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How automation and notification systems can increase production efficiency

Ajax turned the passive environmental monitoring system into an active control system with alarm generation and reporting. Read the article to learn the details.

Mushroom cultivation is extremely sensitive to the environment, as even small changes in humidity or temperature significantly affect the harvest. Such attention to the climate is also critical for the food industry, wood processing, paper production, etc.

Special detectors monitor climate indicators, but for full control, you need to build a system that actively responds to changes and protects the harvest on several levels.

The farm is located in the Turkish city of Bolu. Mushrooms are cultivated in special grow tents with an area of 120 square meters each, and the total area of the farm is 4,560 square meters. There are 38 such greenhouses. The temperature outside the greenhouses varies throughout the year, from -9°C in winter to +31°C in summer. But in hermetic greenhouses, a stable temperature and humidity level is maintained.

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