HELIN
Edge partnership · Hardware-independent edge software
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Asset intelligence at the edge on any hardware.

Most edge analytics come bundled with a specific box. This partnership decouples the two. Helin provides the vendor-neutral edge software stack; UReason’s asset apps run on top of it — so you get high-frequency data processed at the source and asset health delivered to your systems, on whatever edge hardware you choose.

The architecture
Insight up, not raw data
Sensors & processHigh-frequency dataVibration, electrical, fast process signals — at full fidelity.
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Helin edge stack · your hardwareUReason asset apps at the edgeRunning close to the asset, processing fast data in real time.
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Out toControl layer & cloudHealth status · alerts · prioritised actions · soft-sensor values.
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Enterprise / fleetFleet view, history, model managementOptional — sent as insight rather than raw data.
Why run analytics at the edge

The most revealing signals are high-frequency. They shouldn’t have to travel.

Streaming vibration, acoustic emission and fast electrical data to the cloud is expensive, slow, and often impossible where connectivity is limited. And when analytics live remotely, there’s latency between detecting a problem and doing anything about it.

01

Process fast data at the source

Capture and analyse vibration, acoustic and fast electrical signals at full fidelity, without shipping raw data off site.

02

Act with low latency

Detection and response happen next to the asset, not a round-trip away.

03

Send insight, not raw data

Transmit results, not gigabytes of samples, to reduce bandwidth use and cloud costs.

04

Keep running when the link drops

Edge deployment continues to monitor and protect the asset offline.

05

Keep data on site

Sensitive operational data stays within the plant boundary.

What Helin brings

The hardware-independent edge software stack.

The software foundation that makes near-asset analytics deployable anywhere, without committing to a hardware vendor.

Agnostic

Hardware-agnostic by design

Runs on a wide range of industrial edge hardware, IPCs and gateways — no lock-in to a single controller or box.

Acquire

Edge data acquisition and processing

Collect, normalise and process operational data at the source, at high frequency, ready for the apps on top.

Orchestrate

Edge orchestration and fleet management

Deploy, run, update and monitor edge nodes across many assets and sites from one place.

Resilient

Resilient connectivity

Local processing and store-and-forward, so nothing is lost when links are intermittent.

Integrate

Edge-to-cloud and OT/IT integration

Concise results into control systems and cloud/analytics through OPC UA, MQTT, Modbus and more.

The point
UReason’s software runs as a portable, first-class workload on the edge stack — the same apps, wherever the hardware happens to be.
Hardware freedom

One stack. Any box. Whole fleet.

You choose the hardware. Helin runs the edge. UReason provides the intelligence.

01Use the hardware you already have. Deploy UReason on existing edge devices, IPCs or gateways rather than buying into a new hardware line.
02Standardise across a mixed fleet. One consistent software and analytics layer, even when different sites use different hardware.
03Avoid lock-in and future-proof. Swap or upgrade hardware over time without re-engineering the analytics that run on it.
04Scale site by site. Roll the same UReason apps out across assets and locations with a repeatable, hardware-neutral deployment.
What UReason brings

Equipment-specific asset apps, packaged to run at the edge.

Applications that turn operational data into a prioritised, explainable picture of asset health — per equipment class.

Pumps

Centrifugal pumps

Abnormal operating behaviour, degradation and developing failures.

Motors

Motors / VFDs

Electrical and mechanical degradation and abnormal operating patterns.

Gearboxes

Gearboxes

Developing mechanical degradation and intervention priority.

Valves

Control valves

Stiction, performance degradation and abnormal valve behaviour.

Exchangers

Heat exchangers

Deteriorating performance and conditions requiring investigation or cleaning.

Compressors

Compressors

Efficiency loss, fouling and developing mechanical degradation.

Filters

Filters

Differential pressure and blinding, to time changeouts and cleaning.

Mixers

Mixers / agitators

Abnormal loading, seal and drive-train degradation.

Across all of them: condition monitoring, failure-mechanism insight, prediction, cross-equipment prioritisation, a clear recommended action and full explainability — plus soft sensors that infer measurements you don’t physically have.

Closing the loop

Into the control layer and the cloud — not a separate dashboard.

Running on Helin’s stack, the intelligence moves into the systems that run and oversee the plant.

InControl and process data flow into the apps, at high frequency, on site.
Control roomAsset health where operators watch — condition, health scores and alerts on the screens they already use.
LogicDrive operational logic — prioritised alerts and status feed alarms, permissives and operator workflows.
SignalsPublish soft-sensor values as live signals — virtual measurements delivered as if they came from a real transmitter.
EnterpriseAggregate to the enterprise — stream concise results to cloud/analytics for fleet-wide visibility, without moving raw high-frequency data.
OutHealth, predictions and soft-sensor values flow out to the systems that run the plant. Bidirectional, by design.
Soft sensors, computed at the edge

At the edge, a soft sensor becomes a live process signal.

Because the apps run locally with access to high-frequency data, UReason generates model-based virtual measurements in real time and publishes them onward.

Measure the unmeasured

Values you never instrumented

Infer values that aren’t directly instrumented, extending coverage without adding hardware.

Result

Efficiencies, internal conditions and derived variables, available as signals.

Validate real instruments

A virtual twin for every transmitter

Cross-check a physical measurement against its virtual twin to catch drift, fouling or miscalibration early.

Result

Instrument problems found before they corrupt control or analytics.

Keep monitoring continuous

No blind spots during maintenance

Maintain an estimated value when an instrument is offline or under maintenance.

Result

Equipment monitoring never goes dark.

Deployment that fits your plant

Choose edge-only, hybrid or brownfield deployment.

Any hardware

Existing or preferred

Run on your own edge devices, with no vendor lock-in.

Edge-only

Sites with limits

Limited connectivity, data-residency requirements, latency-critical assets.

Edge + cloud

Hybrid

Analyse locally, aggregate centrally for fleet-wide visibility.

Distributed

Remote-ready

Spread-out or connectivity-constrained assets, with local processing and store-and-forward.

Brownfield

Existing signals, existing hardware

Without re-architecting the control system.

The promise

Put UReason’s asset intelligence where your equipment is,
on any hardware you like.

Helin provides the vendor-neutral edge software. UReason provides the predictive asset apps that run on it. Together they turn high-frequency equipment data into real-time, actionable intelligence — right at the asset, on your choice of hardware, and back into the systems that run your plant.

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