When everything stays calm, DAPONA.com stays calm. But only then …
If irregularities occur in animal husbandry, DAPONA triggers warnings at the first deviations. No matter whether it is a fire hazard, failure of the stable ventilation, water ingress or even unauthorized visitors. Also as a call to the cell phone.
“Now I always know that everything is right with the barn temperature and breathing air quality, and I’m automatically notified long before anything would happen. A really reassuring feeling…”
Arnold Schlaak, Shareholder Farm community Heggelbach GbR
When fire must be extinguished,
it is actually already too late.
Suffocation or burning alive: inconceivable animal suffering that could easily be prevented …
“Every year, tens of thousands of animals die an agonizing death in fires in German stables-and the numbers are rising. On average, there were over eight so-called damaging events per day in 2022. In addition, there were at least four cases of ventilation failure, resulting in the deaths of over 30,000 animals.”
And this, despite increasingly far-reaching regulations and modern systems for fire protection.
Stefan Stein and his “barn fires” team collect data and document these terrible incidents.
One of the main causes is the system: fire alarm systems are actually not mandatory in animal husbandry. That’s why there usually aren’t any. But even if there were: they don’t really protect against fires starting. Smoke detectors report smoke and fire detectors report fires. So if there is smoke or a fire, they usually alert the fire department directly, with the aim of putting an end to fires that have already broken out as quickly as possible. However, by then it is usually already too late.
Avoid instead of extinguish, and report ventilation failures immediately: DAPONA reverses the principle and monitors normal operation 24 hours a day. No matter whether it’s fire, breathing air, water or electricity.
With DAPONA.com, the operator has real-time insight into the current condition in the barn at all times and is alerted at the first deviations, long before any damage occurs.
Autonomously operating sensors send their measured values to the digital IIoT platform DAPONA around the clock. DAPONA records the progressions in real time and alerts at the first deviations. For example, if the temperature starts to rise abnormally or the barn ventilation fails, DAPONA triggers an alarm. As SMS message and as voice call. And if no one responds, the next call is made to the next stored phone number. Multi-level, according to freely definable rules.
Whether fire risk, barn ventilation failure, breathing air quality or water ingress: Data-driven approach of the IIoT platform DAPONA.com logs and triggers alarms before damage occurs. Regardless of the type and location of the damage risk.
In Germany alone, thousands of animals still fall victim to fires every year. Despite increasingly far-reaching regulations and modern systems for fire protection.
One of the main causes lies in the system: Common fire alarm systems do not really protect against fires. Smoke detectors do report smoke, and fire detectors do report fires. So they alarm when there is smoke or already a fire with the aim of putting an end to fires that have broken out as quickly as possible. However, by then it is usually already too late.
Most of the types of damage, however, provide a history. Only rarely is it the lightning strike that immediately leads to a fire. Most of the fires are caused by electrical equipment. There battery at the charger becomes slowly warmer, before it burns. A defective bearing on the electric motor of the milking system shows creeping deviations in temperature long before it overheats. If these indicators were also used for monitoring, many fires could be prevented before they even break out.
Not only reducing the risk of fire: also monitoring the quality of the air breathed and the failure of the barn ventilation system
Damage can be effectively prevented if it is detected and stopped before it starts. The Swiss startup DAPONA AG has made this truism its principle: With its open digital Industry 4.0 platform DAPONA.com, use cases for damage prevention can be set up in real time. Without programming, without a plant, without an app, without network access or power supply. DAPONA monitors all points around the clock, records, displays and triggers alarms at the first deviations. By e-mail, SMS, or call also to the cell phone. And all this at low cost. Whether it’s temperature, CO, humidity, volume or water ingress.
“Our platform was built to allow users to set up their own use cases, geared to their individual benefit,” says Thilo Heffner, managing director of Efficiency Systems, a partner of DAPONA AG.
And if late phases of a damage development should also be monitored, we can offer, for example, smoke detectors that monitor themselves and also alert the fire department without having to pay for expensive maintenance every 2 years.
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