Smart manufacturing with MQTT: OEE, predictive maintenance, energy monitoring and real-time production data flowing through a managed MQTT broker.
You do not need an enterprise budget to run a data-driven plant. This roadmap shows small and mid-sized manufacturers how to start with a few sensors, a free managed MQTT broker and open-source tools, then grow in steps.
Use spindle power and vibration published over MQTT to build a per-tool wear index, compare every cut with the fresh-tool baseline and change tools based on condition instead of a fixed part count.
Too many alarms are as dangerous as too few. Learn why alarm floods happen, how ISA-18.2 structures alarm management, how to prioritize and how to publish clean alarm events over MQTT.
Learn how connected machines, an MQTT data backbone and a clear topic namespace turn a traditional plant into a data-driven one, with a step-by-step roadmap and working Python examples.
Leaks run around the clock, even when the plant is idle. Learn how to quantify them with flow and pressure sensors, MQTT telemetry and an off-shift baseline that turns a hidden cost into a tracked number.
Unexplained drive trips, hot transformers and power factor penalties all trace back to power quality. Learn what to measure, how analyzers report it and how to stream summaries and events over MQTT.
Clip a CT clamp around a motor lead, measure RMS current with an ESP32, publish it over MQTT and use a small Python service to detect overloads, frequent starts and drift away from normal load.
Learn the MTBF and MTTR formulas, work through a full example, avoid the common definition traps and calculate both metrics automatically from failure and repair events published over MQTT.
Design the events, topics and database for a manufacturing traceability system: serial numbers, component genealogy, process parameters and station results flow over MQTT into a database you can query in minutes.
OEE, MTBF, first pass yield, energy per unit and more: a practical list of 15 smart factory KPIs with formulas, the raw machine data each requires and how to compute them live from MQTT events.
Create an account, get your broker credentials and connect your first device — no servers to install, patch or scale.
