Rheality - Listen to your process!

Rheality - 聆听您的流程！

• 批准号: 50629
• 金额: $ 26.75万
• 依托单位: RHEALITY
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Study
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=50629
• 关键词: Rheality; Listen; your; process

The manufacture of a vast range of consumer products involve the flow of materials through pipelines, often in large volumes and at high speeds. Monitoring the state of the materials (rheology) during manufacture is critical to ensure product quality and consistency, but is currently difficult to perform in situ. In most cases, samples are taken every few hours and tested in a remote laboratory. Thus, a failed test requires disposal of material produced prior to the detected failure, and often leads to long delays in re-starting the manufacturing line, resulting in significant waste and environmental impact. **Rheality Ltd** have developed a system that can measure the state of materials whilst still in the pipeline, providing real-time information that should lead to reduced wastage and more efficient, and hence environmentally friendly, manufacturing. It is relatively simple and inexpensive to install but requires our proprietary software that uses machine learning and Big Data to interpret the signals and determine the rheological state, flow dynamics. The technology can also detect developing leaks or blockages before they become critical, which is critical for water supply systems. With low-cost components, simple installation and high value software, we expect our system to become the standard monitoring tool across a wide range of industries.To give an example of rheological issues relating to everyday life are for example paint or ketchup. When using paint we expect certain flow properties. When dunking the brush into the paint we expect it to stick to it and not to drip when lifting. When painting the wall we expect the paint to stick easily and evenly to the wall. When having ketchup we do not look for a product that is runny or will sit forever in the bottle. All these products may look simple, however, are sophisticated in the way how they are produced. And to ensure that these formulations behave the way we expect them to is subject to the science of **rheology - the study of flow and deformation of matter.**

大量消费品的制造涉及到材料通过管道的流动，通常是大批量和高速度的。在生产过程中监测材料的状态(流变性)对于确保产品质量和一致性至关重要，但目前很难在现场进行。在大多数情况下，每隔几个小时采集一次样本，并在远程实验室进行测试。因此，失败的测试需要处理在检测到的故障之前生产的材料，并且经常导致重新启动生产线的长时间延迟，从而导致严重的浪费和环境影响。**Rheality Ltd**开发了一种系统，可以在仍在生产过程中测量材料的状态，提供实时信息，从而减少浪费，提高生产效率，从而实现环保生产。它的安装相对简单且便宜，但需要我们的专有软件，该软件使用机器学习和大数据来解释信号并确定流变状态和流动动力学。这项技术还可以在泄漏或堵塞变得关键之前检测到正在形成的泄漏或堵塞，这对供水系统至关重要。凭借低成本的组件、简单的安装和高价值的软件，我们预计我们的系统将成为广泛行业的标准监测工具。举一个与日常生活有关的流变学问题的例子，例如油漆或番茄酱。当使用油漆时，我们需要某些流动特性。当把刷子浸入油漆中时，我们希望它能粘在上面，举起时不会滴水。在粉刷墙壁时，我们希望油漆容易而均匀地粘在墙上。当我们喝番茄酱时，我们不会寻找一种会流畅或永远留在瓶子里的产品。所有这些产品看起来可能很简单，但它们的生产方式却很复杂。并确保这些配方以我们预期的方式运行，这取决于**流变学--研究物质的流动和变形**。