Arch Rock Corporation
Arch Rock's products and technology enable a wide-variety of sensor networking solutions that target a diverse set of industries. Because of the company's deep expertise at all levels of the technology stack, from microcontrollers and radios to web services, we are able to deliver innovative solutions that allow enterprises to quickly develop sensor applications that seamlessly integrate into an existing IT infrastructure. Arch Rock is initially targeting the following application areas. Environmental Monitoring
With energy costs on the rise and "green" mandates moving from discussion to public policy, companies are being forced to find better and more efficient ways to manage the environmental conditions around them. Wireless sensor networks provide a path to energy efficiency because they provide the ability to measure monitor places and things that were once impossible or impractical to instrument. With WSN technology from Arch Rock a data center operator can now know the exact temperature or humidity levels ANYWHERE in the room and then fine tune the energy consumption as needed. Arch Rock offers environmental monitoring solutions in the following areas:
- Automotive Field Testing
- Building Commissioning
- HVAC optimization
- Data Center Monitoring
- Cold chain monitoring
Industrial Automation
Global competition, health and safety regulations, process efficiency, these are just some of the issues facing today's plant operators and industrial organizations. Before you can optimize, you first have to have to measure. Wireless sensor networks offer insight and information from the previously inaccessible. The cost of instrumentation is dramatically reduced as there is no need to run wire or heavily instrument an area. Once deployed, solutions from Arch Rock can detect problems before they happen and prevent costly failures or outages. Furthermore, once instrumented, new information and data can be collected that can keep machinery running longer and without direct human intervention. Arch Rock offers industrial automation solutions in the following areas:
- Machine Monitoring
- Process Control
- Predictive Maintenance
- Regulatory Compliance
Location and Proximity
Today's enterprises need visibility across the entire supply-chain. Real-time data providing information on objects moving through the system as well as the condition of those objects help businesses streamline operations and provide better customer service. In turn, enterprises are able to cut costs, reduce inventories, improve productivity and ultimately respond faster to ever-changing business conditions. Moreover, armed with the ability to define business rules and automatically enforce them, companies can now define once and deploy many times over even in completely distinct environments. The benefits of an Arch Rock location and proximity solution include improved productivity, enforcement of operational rules, worker safety and reduced errors and increased inventory turns. Arch Rock offers location and proximity solutions in the following areas:
- Asset tracking and monitoring
- Worker safety
- Quality of service
- Hazardous material management
- Regulatory compliance
Action and Control
Once deployed, wireless sensor nodes are able to actuate and control in addition to sensing. This dual capability allows for a rich set of applications to be built on top of the existing network. Now that data can be captured and processed, logic can be imposed in the system to allow operating rules to be implemented and enforced. In a building lighting application, a single location can be lighted rather than an entire room saving money and resources in the process. Machine tolerances and operating standards can be combined to automate machine rooms and heavy equipment.
- Lighting control
- Machine automation
