Nanolike develops new digitized silo fill level monitoring solution. The aim of the platform is to simplify order and inventory management processes of poultry, cattle, and pig farmers and to enhance the supply chain processes of the animal feed suppliers and producers who replenish silos.
This reduces the environmental impact and reduces costs as it allows routine enhancement. What makes the digitized silo fill level monitoring solution stand out is the highly effective cloud connectivity and sensor technology which make use of the Sigfox 0G wireless network.
It does not require any maintenance for many years, the solution does not need a data line or an external power supply which saves costs and ensures that the digitization investment is amortized fast. This makes Nanolike technology highly disruptive as it can replace any alternative sensor technology used in replenishment management.
Those who use the solution are in all sub-sectors of livestock farming, from cattle rearing, poultry, and pig to egg production and dairy production, and fish farming. However, the solution isn’t just for livestock farmers and agricultural cooperatives in their roles as silo operators, it also targets manufacturers of silos who aspire to include technology in their portfolio, feed producers, and suppliers who aim to provide their customers automatic replenishment vendor managed inventory (VMI) or related solutions as part of their digitization strategies.
The Nanosensors are mounted to the exterior base of the silo and give users all-day access to information on demand forecast and fill levels in real-time. The digital solution makes it easy to monitor silo fill levels and reduces users’ workload as they no longer have to climb the top of silos to check for fill levels.
Instead, they can do all the inventory management tasks from their office within a shorter time. An early warning alert system alerts the silo operator on any potential challenges that help prevent feed shortages.
The mobile application also helps silo operators to choose place orders directly from their smartphones. This helps simplify communication between livestock farmers and suppliers. It makes it possible to enhance the supply to distributed silos at a higher level, leading to general savings in transport logistics which enhances long-time CO2 balance.
The digitized fill level monitoring solution from Nanolike is extremely easy to implement, as it is self-calibrating, does not require active calibration, and filters out undesirable environmental influences. Before filling a silo, the user sets the sensor to zero via the mobile phone app and manually enters the fill load once in the software. From thereon, the changing fill level is calculated in the cloud, based on a comparison of sensor data recorded before and after filling.
The solution is extremely scalable and can be extended from a simple cloud app for a batch size of one to fleets with thousands of silos. For the latter, Nanolike also offers a convenient data interface for the connection of external IT solutions.
The digitized fill level monitoring solution from Nanolike is available for order now from batch size 1. Larger-scale silo operators and their suppliers may request a free demo installation. Cooperatives, animal feed producers, and suppliers of silo technology are also invited to get in touch to evaluate the potential for developing collaborative solutions to digitize their fill level sensor technology.
