01
Process overview
The whole line on one screen, with each machine’s state and the readings that matter.
Elric WorksPowder processing · Milling and dryingFrom the plant down to the bearing.
A process and equipment intelligence platform for Hosokawa Micron: 3D equipment, live parameters, health scores, CIP/SIP monitoring and reports across milling and drying.
- Engagement
- Forward deployed delivery
- Platform
- Desktop application with a 3D equipment viewer
- Used by
- Plant operators and maintenance teams
Delivered by Suryanand Sunil, our founder, before he started Valnora & Elric. These projects became part of the company’s portfolio when he founded it.
The challengeWhy this
Why this
was hard.
Powder processing lines chain several machines together: feeders, mills, separators, dryers. A problem in one shows up as a symptom somewhere else.
Teams need to move quickly from a line-level view to a single machine and its live readings, without opening a different system for each step.
Plant to parameterFour levels, one click each.
Four levels, one click each.
No switching systems.
The platform mirrors how the plant is actually built, so anyone can go from the whole site to one machine’s bearing temperature in a few clicks.
- Level 1
Plant
- Site and shift
- Process overview
- Plant KPIs
- Level 2
Area
- Milling
- Drying
- Powder handling
- CIP / SIP
- Level 3
Equipment
- Hammer mill
- Vibrating feeder
- Bucket elevator
- Cyclone separator
- Product bin
- Level 4
Live parameters
- Motor speed and power
- Inlet and outlet temperature
- Differential pressure
- Vibration
- Product flow
- Bearing temperatures
What we builtThe product,
The product,
screen by screen.
02
Milling
Mill performance and conditions, tied to the 3D model of the equipment.
03
Dryer monitoring
Dryer operating states and trends across the shift.
04
CIP / SIP
Clean-in-place and sterilise-in-place cycles monitored step by step.
05
Powder handling
Material flow through feeders, elevators and separators.
06
Process reports
Reports by shift, batch and equipment for operations and maintenance.
What changed
Operators and maintenance work from one model of the plant, moving from line to machine to live parameter without leaving the platform.
Capabilities delivered
3D equipment viewerEquipment hierarchyLive parameters and KPIsEquipment health scoresCIP / SIP monitoringProcess reportsWork order shortcuts
How we worked · Forward deployed deliveryThe Elric method,
The Elric method,
on this engagement.
01 · Frame
The outcome and what "done" means, agreed in writing with the people who run the process.
02 · Ship
Released to real users early, in the plant, the field or the operations team.
03 · Measure
Live data and records in place from the first release, not added at the end.
04 · Hand over
Docs, runbooks and a working session, so the client team owns it.
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