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X Foam · Edge-vision instrument

Catch foam before it reaches the edge

X Foam watches the surface of a tank and measures how much of it is foam, how close that foam is to the lip, and which way it is heading. It runs on the tank and writes to a Modbus register. The camera measures; your PLC keeps every interlock and decides what to do.

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Overflow prevention

Coverage, edge distance, and trend, before the spill

An operator can tell a tank is about to foam over by looking at it. X Foam does the same read, continuously, and puts a number on it. It separates foam from water on the surface and reports coverage from 0 to 100 percent, how close the foam front is to the overflow lip, and whether it is rising or settling.

That moves overflow from something you react to into something you see coming. The instrument advises an antifoam dose; the PLC holds the interlock and decides whether to act. The camera measures, and your control system stays in charge of the tank.

40001 · What it measures

Four readings your PLC can act on

Each is written to a Modbus holding register, continuously, so the control system reads foam like any other level.

Surface coverage
Continuous 0 to 100 percent foam cover, frame by frame.
Edge proximity
How close the foam front is to the overflow lip.
Trend
Direction and rate: rising toward the edge, or settling back.
Advisory dose
A recommended antifoam action. The PLC keeps the interlock.

cam → edge → 40001 → plc

The camera measures; your PLC decides and actuates

  1. 1 cam · FIELD OF VIEW

    Camera

    A fixed camera looks down at the tank surface. Power and a network drop are all it needs.

  2. 2 edge · SEGMENTATION

    On-device inference

    A segmentation model separates foam from water on the device and measures the coverage, the edge distance, and the trend.

  3. 3 40001 · WRITE

    Modbus registers

    Coverage and its trend are written to Modbus TCP holding registers, continuously, with an advisory dose alongside.

  4. 4 plc · ACTUATE

    Your PLC / DCS

    The PLC reads the registers, keeps every interlock, and decides whether to dose. The foam settles back below the line.

No server. No cloud. No GPU rack.

Datasheet

What a controls engineer needs to scope it

Measures Foam surface coverage (0–100%), edge proximity, trend
Output Modbus TCP holding registers (4–20 mA optional)
Vision Neural segmentation; foam separated from water by colour and texture
Control Advisory only; the PLC keeps every interlock
Compute On-device at the edge, no cloud and no GPU rack
Network Power and a network drop; offline-capable, nothing leaves site
Mounting Self-contained camera, fixed over the tank
Relocation Moves between tanks in minutes; no routine maintenance

Running in the field

Watching tanks around the clock

X Foam runs at an Australian process plant, watching tanks around the clock. It reports coverage and trend to the control room and advises a dose while the PLC keeps the interlock. It moves from one tank to another in minutes, so a single instrument can cover the tank that needs it most.

Questions

Common questions

What does X Foam measure?
How much of a tank surface is foam, from 0 to 100 percent, how close that foam is to the overflow lip, and whether it is rising or settling. It writes those to Modbus registers continuously.
Does X Foam control the dosing pump?
No. It advises an antifoam dose and reports the numbers behind it. Your PLC keeps every interlock and decides whether to act. The camera measures; the control system actuates.
How does it tell foam from water?
A neural segmentation model separates foam from the water surface by colour and texture, then measures the area that is foam. Colour is the load-bearing signal here, where in froth analysis physical structure matters more.
Does it need cloud connectivity?
No. The model runs on the device, on-premises. X Foam is offline-capable and nothing leaves site.
Can one camera cover more than one tank?
The camera is self-contained and mounts in minutes, so it relocates from tank to tank easily. Each install covers the tank it is mounted over.

Put an instrument on your hardest measurement.

Tell us the surface you can only judge by eye. We will show you the register it becomes.

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