Revolutionizing mineral processing reliability with IIoT predictive maintenance

How ByteNana engineered the WiseTec system — a robust sensor-to-cloud solution boosting production uptime for global mining clients.

Industry

Industrial Mining & IoT

Project type

Firmware & IoT ecosystem

Key tech

ESP32 · C++ · Angular · ThingsBoard

Outcome

Predictive maintenance & OTA enabled

Reliability in a harsh environment

Multotec needed to enhance mineral-processing reliability for their global clients. Traditional methods lacked real-time visibility into equipment health, leading to reactive repairs and costly production downtime in unforgiving mining environments. They required an intelligent, rugged solution capable of delivering predictive insights from the edge to the cloud.

Reactive maintenance — equipment fault alert Predictive maintenance — healthy, operational equipment

An end-to-end IIoT ecosystem

ByteNana engineered a complete ecosystem, from modular firmware at the edge to advanced telemetry in the cloud — using modular C++/FreeRTOS on ESP32 smart sensors to guarantee robust performance under constraint.

1

Smart Sensor

ESP32 · C++ / FreeRTOS

2

Secure Gateway

Hardened telemetry uplink

3

ThingsBoard Backend

Ingest & normalize streams

4

Angular Dashboard

Real-time visualization & OTA

The WiseTec dashboard

Real-time process analysis built on ThingsBoard — live equipment health, vibration signatures, and cyclone-level SCADA telemetry across global sites.

What we built

Intelligent edge firmware

Modular C++/FreeRTOS firmware optimized for ESP32, enabling real-time decision-making directly at the sensor level.

Robust OTA updates

Future-proofed the whole system with remote, secure updates for both the hardware firmware and the Angular front-end.

Advanced telemetry normalization

A ThingsBoard backend ingests, normalizes, and manages massive streams of complex industrial sensor data.

Predictive insights dashboard

A custom Angular front-end delivering real-time visualization and actionable alerts to boost production efficiency.

Boosting global production uptime

The WiseTec system successfully transitioned Multotec's clients from reactive repairs to proactive, predictive maintenance. By delivering real-time insights and robust device management, the solution directly increased efficiency and reduced costly operational downtime across global mining sites.

The stack behind WiseTec

C++, FreeRTOS & ESP32

High-performance data processing directly on the hardware — where raw industrial signals are captured and refined.

ThingsBoard

Normalizes telemetry and manages device fleets — the intelligent middleman ensuring data integrity and security between the mine and the cloud.

Angular

Delivers the final visualization and interactive dashboards — turning complex data into actionable insights for the end-user.

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