In the framework of its predictive maintenance offering, ONEPROD part of the ACOEM group provides monitoring solutions that allow to avoid unexpected breakdowns in industrial production tools. Traditionally ONEPROD was using wired data acquisition systems. However they were costly and hard to install in harsh environments or explosive zones, like in the oil & gas and mining industry. To cover the distance to connect and power the monitoring equipment considerable lengths of cable are required especially in industrial spaces with difficult access. Developing a wireless data acquisition system became a key success factor in the ONEPROD strategy in order to avoid any cabling issue and to improve the safety of the staff in charge of portable measures.

Supported by the French National Research Agency (ANR) in the framework of the program for investments in the future, INRIA (the leading French research institute on ICT) drives the construction and installation of a research platform dedicated to the scientific community to test, simulate and develop around the future of Internet of Things (FIT). The FIT platform is composed of various subsystems among which a large-scale platform of smart objects: FIT IoT-LAB, managed by INRIA.