Our solution

In many industries today, maintenance and performance studies for air-cooled heat exchangers still rely heavily on on-site inspections, leading to temporary and often incomplete datasets. This approach increases the risk of missing critical information, as it only captures a snapshot of the system’s condition at a specific point in time.
At Hexwise, we recognize that these gaps in data can result in delayed maintenance actions, inefficiencies, and suboptimal performance. That’s why our solution is built around two core pillars: Maintenance and Performance. By continuously monitoring key parameters in real time, we provide a complete and ongoing view of your air-cooled heat exchangers — empowering you to take proactive steps toward optimizing both reliability and performance.

In many industries, performance optimization of air-cooled heat exchangers is often limited by incomplete data and reliance on on-site inspections, which only capture snapshots of performance. This results in missed opportunities for improvement and the inability to fully understand how external factors, like weather conditions, impact efficiency.
At Hexwise, we provide continuous, real-time performance monitoring through our digital twin technology, enabling predictive optimization that improves both operational efficiency and business outcomes. Here’s how our approach stands apart:

• Weather-based performance prediction: By integrating real-time weather data, including wind speed, direction, and temperature, Hexwise predicts how environmental factors will affect heat exchanger performance. This allows operators to proactively adjust settings and optimize performance in anticipation of changing conditions, ensuring maximum cooling efficiency.
• Identifying performance inefficiencies: Hexwise continuously tracks performance-impacting factors such as hot-air recirculation, drive train inefficiencies, and fouling. Our system identifies these inefficiencies early, providing actionable recommendations to correct them before they cause significant losses in performance.
• Actionable insights with expected impact: Hexwise delivers precise, upfront recommendations to optimize performance, complete with estimated performance improvements. Examples of these insights include optimized cleaning schedules, belt-tensioning schedules, application of fogging systems to improve cooling efficiency, or strategic positioning of wind screens to prevent hot-air recirculation. Each recommendation is designed to maximize performance and ensure consistent, reliable operation.

By continuously monitoring real-time data and predicting both issues and performance trends, Hexwise empowers businesses to maximize operational efficiency, reduce energy costs, and boost production, all while preventing costly performance losses even during the most demanding summer seasons.

Traditional maintenance methods often rely on periodic inspections performed by maintenance personnel. These inspections, while useful, are time-consuming and frequently miss subtle signs of wear or potential failures, leading to reactive maintenance practices—where problems are only addressed after a breakdown occurs, resulting in unexpected downtime and high repair costs.

At Hexwise, we take a different approach. Our solution leverages continuous monitoring of your air-cooled heat exchangers, utilizing wireless, ATEX-certified vibration sensors to provide real-time data on equipment condition. This enables us to offer:

• Real-time condition monitoring: Our sensors provide constant insight into the operational health of your equipment, ensuring that even the most subtle signs of wear or inefficiency are detected.
• Proactive maintenance planning: With advanced daily FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) analyses and frequent monitoring of key performance indicators such as V-RMS (vibration root mean square), we can detect potential issues early. This allows us to plan maintenance activities proactively, minimizing downtime and preventing costly failures.
• Advanced data analysis: Our software continuously analyzes the collected data, generating detailed reports that provide well-informed maintenance recommendations. This helps you plan more efficiently and reduce unnecessary interventions.
• Continual improvement: As a venture capital-backed startup, we are committed to ongoing innovation. We actively work with our customers to further develop our solution, whether by integrating with existing systems like SCADA or developing custom dashboards tailored to your specific needs.

By shifting from reactive to proactive maintenance, Hexwise helps you maximize the uptime of your air-cooled heat exchangers, reduce repair costs, and ensure more reliable operations.