Application cases

Inventory monitoring scenarios for industrial solids and liquids.

These scenario pages help engineering, procurement, and operations teams evaluate where measurement automation can reduce manual work, material shortage, safety exposure, and inventory uncertainty.

Collage-style industrial scene of Volivue application cases across cement, yards, and tank farms
Three storage families, one evaluation path from drawings to dashboard.
Cement and building materials

Silos, powder warehouses, and dispatch planning

Cement silo group with Volivue radar level and patch-mount weighing in operation
Silos, powder warehouses, and dispatch planning on live data.
  1. 01

    Typical pain

    Unstable manual readings, dust exposure, delayed replenishment, and poor visibility between production, warehouse, and dispatch.

  2. 02

    Recommended architecture

    80GHz radar or patch-mount silo weighing connected to a unified inventory dashboard and PLC/ERP interface.

  3. 03

    Business value

    Reduce emergency purchasing, improve delivery planning, and reduce climbing or roof-access measurement risk.

Typical deliverables

A typical cement plant rollout covers patch-mount weighing on supported powder silos, 80GHz radar on sealed cement and fly ash silos, signal wiring or wireless gateways, and a commissioning report with per-silo calibration records.

Representative targets

Sites typically aim for stable usable inventory accuracy on weighed silos, continuous level trend on radar silos, and a single dashboard covering every storage point across the plant.

Selection guidance

Start from silo drawings: leg count and structure decide the weighing fit, silo height and dust load decide the radar model, and the integration target (PLC, SCADA, ERP) decides the outputs.

Coal, ore, and aggregate yards

Stockpile volume and yard safety

Coal and ore yard with Volivue LiDAR stockpile measurement during loader operation
Volume and yard safety measured while machines keep working.
  1. 01

    Typical pain

    Irregular pile shapes, uncertain volume, risky manual measurement, and mismatch between ERP stock and physical material.

  2. 02

    Recommended architecture

    3D LiDAR scanning with fixed or project-defined scanning points, volume calculation, and dispatch reconciliation.

  3. 03

    Business value

    Improve inventory confidence, support audit trails, reduce manual exposure, and detect abnormal stock movement earlier.

Typical deliverables

A stockpile project usually includes fixed 3D LiDAR scanners over sheds or yards, mounting masts or roof brackets, volume computation software, and scheduled reports that reconcile measured volume against ERP book inventory.

Representative targets

Typical goals are repeatable volume measurement on scanned piles, automated daily or per-shift stocktakes, and elimination of manual survey climbs on active piles.

Selection guidance

Scanner count follows yard geometry: shed span, pile height, and occlusion decide placement; reporting cadence and bulk density assumptions decide how volume converts to tonnes.

Chemicals, water, and process liquids

Reliable tank level and alarm visibility

Chemical and water tanks with Volivue level instruments and alarm beacon
Tank level and alarm visibility for chemicals, water, and process liquids.
  1. 01

    Typical pain

    Overflow risk, pump dry-run risk, unreadable gauges, vapor/foam challenges, and slow alarm response.

  2. 02

    Recommended architecture

    Ultrasonic or radar liquid level instruments with alarm thresholds and PLC/SCADA integration.

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    Business value

    Reduce spill risk, improve chemical consumption planning, and standardize tank data for operators and managers.

Typical deliverables

A tank farm package typically covers non-contact radar or ultrasonic instruments per tank, Ex-rated variants where classified zones require them, 4-20mA/HART or Modbus integration, and alarm thresholds agreed with operations.

Representative targets

Sites typically target fine liquid level resolution, stable readings through vapor and foam, and high/low alarms wired into existing pump or PLC control.

Selection guidance

Match the instrument to the medium: vapor, foam, corrosivity, pressure, and temperature decide radar versus ultrasonic; control needs decide outputs and relay options.

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Each scenario page covers the site problem, the Volivue approach, planning parameters, deployment path, and a scenario-specific checklist.

Build the case around your material, site layout, and risk profile.

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