Life’s tough for industrial businesses and manufacturers. Transformative trends are coming from every direction – at rapid speed. Regulators are ramping up their rules. Consumers are prioritizing sustainable products. Energy prices are volatile and skilled labor is hard to find. But in a world with so many challenges, one single solution is here to turn these megatrends into a market advantage. LOCTITE Pulse is a smart, digital and AI-driven solution that helps our customers worldwide to keep equipment running smoothly. It enables operators to correct irregularities in production assets quickly, before bigger problems occur. It helps to reduce downtime, save millions in costs and eliminate stress. And it’s expanding all the time…
Success Story
LOCTITE®Pulse: A smarter, simpler, safer and more sustainable maintenance solution
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Our customers know they can trust the data and notifications we show them in the LOCTITE Pulse app – because they know we’re also using this digital system at our own sites.
Tim Rheinhold, Senior Manager MRO Henkel Adhesive Technologies
LOCTITE Pulse makes life easier for operators by automatically telling them what's broken and how to fix it – so they don’t need to inspect every machine like Sherlock Holmes to find failures.
Philipp Esser, Head of Business Development Management for LOCTITE Pulse Henkel Adhesive Technologies
The predictive maintenance function in LOCTITE Pulse helps our customers save energy and boost safety, while also reducing maintenance requirements and minimizing downtime.
Bernd Hammer, Senior Manager Market Strategy MRO & Industry 4.0 Henkel Adhesive Technologies
Companies across industries worldwide trust LOCTITE’s leading products for Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO). These adhesives, threadlockers, sealants, coatings and cleaners prevent mechanical failure, eliminate leaks and extend equipment life. It’s a portfolio featuring solutions for rotating equipment like pumps, gearboxes, turbines and conveyor systems. It also offers innovations for static equipment like pipes, storage tanks and heat exchangers. Customers rely on these products to keep their business moving – whether they operate a factory, mine, quarry, oil and gas refinery, power plant or water treatment facility. On top of these trusted technologies, LOCTITE Pulse now empowers industrial companies to explore ways of taking their MRO approach to the next level.
LOCTITE Pulse’s innovations have been honored with the “Engineering product of the year” award by the Digital Engineering Association as well as the “Best Smart IoT 4.0 solution award” by IoT Solutions World Congress in 2024.
What is this award-winning, connected solution? Find out here:
The smartest thing to do is listen
LOCTITE Pulse is an advanced Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solution that helps customers monitor critical equipment with ease. By simply installing sensors on critical assets—either independently or with support from Henkel engineers—customers can continuously track essential parameters like vibration, leakages, magnetic flux, temperature, and humidity. And data about those parameters gets analyzed by algorithms and Artificial Intelligence that leverage more than 70 years of industrial expertise at Henkel. The results provide actionable insights, enabling customers to reduce downtime, enhance safety, and make sustainable progress by keeping their machines running smoothly.
This service features specific monitoring devices for static equipment including flanges, pipes, tanks and steam traps – plus solutions for a huge variety of rotating equipment. Experts from Henkel support customers in identifying the critical equipment’s that are worth being monitoring continuously. The system exclusively focuses on maintenance data and all data is handled in line with the highest standards for privacy and security.
Where can operators see the findings of this analysis? In the LOCTITE Pulse app! Thanks to the web-based LOCTITE Pulse app, monitoring large amounts of data has never been easier. With just a few clicks, users can visualize and manage all their critical assets in one place—ensuring they never miss a beat of their equipment’s performance. And there’s no requirement for integration into existing IT systems. They can also choose to receive notifications if irregularities occur, with specific recommendations for corrective actions – supported by the core portfolio of MRO solutions from the LOCTITE brand.
+70
years of maintenance experience and understanding of plant process challenges.
+1,000
LOCTITE Pulse modules will be installed at Henkel’s production sites by the end of 2024.
6-in-1
component monitoring for higher precision and detection rates is offered by the LOCTITE Pulse Smart Rotating Equipment solutions.
Creating value for customers
LOCTITE Pulse is now helping to generate significant cost savings and operational improvements for businesses across markets. One customer in Alberta, Canada, was able to avoid costs of around CAD $6 million when their Smart Pipe Monitoring system detected a leak alerting the responsible on-site staff quickly, enabling swift action to prevent further damage. Similar success was seen at a refinery in Texas, USA, where the Smart Rotating Equipment Monitoring solution provided early alerts about bearing wear & tear in turbines. This proactive approach saved the customer over USD $1 million by addressing the issue before a costly failure occurred. And a major refinery in Middle East significantly boosted efficiency and achieved a 1:4 return on investment ratio by implementing our LOCTITE Pulse Smart Steam Traps technology.
These customer examples show how timely alerts provided by LOCTITE Pulse create value. And Henkel is also experiencing these benefits at its own production sites. Our teams have been using this cutting-edge technology to monitor critical assets at our facilities for several years. Over 660 LOCTITE Pulse installations have been successfully implemented across Henkel sites to date, with a target of exceeding 1,000 by the end of 2024. The installation of 350 Smart Steam Traps in Düsseldorf alone has already delivered €140,000 in savings within just four months. This supports our constant efforts to drive digitalization and sustainability. In the future, we aim to cover all of our production facilities worldwide with this innovative system.
Integrating LOCTITE Pulse at our own facilities is a powerful indication of our faith in its value. However, it also helps to boost the positive impact of the system at our customers’ sites because many years of data from Henkel has supported the training of the AI algorithm for data analysis. That means everything we’ve learned from using LOCTITE Pulse within our production network is automatically built into the service when our customers subscribe. Our teams are also available to share expertise about the optimal MRO technologies to correct irregularities quickly and lastingly.
LOCTITE Pulse - the smart solution for monitoring your rotating equipment
Welcome to the family
LOCTITE Pulse was launched in 2021 with its Smart Flange and Smart Steam Trap solutions. Since then, the portfolio has steadily expanded to support more machinery and applications. In 2024, our engineers welcomed two new solutions into this IIoT approach. Our Smart Rotating Equipment Monitoring service offers remote control of critical equipment to better predict failures and enable reduction of unplanned downtime, for example. And the Smart Pipes and Smart Tank Leaks Detection solution uses carbon nanotube sensors to achieve early-stage identification of hydrocarbon leaks, even in ageing tanks or pipes.
Engineers from Henkel will continue to add new solutions to our LOCTITE Pulse portfolio in the years ahead. That might include covering additional industries or types of equipment, such as modules for emerging technologies. It could even involve reaching beyond MRO monitoring to support quality, productivity or other key criteria. At all times, our experts will apply their knowledge from across industries to ensure the right measurements that create real value for our business partners – and to recommend the most relevant and effective MRO products.
LOCTITE Pulse solutions (left to right): Smart rotating equipment, Smart Flange, Smart Steam Trap, Smart Pipe and Tank
Smart – and getting smarter
Engineers at Henkel are constantly exploring possible ways of supporting more industrial applications for LOCTITE Pulse across markets. They are even leading the development of next-generation smart adhesive solutions with integrated sensors that directly signal changes in equipment by responding to leaks or electromagnetic charges, for example.
Our digital system for boosting maintenance processes is already smart – and it’s getting smarter all the time. It combines innovative technologies with deep expertise to help keep production sites running smoothly. And in a world with so many challenges for industrial businesses and manufacturers, it offers a single solution with the potential to turn megatrends into a mega market advantage.
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