Lately, well-crafted connected devices with wireless sensors and reliable, low-cost compute hardware have been revolutionising many “unconnected” industries, services, and applications. One such industry and service is the delivery of pre-mixed concrete.

A Canadian customer of ours called Giatec recently launched a unique and very clever product called MixPilot. MixPilot gets mounted to concrete delivery trucks and, through the use of sensors and algorithms, can monitor various aspects of concrete being delivered, including a property known as its slump. This is done to ensure the quality of the concrete and give the fleet operators more visibility into the trucks and their payload, as well as bringing other new operational benefits. Part of their product’s charm is that it’s easy to install on the truck: it’s “set and forget”, meaning it doesn’t require much maintenance.

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