Case Study
How Unix Edge Collects Performance Data to Keep Chemical Plants and Refineries Humming
Unix Edge, based in Houston, Texas and led by President Frank Inselbuc, designs, builds, and operates managed solutions combining cloud platforms and edge devices to deliver real-time, actionable insights for chemical plants and refineries. Their customized, cost-effective devices—built from off-the-shelf components—collect data from diverse sensors including GPS, temperature, pressure, humidity, hall effect, proximity, and analog gauges. InfluxDB powers performance data collection at scale, enabling instant ingestion of industrial telemetry, predictive maintenance dashboards, anomaly detection, and seamless scalability across global facilities—keeping operations humming with uninterrupted reliability.
