IoT Architecture Case Study
Client: Apex Industrial Automation Duration: 6 Months

Industrial IoT Edge Monitoring & Digital Twin Platform

Connecting 4,500 industrial robotic arms to predict mechanical failures 72 hours before breakdown.

Industrial IoT Edge Monitoring & Digital Twin Platform

Key Business & Engineering Outcomes

91%
Downtime Prevented

Reduction in catastrophic machinery breakdowns

$2.8M
Annual Cost Saved

Prevented unbudgeted emergency repair and idle labor costs

72 Hours
Alert Lead Time

Advance notice given to maintenance teams before part failure

250k msgs/s
Data Ingestion Rate

Real-time telemetry stream processed across 8 factories

The Business & Technical Challenge

Factory floor machinery breakdowns were costing $45,000 per hour in idle production lines. Sensor data was siloed and analyzed retrospectively rather than predictively.

The Entecra Architectural Solution

We designed a ruggedized MQTT edge network with embedded TensorFlow Lite models streaming anomaly alerts to a central 3D digital twin dashboard.

Architecture Blueprint & Implementation Phases

1

Edge Sensor Gateway Mesh

Installed containerized edge runtime on industrial gateways capturing high-frequency vibration and heat signatures.

2

On-Device Anomaly Detection

Deployed micro-ML models evaluating sensor deviations locally without requiring continuous cloud connectivity.

3

Real-Time 3D Digital Twin Hub

Rendered live WebGL factory floor status enabling maintenance engineers to target failing bearings before line stops.

Entecra turned our factory floors into intelligent, self-monitoring systems. The ROI was fully realized within the first 60 days of deployment.

Henrik Lindqvist
Head of Plant Engineering, Apex Automation

Architecture & Tech Stack

RustPythonTensorFlow LiteMQTTInfluxDBThree.jsAzure IoT Hub
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