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ANGEL – Smart Electrical Safety Assistant

Our ANGEL system is still currently in development. We are conducting several field tests to ensure that the system works reliably and are therefore working closely with potential customers. This allows us to identify any possible changes in the functionalities or the scope of the system.

If you are interested in taking part in our field tests or have any further questions regarding ANGEL, then please do not hesitate to contact us.

Providing immediate help in emergencies
In the event of falls, loss of consciousness, and electric shocks, the ANGEL system can reliably detect medical emergencies and make an emergency call to ensure that help arrives quickly. The last known GPS location and accident data are passed onto emergency personnel. This could be in-house first-aiders or an external emergency call center.
Saving lives by switching off electrical sources
In the event of an electric shock, every millisecond counts to avoid permanent or life-threatening injuries. The ANGEL Watchdog can be installed to increase safety in a wide variety of situations, in which it disconnects the electric circuit within milliseconds in the event of an electric shock. The quicker the current flow is disconnected, the less serious the injuries and the lower the risk of ventricular fibrillation or blood poisoning.
The perfect companion for carrying out dangerous work alone
Even when working alone is permitted, it’s probably a good idea for someone else to be there. The ANGEL system identifies emergency situations and calls for help. In the event of an incident, ANGEL ensures that help is provided and therefore increases the safety of those who work alone.
Increasing occupational safety awareness through statistics
Every emergency situation is detected. You receive regular reports and evaluations from your team, enabling you to analyze and rectify the causes of small accidents in order to avoid serious ones. This ensures that your employees become more aware of their own safety in their everyday working environment – reducing possible downtimes and your company’s liability risk. You learn what is “normal” in your sector and what is not. You can learn from others and others can learn from you.

Intelligence through
perfect synergy

The fab four offer many advantages
The four components include a clever Genius together with a smart textile shirt, an intuitive app on your cell phone, and a quick-response ANGEL Watchdog that disconnects sources of electrical power.

Central control unit – the Genius

A suitable holder – the cradle

Conductive materials and electrodes

Individual branding

Extremely comfortable

Central control unit – the Genius

The Genius is the brains of the system. It clicks into the cradle (the holder) on the shirt and communicates with the user using optical and acoustic signals. The Genius detects the voltage drop on the body, monitors the movements of the user, triggers disconnect commands, and notifies the emergency call center using the smartphone app (see below left).

Powerful processor for detecting emergencies
Battery life of 2 days
Light and compact
Blends in perfectly with the shirt
Powerful magnets provide a secure grip on the upper arm

A suitable holder – the cradle

The cradle is a sleek holder for the Genius. Its curved shape allows it to fit perfectly around the upper arm. You can barely even notice the electronics protecting you.

Conductive materials and electrodes

The conductive textile cable connects the sensors on the upper arms to the Genius. The voltage between the upper arms is measured using silicon electrodes, from which the current level is deduced. The silicone electrodes detect a voltage drop. Elastane in the cuffs provides close skin contact. A perfect fit is essential, because only then the ANGEL system can provide reliable protection.

Individual branding

Uniform appearance is guaranteed: the shirt is available with your company-specific branding.

Extremely comfortable

The smart textile shirt is made of cotton, kind to the skin, durable, easy to clean, and comfortable to wear thanks to its generous cut. Attractive stitching gives the shirt a sporty look.

Smartphone App

Your smartphone is connected to the Genius via Bluetooth and displays live data. If necessary, it can make an emergency call..

Always on guard – the ANGEL Watchdog

The ANGEL Watchdog is activated wirelessly by the Genius and, when necessary, sends the command to electrical sources to disconnect the current flow – drastically reducing the consequences of an electric shock.

Facts regarding electrical accidents

Several thousand companies incorporate the Austrian electrical industry – this corresponds to approximately 50,000 employees and an annual turnover of EUR 18 billion.
Source: Austrian Chamber of Commerce, Electricial and Electronical Industry Report 2018

In 2018, 254 electrical accidents happened, of which 2 were fatal. The most common causes of accidents were defects in the electrical system and carelessness. About a third of the casualties were electrically qualified persons.
Source: Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs of the Republic of Austria, Electrical Accident Report 2018

The average cost of an electrical accident is around 45,000 EUR. The casualties are off work for at least 10 days on average.
Source: Austrian Workers’ Compensation Board

524 electrical accidents happened in Switzerland in 2018, 98% of which were in low voltage applications. Safety rules were disregarded in half of the accidents.
Source: Swiss Federal Inspectorate for Heavy Current Installations ESTI, Annual Report 2018 Electric Accidents

In addition to the monetary consequences of being unable to work, work processes have to be reorganized, accident analyzes need to be drawn up, retraining courses carried out and colleagues looked after.

68% of all workers would use smart wearables for their daily work if they can take advantage for their personal work safety and if personal data is protected. These solutions are therefore an important component for the industry 4.0.
Source: AT Kearney & WearHealth, Why wearables are an important piece of the puzzle for Industry 4.0, 2019

Questions & Answers

Please get in touch with us if your question is not answered below.

Can the shirt detect every type of electrical accident?
The patented smart textile shirt recognizes when there is a current flow through the body and a voltage drop between the upper arms. As the circumstances behind an electric incident are many and vary, we cannot guarantee that every single one will be detected. However, most incidents are correctly detected, in which case every alarm raised is potentially life-saving.
For what voltage levels is ANGEL designed? Low voltage? High voltage? What are the voltage limits?
ANGEL is basically designed for all voltage levels. The system reacts independently of the touched voltage to the current flow through the body, which depends on many factors.
Can ANGEL also be used in DC voltage installations?
ANGEL measures the voltage on the upper arm and, indirectly, the current through the body. This works for both direct and alternating currents lower than 100 Hz. A current flow cannot reliably be detected at values over 100 Hz.
Is ANGEL suitable when working on live systems?
Working on live systems is subject to a special set of rules that may not be altered or reduced, even when using a smart textile shirt. You should always try to work in accordance with the five safety rules. The shirt provides an additional level of safety if a fault occurs.
Will an alarm be activated if I stop moving?
Yes, as a precaution, since we can‘t tell what‘s happened to you. We‘ll first send a message to your cell phone. If you don‘t reply, the emergency call center will be notified shortly afterwards.
How come I can’t just use the motion sensor in my cell phone?
To reliably detect movement, the cell phone would have to be carried on your person at all times. As most users don’t do this, ADRESYS has developed an intelligent Genius system that can be fastened to a belt or the smart textile shirt.
Can emergencies still be detected without cell reception?
Cell phones use either the cellular network or a direct data connection such as Wi-Fi. If neither link is available for more than 15 minutes, the cell phone will prompt you to reestablish the link. If the system is unable to do so, a technical alarm is sent. Unfortunately, without a connection the alarm function will not work.
Will the shirt protect me in the event of an arcing fault?
To provide protection in the event of arcing faults, the usual recommendation is to wear flame-retardant clothing over a cotton shirt, as man-made fabrics can melt onto the skin. We recommend that you wear your ANGEL shirt next to the skin. The wearing of flame-retardant clothing appropriate to the risk situation over the shirt is a mandatory requirement.
Does ANGEL qualify as personal protection equipment in the sense of EU Regulation 2016/425?
No, ANGEL provides additional voluntary protection, but may not be used in place of other protection systems or procedures.
Will the ANGEL bluetooth connection be disrupted if I am using another Bluetooth device at the same time?
No, Bluetooth uses several different frequencies so that interference is very unlikely. The only way the performance can be affected is if there are too many Bluetooth devices in a small space.
In order to provide the highest levels of workplace safety, always observe all safety standards and safety regulations. We cannot guarantee that the product will detect an emergency situation. You must not, under any circumstances, expose yourself to a higher level of risk. Do not tempt fate.
No, Bluetooth uses several different frequencies so that interference is very unlikely. The only way the performance can be affected is if there are too many Bluetooth devices in a small space.

COMPANO

COMPANO 100 is the world’s first battery-operated test set for primary and secondary testing in the power industry.

Our motivation. Protection relays are used to ensure electrical safety in power stations and transformer stations in the same way that fuses and RCDs protect the home. It is essential for our electrical energy grids that they are working correctly. In the event of a fault they protect the lives of employees and can prevent faults in assets such as generators or transformers, or even their complete destruction. Damage of this kind often costs several million euros and can result in very long downtimes.

Salzburg – a hub of innovation. Our parent group OMICRON electronics GmbH, which is based in Klaus (Austria), is the world market leader in developing and producing test sets for protection relays and other electrical power supply equipment. Customers in more than 160 countries are supported by 24 branches around the world.

As a subsidiary we are an innovation hub and we have developed the COMPANO 100, which is the world’s first battery-operated test set for primary and secondary testing in the power industry. The device can generate test currents of up to 110 A with variable frequencies and signal waveforms. Nowadays, a lot of power electronics are used in conjunction with FPGAs, signal processors, and an embedded Linux system to do this. Countless processors from the 8-bit microcontroller up to the 32-bit ARM CPUs and the 64-bit VLIW DSPs perform the same task in the COMPANO 100. Of course, this therefore requires all kinds of software developers, as well as the hardware developers, from a high-level GUI programmer to Linux kernel developers and embedded system specialists to a test automation in Python. As a result, state-of-the-art project management methods such as SCRUM or Continuous Integration and Testing are used. Since we are a multidisciplinary team, we work closely with our colleagues at the headquarter in Klaus, who is responsible for the production and calibration of the device.

Customer proximity is essential for developing a good product. That is why both sales colleagues and developers travelled to four continents as part of several dozen COMPANO field tests. Every team member had the opportunity to really get to know the applications and to speak directly to our customers about their work. Even though we are already very familiar with the applications, we always return having gained new experiences and valuable insights, which we are then able to incorporate into further product developments.

COMPANO 100 – a success story. Since the market launch in 2017, we have proved our innovative spirit to customers from all around the world. We are therefore very proud to be able to help ensure the reliability of energy supply networks worldwide – from hydroelectric power plants in the Himalayas and a mine in Australia to a chemical park in Germany to a subway in south-east Asia, as well as a nuclear power plant in the USA and a coal power station in Africa.

News

We are innovative and digital.

Innovation and digitalization are a part of Salzburg just like Mozart and The Sound of Music: with our ANGEL system we are able to reliably detect electrical accidents of all voltage levels and take immediate measures such as making an emergency call. The entire innovation process is thereby brought to life at our facility. A television crew from ORF Salzburg spent a day documenting our work and turned it into a short program.

We take off.

The ANGEL field test starts in its second phase. We develop our ANGEL in close cooperation with people who work with hazardous electrical current on a daily basis. The feedback from the past year has therefore been considered into the current product development – that’s why we have completely revised the shirt design and integrated additional functions, such as the dead man’s sensor.

We are on site.

Would you like to experience ANGEL live and get to know us?
Our trade fair overview:

08th-10th September 2020: Safety & Health Expo, London, booth no. SH2055
06th-08th October 2020: Arbeitsschutz Aktuell, Stuttgart, booth no. D1.056
14th-17th October 2020: International Lineman’s Rodeo, Kansas, booth 233
04th-06th November 2020: ArbeitsSicherheit Switzerland, Bern, booth no. D.06
01st-03rd December 2020: Power Days 2020, Zurich

We are curious.

How can we help ensuring that electrical energy is reliably generated, converted, transported and distributed? Which safety systems ensure the daily energy supply in Austria?
We will answer these exciting questions on October 9th as part of the Lange Nacht der Forschung at our location in Salzburg-Itzling.
We are looking forward to your visit!

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About us

Safety at work is our promise to you. We develop the most modern products for testing in electrical high- and medium-voltage installations as well as for the workplace safety of all those working with hazardous electrical voltages. For this reason, installation work on live systems is made safer by our intelligent protection systems. Our aim is to improve our own products even further and to push new innovations. We hold numerous patents for our products and technology. The partnerships with leading universities and institutes emphasize the innovative spirit of our company.

Building excellence through teamwork. Our 18 employees are experts in different fields, but they all share a common goal: to make working with electricity even safer. As part of the worldwide OMICRON Group, we exploit the advantages that come along with being part of a large company, but we are able to shape our area of responsibility with the independent character of a start-up. Our motto is “break the rules…innovate!” – we give creative ideas the freedom to come to life, develop new product components, and put our theories to the test. Innovation and team work are our core competencies to successfully realize customer requirements.

Our employees’ wellbeing is important to us. That is why we design our working environment to fit in with our own requirements, including laboratories, modern workspaces, the best infrastructure, and break areas for exchanging ideas with colleagues. We offer many benefits to our employees, such as flexible working hours to suit their lifestyle, vouchers for communal lunches, a flat for up to 2 years if necessary, and also the private use of our business equipment. Of course, coffee, fruit, ice cream, and other snacks are free and there’s plenty to go around. Opportunities for ongoing personal and professional development and visits to workshops and conferences is also on us. That’s why in 2019 we received again the “Great Place to Work® for Small Businesses Award” in Austria. Yet we’re not resting on our laurels – we are sure that there is even more we can do to improve our everyday working environment.

Careers

We want you! We are currently looking for the following candidates to join our team:

To get to know us and your future tasks better, we will simulate a typical working day with you after the first interview. As part of a trial working day, you will be given tasks which we are currently working on in our projects. You can discuss your ideas with the team and learn for yourself how projects and cooperation work here at ADRESYS.

Does this all sound good to you? Then we look forward to receiving your unsolicited application!

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