Initial focus · Discrete manufacturing
For plants where one pump can stop a line.
Machining, metal fabrication, plastics moulding, component supply and packaging lines run on motors, pumps, fans, compressors and conveyors. PHL AI is designed first for the teams who keep them running.
- Plants
- One to three sites, mid-sized
- Assets
- Roughly 20–400 critical rotating assets
- Users
- Reliability, maintenance, industrial engineering
- Data
- PLC tags, historian exports, CMMS history
- Boundary
- Read-only; outbound-only gateway
01Typical equipment and data
What a first deployment covers.
Rotating equipment
Asset templates for induction motors, centrifugal pumps, fans, compressors, belt conveyors and packaging machines, each with expected signals.
Typical signals
Vibration velocity RMS (mm/s), bearing and winding temperature (°C), pressure (bar), flow (L/min), current (A), power (kW), rate (units/h).
Typical sources
Historian exports (CSV) today; PLC tags through an OPC UA server and a gateway; existing MQTT brokers through a bridge.
Maintenance history
CMMS work history imported as CSV onto each asset’s timeline.
02Example workflow
A shift on the demo cell.
Four fictional assets in Cell 3 — motor, conveyor, coolant pump, case packer — with illustrative readings.
PMP-001 Coolant pump
Centrifugal pump · Criticality A · Live (demo) · 14:20
Vibration
4.9 mm/s
Bearing temp
71 °C
Pressure
3.6 bar
Flow
182 L/min
Current
14.8 A
Power
4.60 kW
Recent events
- 2026-10-14 10:50 AL-0010 openedBearing temp > 70 °C for 30 min
- 2026-10-14 05:00 AL-0007 openedVibration > 4.5 mm/s for 10 min
- 2026-10-09 12:40 Twin v3 publishedBearing temperature attention rule (70 °C, 30 min) added.
- 2026-10-06 12:00 Gateway buffer gapNo readings 2026-10-06 10:00–12:00. Interval excluded from analysis.
- 2026-09-28 05:00 Gateway buffer gapNo readings 2026-09-28 02:00–05:00. Interval excluded from analysis.
Related equipment
- coolsSupplies coolant to the machining station upstream of CNV-001
03How a pilot runs
One cell, a few weeks, agreed measures.
Choose a cell
Pick 5–30 critical assets where unplanned stops are costly.
Start from exports
Import an asset list and historian export; no installation on the plant network.
Configure twins and rules
Map signals, enter limits with their sources, publish twin versions.
Connect a gateway (optional)
After your OT team approves it, add live readings through an outbound-only gateway.
Measure
Agree pilot metrics up front, such as time from first breach to review. No outcomes are promised.
Not yet in scope
Process industries with DCS control, hazardous areas or regulated safety systems need adapters and a safety-review programme that do not exist yet. Planned
Bring your industrial systems into clearer view.
Start with a focused equipment workflow and expand toward connected digital twins and industrial simulation as your requirements evolve.
Illustrative demo · no signup · not connected to equipment