Question 1

What does Blueforge AI deliver in a pilot?

Accepted Answer

An end-to-end, production-grade pilot on one unit in 8–12 weeks: historian deployed, dashboards built, operator training, and clearly defined success metrics. We then template the rollout for additional units and sites.

Question 2

Which historians do you work with?

Accepted Answer

Primarily AVEVA PI System (including PI Vision), Canary Historian, and TDengine. We also integrate InfluxDB, TimescaleDB and bespoke OPC UA / MQTT pipelines where they fit better.

Question 3

Do you build custom PI Vision symbols?

Accepted Answer

Yes. We design and build bespoke symbol libraries bound to your AF model so operators read screens in seconds instead of decoding generic widgets.

Question 4

What AI/ML use cases have measurable ROI?

Accepted Answer

Anomaly detection on rotating equipment, soft sensors replacing periodic lab assays, golden-batch lock-in for batch processes, demand and yield forecasting, and closed-loop energy optimization on kilns and furnaces.

Question 5

How do you handle data on premise vs. cloud?

Accepted Answer

We design around your OT/IT split. Historians and operator dashboards typically run on-prem or at the edge; non-time-critical ML training and reporting move to your cloud of choice with audit, RBAC and SSO.