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management platform developed to deliver advanced analytics. The system provides historic, real-time, predictive and cognitive analytics, allowing users to rectify potential issues before they happen. This can help provide tangible benefits to a business’ bottom line, with


real-time monitoring, alarms and warnings to reduce the risk of downtime. The browser-based system means remote sites can be easily monitored, and compressor performance can be optimised with machine parameters and trend analysis over time. iConn’s cloud-based services also allow users to view real-time analytics


or access data through open APIs. Subject to the service agreement in place, there is also the option for


Gardner Denver to access the information to help businesses make informed decisions around optimising compressed air usage and maintenance schedules. Put simply, iConn is an IoT enabler. It may not instantly save users


money or automatically improver their operational efficiencies – this will take time, and trust across the supply chain has a key role to play here. But the results? Since its launch at the beginning of 2018, iConn now has over 12,000 connected machines – from any brand, and either deployed with new units or through retrofit technology. In order for compressed air users to seize the opportunities available


to them to reduce costs, improve usage and identify any potential issues fast, it is critical that the industry overcomes closed, proprietary systems. But the full potential of the IoT and data analytics will not be truly realised until trust around data is established.


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