A self-cleaning silo monitoring IoT offering from Taoglas and LvLogics for farmers, wood-pellet and biomass users has been selected as one of the finalists in the Best Mobile Innovation for Connected Economy category at the prestigious 2021 Global Mobile (Glomo) Awards.

To be selected as a finalist for a Glomo Award is one of the highest accolades in the entire digital industry and the award winners will be announced during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on 30 June.

“Taoglas is honoured to be a finalist for one of the industry’s most influential awards,” said Ronan Quinlan, co-CEO of Taoglas. “The Glomo Awards showcase and celebrate the latest and greatest in mobile and digital industry, so we are thrilled that the Taoglas and LvLogics silo monitoring IoT solution has been recognised among some of the leading tech companies in the world.”

As technology continues to fuse the boundaries between physical and digital, the award seeks to recognise the brands that are winning in creating services that are at the forefront of this digital shift.

Taoglas partnered with LvLogics to provide a self-cleaning silo monitoring IoT offering for farmers, wood-pellet and biomass users. Taoglas is providing critical IoT infrastructure and technologies to enable the LvLogics monitoring service, which provides accurate and reliable silo levels as-a-service to farmers, distributors and manufacturers of animal feeds, wood-pellets or any solids or semi-solids.

The patented offering enables low-cost sensors to be used in dusty environments and solves the problems of work-force safety, constant maintenance, manual workflows and unreliability due to dust in an aggressive environment.

Each silo monitoring user has secure access to a platform that presents the data in an easy-to-understand format. Using the Taoglas Edge IoT hardware enables a cost-effective short and long range wireless platform for IoT. Combined with Taoglas Insights, this provides a scalable end-to-end service for easy control, maintenance and secure management of many different connected devices, systems, instruments and appliances. The innovation uses a smart sensor in the silo that continuously measures the amount of stock remaining in the bin. Users can view the measurement from any device or receive an email alert when the level reaches a set threshold.

Additionally, the sensor contains a self- cleaning mechanism with no moving parts which, combined with the Taoglas Edge IoT platform, allows for years of maintenance-free service and provides real-time automation and insights.

“LvLogics is delighted to be shortlisted in the Best Mobile Innovation for Connected Economy category for the 2021 Glomo Awards,” said Barry Finnegan, CEO of LvLogics. “The Glomos set the benchmark for rigorous, independent and expert judging so being shortlisted for this award further validates LvLogics and Taoglas’ ability to provide our customers with instant IoT silo monitoring for greater efficiency, cost savings, safety and sustainability.”