No More Worries About Melting? IoT That Can Monitor Temperature Even Outside the Company
There are many food products, such as chocolate, dairy products, and eggs, whose quality can easily deteriorate due to temperature changes.
Recently, many shipping companies offer refrigerated or frozen delivery, which is reassuring, but occasionally we hear of troubles where 'the delivered items were melted' or 'spoiled'.
Although it is difficult to completely prevent such situations, there is an IoT service that can monitor product temperature during transport.
That said, while it is difficult to manage packages delivered to end users, this is an IoT solution that could potentially be used for transfers between food manufacturers, such as moving raw materials to the final manufacturer.
Risks are reduced if temperature can be monitored
Food quality control is extremely important for protecting consumer safety and peace of mind.
This is because, especially for foods sensitive to temperature changes, the risk of food poisoning increases if proper temperature control is not maintained.
However, even if temperature control is thorough within a food manufacturer, it becomes difficult once the product leaves the company premises.
In particular, there is no communication network during transport, so one can only hope for reliable shipping management.
Of course, there is the option of monitoring temperature with standard IoT sensors, but that would require some kind of network or equipment to connect to mobile lines that can be used outdoors.
Although smartphones are familiar to us, they are expensive, and building equipment capable of communicating with such mobile lines is quite costly.
Communication via a dedicated line even outside the company
This is where the IoT service currently under development, "RANDX-VT", comes in.
"RANDX-VT" has its own dedicated communication line within the sensor itself.
A dedicated communication line that is not WiFi
In other words, WiFi is not required, so it is possible to transmit data even when outside the company and in transit (though communication may not be possible in some locations).
The population coverage of the dedicated line is 95%.
Although it is inferior to smartphone carriers, it uses a special communication line for IoT where a single base station can cover a wide area.
Easy management on a cloud basis
The proximity temperature sensor measures the surface temperature every hour and sends the data to the cloud.
Temperature changes can be checked on a graph.
Since data can be viewed on the cloud, no special software is required.
Early response possible with alerts
Furthermore, it is possible to send an alert email if the set temperature is exceeded.
In the unlikely event that the temperature deviates from the set range, the possibility of responding before it reaches the customer increases.
Alternatively, even after delivery, the possibility of early response, such as contacting them immediately to consider a replacement, expands.
RANDX sensors themselves basically require collection, but if operated well, they can be used for a long time.
Monitoring is possible even without the internet
"RANDX", which has a dedicated line, "RANDX" has various other applications beyond these cases, such as monitoring structures like bridges and tunnels, or pipelines.
Also, while the "RANDX-VT" introduced here is under development, "RANDX-C" for measuring current is already available.
If you have any questions like "Can I use it this way?", please consult with Mitsuwa Pump.
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