car and train manufacturing, defense and aeronautics equipments, construction machines and trailers, logisitics...
The inVirtus Cloud solution is designed to optimize production flows while enhancing data security for the company. It provides an operations management platform and real-time production management, enabling tracking of operation progress while identifying bottlenecks and losses. The solution also offers a detailed view of each step in the production process, providing essential industrial data such as production date, manufacturing order, and repair order.
"The inVirtus Cloud solution allows for precise analysis of production flows, identifying areas for improvement and automating this analysis for easy visualization of results. The solution is also equipped with a robust cybersecurity system, compliant with the highest industry standards, and adopted by the Defense sector. We offer an all-in-one solution with fully Made in France hardware and software, thus enhancing the security of company data."
Quentin Bournonville, Transport Logistic Exhibitions - München, Bayern
Trackers were specifically designed for high-risk sectors and can also be used to track a variety of assets, from pallets to tanks, inside and outside the factory, offering location accuracy of 1m indoors and outdoors.
The asset tracking system is coupled with a digital twin solution (a virtual model of a physical object). It covers the object's lifecycle and utilizes real-time data sent by the trackers on the object to simulate behavior and monitor operations for real-time production, allowing for a detailed view of each step in the production process. This solution also enables precise management of product expiration dates, thus reinforcing operational security.
Lastly, inVirtus Technologies offers an all-in-one solution with electronic sensors and fully Made in France software, meeting the highest standards of security and quality. The solution is adopted by clients such as Thales and is particularly appreciated in the Defense sector for its robust security and compliance with the industry's highest standards.
We are delighted to announce that inVirtus Technologies will be exhibiting at Transport Logistic, the world's leading trade fair for logistics, mobility, IT and supply chain management, which will be held from May 9 to 12, 2023 in Munich.
We will be joined by our partner Centiloc, and you can find us at booth 122 in hall A3. ?
We look forward to meeting you at our booth to discuss the latest technological innovations in logistics and supply chain, especially our new IoT technologies. In particular, we will be showcasing our battery-free photovoltaic BLE tags the ivBeacon Eos and a new version of the ivTrack Evo global GPS tracker, now capable of scanning BLE tags.
RFID technology and BLE network are two wireless communication technologies used in various fields to transmit data. Although they share some aspects in common, they differ in their operation, range, and application.
RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) is a wireless technology that uses radio waves to read and record information on electronic tags. RFID tags are typically labels attached to objects or products, and they are read by RFID readers nearby. This technology is widely used in logistics, stock management, security, and animal identification such as BLE.
On the other hand, BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) is a wireless communication technology that allows electronic devices to communicate with each other over short to medium distances. BLE is mainly used in mobile applications such as activity sensors, health monitoring systems, and home automation devices. But it is also perfectly suited for various logistics use cases:
• Product location tracking: BLE beacons can be attached to pallets or containers to enable real-time tracking through warehouses or transit zones.
• Temperature control: BLE sensors can monitor temperature conditions of perishable products such as food or pharmaceuticals during transport and storage.
• Inventory management: BLE tags can be used to quickly identify products in warehouses or stores, making inventory management easier and reducing costs associated with excess stock.
• Workflow optimization: BLE devices can be integrated with warehouse management tools to help optimize workflow and reduce asset downtime.
In addition, Bluetooth also allows for bidirectional communication, allowing for receiving data in return.
The main difference between the two technologies is their communication range. RFID tags have a limited range and must be read in close proximity to an RFID reader. BLE allows communication over longer distances of up to a hundred meters.
BLE offers advantages in terms of energy efficiency and low cost, making it a popular choice for asset tracking and geolocation solutions. BLE consumes much less energy than traditional wireless communication technologies, allowing devices to operate on smaller batteries (tag lifespan of 5-10 years) or operate batteryless at all.
See inVirtus Technologies' BLE Indoor solutions
This is where inVirtus Technologies' solution comes in: the ivBeacon EOS. This is a flexible, batteryless photovoltaic tag designed for industrial sectors. The ivBeacon EOS uses BLE technology to communicate wirelessly with other electronic devices while being powered by photovoltaic energy. This tag can be easily installed on asset, machinery, or vehicles to collect data and transmit it to a centralized system.
The advantage of the ivBeacon EOS is that it offers a low-cost solution for industrial businesses looking to track and monitor asset movements and inventory in real-time. By using solar energy to power the ivBeacon EOS, businesses can reduce battery replacement costs and electronic waste.
Although RFID and BLE are two wireless communication technologies, they have significant differences in their range and application. BLE is a more advantageous technology in terms of energy efficiency and cost, and inVirtus Technologies' ivBeacon EOS is an innovative solution for industrial businesses looking to use BLE technology while avoiding the costs and inconveniences of batteries.
Great news! ? We are proud to announce our presence at the International Transport and Logistics Week, which will take place from March 28 to 30, in Paris Porte de Versailles, Pavilion 1.
On this occasion, we will have the pleasure to welcome you on our booth J114 to present you our innovative solutions:
? Our ivBeacon Eos tag (photovoltaic)
?Reduce your work in progress costs
?Predict the number of assets needed for each job
?Predict delays in your supply chain
?Detect suspicious asset locations in your flows
?Solution inVirtus Cloud
?Indoor & outdoor equipment traceability solution.
Want to know exactly where your assets are, how they are being used, and how they can be used better? Make an appointment at SITL 2023 with our teams of IoT experts and discover the keys to success in an ever-changing industry. ?
The French aerospace industry comprises more than 400 companies, ranging from large systems integrators and prime contractors to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), all focused on high technology and excellence. They are federated by GIFAS (Groupement des Industries Françaises Aéronautiques et Spatiales).
By combining the talents of new entrants and existing players, StartAir adds new assets to the sector to meet the challenges of the aerospace industry in terms of innovation, products, uses and services.
"This partnership with GIFAS is essential for InVirtus Technologies in order to offer the French aeronautics and space ecosystem the latest technological innovations in terms of geolocation. "
Raphaël Pantais, CEO, inVirtus Technologies
27/02/2023
Thanks to these partnerships, we will be able to support companies in deploying industrial park management solutions by simplifying their maintenance processes.
These collaborations will also help guide the industry toward more responsible outcomes.
And more partners to come in 2023! ?
