Our Story
AtomicLimes started in 2018 from a concrete question: why does a filling line actually stand still — and who on the shop floor really knows? The data is sitting in the PLCs, but out of reach of anyone who needs an answer. That turned into software that reads exactly this data and makes it possible to work with. It runs in production at a beverage filling plant today.
Our Approach
We read the data straight from your line's Siemens S7 PLCs — nothing typed in by hand, no extra capture hardware. That makes it visible which fault cost how much production time, on which machine, over which period.
What sets this apart is that we look at the line as a whole rather than each machine on its own. Every machine sits on one timeline, ordered the way the material flows. So you can see where a fault started — not just where it was finally reported.
Why AtomicLimes
- The line as a whole: every machine on one timeline in the order the material flows — you see where a fault started
- Data straight from the PLC: what you see comes out of the S7 itself — no intermediate layer, nothing typed in at the line
- Short paths: if an analysis is missing, you talk to the developers instead of a hotline
- Your data stays with you: if you want it, the system runs entirely inside your network
The Team
AtomicLimes was founded by Sascha Biernacki and Mirko Pohland, combining experience from mechanical engineering and from software architecture. Sascha knows beverage production and filling lines from practice; Mirko is responsible for the architecture and development of the software.
That combination is the reason we can judge at all which signals from a PLC add up to a meaningful statement — and which do not.