Surface analytics for heavy industry
A self-contained camera watches the surface and writes the numbers to a Modbus register your PLC already polls. It mounts in minutes and runs on the device — nothing leaves the plant.
The variables that decide a process are the ones nobody could measure in real time.
We measure them, on the plant floor, and hand the number to the control system that already runs the plant.
40001 · Signal path
The same path for every instrument: a camera on the process, the number computed on the device, written to a register your PLC already reads.
A fixed camera watches the surface your operators watch by eye — the froth in a cell, the foam on a tank.
The surface is measured on the device, at the plant — computer vision and machine-learning models running at the edge. Nothing is sent off site.
The measurements are written to Modbus TCP holding registers — over a dozen physical characteristics: size, coverage, velocity, texture, depth, state.
cov % → 40001
The control system reads another register and decides what to do. It behaves like a level transmitter.
No server. No cloud. No GPU rack.
Products
One camera-to-register path, running on three surfaces: flotation froth, process foam, and trade-waste discharge.
Edge-vision instrument
Continuous froth analysis for flotation control.
Measures over a dozen physical froth characteristics — bubble-size distribution, velocity, stability, texture, depth — plus process state, written straight to holding registers. Colour is only one input, so it holds on low-contrast grey scheelite froth where colour-only systems slip.
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Vision-based foam intelligence for process control.
Segments foam from the water surface by colour, then reports continuous 0–100% coverage, edge-proximity and trend for overflow prevention, plus advisory dosing. The camera measures; your PLC decides and actuates.
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Trade-waste compliance and billing you can defend.
Replaces the spreadsheet. Catches breaches at entry, not month-end. Reconciles the utility invoice against an independent estimate, and signs a monthly PDF.
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The instrument is a fixed camera and an edge computer. The output is a register. Everything a controls engineer needs to scope a retrofit.
| Measures | Physical surface characteristics — size, coverage, velocity, texture, stability, depth — plus process state |
|---|---|
| Output | Modbus TCP holding registers (4–20 mA optional) |
| Update rate | Continuous, frame by frame |
| Compute | On-device at the edge — no cloud, no GPU rack |
| Network | Power and a network drop — offline-capable, nothing leaves site |
| Mounting | Self-contained camera, fixed over the launder or tank |
| Install | Minutes to mount, hours to commission — no process shutdown |
| Maintenance | None in normal operation; moves to another cell or tank easily |
| The PLC sees | Another register — it behaves like a level transmitter |
Proof
Mineral flotation
A scheelite flotation circuit in continuous operation.
Process water
An Australian process plant, running in continuous operation.
Each instrument behaves like a level transmitter your PLC already knows how to read.
Why it's different
Scheelite froth is a washed-out grey with little colour to grip. X Float measures the froth's physical structure instead — bubble-size distribution, velocity, stability, texture and stereo depth, over a dozen characteristics in all. Colour is only one of them, so it holds where colour-dependent systems lose the signal.
A self-contained camera that needs only power and a network drop. It goes up in minutes over the launder or tank, needs no routine maintenance, and moves to another cell as easily as it went in — no fixed sampling rig, no shutdown, no cloud account.
It reports a number and stops there. Your control system keeps every decision and every interlock.
Critical minerals are a national priority, and flotation is where recovery is won or lost.
Patent-pending instrumentation, built and running in Australia.
Instruments on live circuits today, feeding real control rooms.
Tell us the surface you can only judge by eye. We will show you the register it becomes.