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Pure web technology is changing the world of control technology. Gone are the days of maintenance-intensive workplace installations with limited operating comfort and ongoing incompatibilities between products or operating systems.

Pure web technology Where FlowChief goes ahead

FlowChief is completely designed in pure web technology and, from the very beginning, developed to be applied in the web browser. No matter if control desk, office workstation, mobile notebook, tablet or smartphone, you connect without further installation with your application in the intranet, via the private cloud or securely via the internet. Your FlowChief system is accessible from anywhere in the world and is not limited to visualization. For us, 100 per cent web means full functionality in visualization, in graphs, alerting management, dashboard, reports and also in engineering.

Where FlowChief goes ahead
 

Platform and device-independent

The web browser serves as a workstation – it is available on every operating system and device type. From Windows to Android and from server to Smartphone.
 

Location independent

Operate and analyze your application always and everywhere. Whether on single-user solutions, in the intranet, in the private cloud or securely via the Internet.
 

Secure

State-of-the-art security for your plant and data thanks to 2-factor authentication and certificate-based TLS encryption.
 

No Plugins

Freedom from Java, Silverlight, Active-X or Flash and thus from security gaps, incompatibilities and complex updates.
 

Powerful

Continuous zooming without pixelation, fast loading times due to minimal image sizes thanks to SVG vector graphics, (standardized according to Word Wide Web Consortium W3C).
 

Future and investment safe

Thanks to billions of web technologies – the Word Wide Web will never go bankrupt.
 

Free choice of browser

Work in your familiar environment – your preferred browser. Firefox, Google, Safari, Opera or Edge.
 

Responsive Design

Optimized display for the control room, operator panel, smartphone or tablet PC, adapted to the device size.
 

Innovative operating concepts

Use browser- and device-supported multitouch and gesture control on touch-enabled devices such as panels or smartphones.
 

Ready for Cloud

Your application containing a monthly fee and no hardware required, as a service from the private cloud. HTML5 makes it possible.

An important part of Industry 4.0

Web-native systems not only ensure maximum user liberty in the here and now but also ensure the future security of your system and thus of your company: Consistent standards in the presentation form the basis for the networking of devices and systems, information is made available to an unlimited circle of addressees without great effort. This is the elementary topic on the way to Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things. Anyone who wants to create security in energy management and in working with process control systems for the next few years cannot avoid a web-natively developed system like ours.

FlowChief as
Cloud computing solution

Technologies like W3C’s HTML5 technology make it virtually unnecessary for your business to deploy dedicated servers in specially designed computing rooms. With the freedom to access the system, you can also use FlowChief software completely as a portal solution and monitor your pumping stations, photovoltaic system or energy consumption with full functionality via the cloud.

Through the wholly-owned server-client structure, we are able to offer our system as Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). Especially in medium-sized companies this enables a resource-saving and efficient solution with calculable fixed costs without high investments for the own server hardware.

FlowChief & HTML5

FlowChief is completely designed in pure web technology and, from the very beginning, developed to be applied in the web browser. Regardless of whether it is a control console, office workstation, mobile notebook, tablet or smartphone, you can connect to your application on the intranet, via the private cloud or securely over the internet without further installation. Your FlowChief system can be reached from anywhere in the world and is not limited to visualization. For us, 100 per cent web means full functionality in visualization, archiving and reporting, alarm management or maintenance management.

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