RETROFITIncubatorConnect IoT
Laboratory and biological incubators
The situation
An incubator is opened constantly and recovers on its own each time. What matters is not the dip at the moment of opening, but whether the chamber returns to setpoint afterwards, and how that recovery time drifts over weeks as a door seal ages or a heating element degrades.
What the AI does
Set-point drift and door-opening impact
What we measure
Chamber temperature, door state, ambient temperature, and where the equipment exposes them through its existing output, CO2 concentration and humidity. Recovery time after each opening is derived from the readings rather than measured directly.
What the system does not do
The system reports the physical conditions inside the chamber. It says nothing about the cultures themselves and does not replace the laboratory own quality procedures.
The retrofit chain
SENSORS → IoT → CLOUD → AI
External probes and existing signal outputs are read without altering the machine's own electronics. An industrial gateway forwards the readings; the platform stores, analyses and reports.
Signals and protocols we read
If your equipment exposes one of these, no internal modification is normally required.
The platform is live
This programme runs on the same application as FridgeConnect — one sign-in, one screen, whatever equipment you monitor. Thresholds are held per equipment profile and adjusted to the range concerned.
Sign-in is reserved to registered sites.
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Open the platformThe user manual for the people who will check the equipment: read it here (PDF, 6 pages). It states what the platform records — and what it deliberately leaves to a person.
Is your machine a candidate?
Feasibility depends on the model, the available outputs and the site itself. Send us the details and we will assess it.
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