iSOL8™ Manager – Paperless Digital Isolation System

Improve your operational safety and minimise your plant downtime.

iSOL8™ Manager replaces traditional LOTO – Lock Out Tag Out paper based and hybrid electronic isolation management systems.

iSOL8™ Manager connects standard lock boxes, NFC tagged isolation points and isolation locks, NFC enabled mobile devices, and a web based portal system for collective management of isolation permits and isolation planning.

Current Isolation Management Systems

Paper/hybrid electronic records
Isolation status known locally to supervisor
Human verification of compliance with Isolation
Permit Requirements
Worker places a personal isolation lock on the
lock box to secure the isolation lock key/s
Isolator places a physical lock on the lock box
Lock box carries physical copy of the isolation permit
Instances occur where an employee has left the site
and forgotten to remove their personal lock from the lock box

iSOL8™ Manager

Complete electronic real time records
Control Room – access to Isolation status on mimic panel
Electronic Verification of compliance with Isolation Permit
requirements
A Worker electronically locks on and off the lock box to secure the isolation lock key/s using a proximity card or Smart Phone.
No physical locks are placed on the electronically activated Lock box
Lock Box & Isolation Permit data display is contained on Smart Device
An Alarm in the control room and / or security gate house is enabled if an employee moves out of a site Geo-Fenced zone and has not removed their electronic lock rom the lock box

Isolation Management Agility

iSOL8 Managers’ integrated electronic isolation management systems and processes bring many advantages to agile companies looking for a breakthrough into the digital age with the benefits of increasing safety, reduction in maintenance costs and increasing plant availability all at the same time.

All isolation activities are electronically recorded in real time – such as locking on and off This enables the business to analyse time taken to conduct tasks on isolated plant.
Isolations are much safer as electronic verification is done automatically to determine that the correct points have been de-energised and locked off and only authorised persons are locked onto and off the isolation permit.
A vast reduction in employee queuing and administration time and a consequent increase in plant availability as Locking onto and off the lock box is done electronically – no paperwork is required.

Technology Patent & Licensing

Our unique system has been recognised and a Standard Patent was granted by IP Australia in September 2017 “Method and System for Isolation Management and/or Access Control – Number 2015902338”.

A PCT application was submitted in March 2017 to the EU and USA jurisdictions – Patent Cooperation Treaty(PCT) patent application number PCT/AU2015/0507751.

For process control and industrial systems developers wanting to leverage our patents and technology please contact us.

Next Steps, Trials and PoCs

iSOL8 Manager is ideally incorporated during the design phase of a new plant or a refit of an existing plant. In both scenarios, we can accommodate proof of concept and return on investment trials, design assistance and implementation.

iSOL8 Manager implementations are flexible and can include all or only part of our technology, process and systems to best align with your requirements.

To understand how iSOL8 Manager can benefit your organisation please contact us.

Other Digital PTW Innovations

iSOL8-R® : A real time GPS system which tracks and provides an alert when an employee fails to remove their personal isolation lock from an isolation device.

The system was developed in response to a contractor request , when employees were moving from site to site and had forgotten to remove their isolation locks, resulting in significant back charges for lost production time.

It was designed to work with or independently from the iSOL8® digital LOTO system.

The system was reconfigured use to track mobile phone movement across COVID lockdown boundary. This was funded by NERA and successfully demonstrated in field trials.

iSOPlan ® : A system which stores and retrieves an isolation device electronic ID from a smart drawing , enabling an isolation plan or list to be developed directly from a digital drawing.