What is TAKO?
If your facility relies on vacuum pumps, you likely know the cost of their unexpected failures. A single pump going down can halt entire production lines, spoil product batches, or compromise sensitive processes.
TAKO is designed for manufacturers who depend on vacuum systems to keep production running — whether you're fabricating semiconductors, packaging food products, sealing hard drives, coating materials, or running any process where vacuum is critical to quality and uptime.
You need TAKO if you
- Operate multiple vacuum pumps across your facility and struggle to monitor them all effectively
- Experience unexpected pump failures that cause costly production stoppages
- Rely on scheduled maintenance but wish you could catch problems before they become emergencies
- Want to extend pump life and reduce maintenance costs through data-driven insights
- Need to prove equipment reliability and response times for quality audits
Do any of these scenarios sound familiar?
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Some common scenarios where TAKO can help
| Scenario | How TAKO can help |
|---|---|
| A bearing begins to overheat at 2 AM | TAKO alerts your team before the pump seizes. |
| Oil contamination starts affecting your process | TAKO helps you catch it early instead of scrapping an entire batch. |
| Increased amperage shows degradation weeks before failure | You schedule maintenance during planned downtime instead of emergency repairs. |
Features
TAKO is a on-premise hardware and software system that collects and analyzes data from supported vacuum pumps to provide real-time monitoring and alerts.
Pump Data
Collection & Analysis
Instead of infrequent manual data collection, TAKO collects all available operational metrics from the vacuum pumps 24/7 using a custom data acquisition system.
Pump Health
Reports & Dashboards
The available per-pump-model metrics are collected and aggregated into on-demand long-term reports and pump health dashboards for trends and comparisons.
Real-time Pump
Monitoring & Alerts
Automated pump health status, pump reports, and alarm messages are sent to operations team via email, Microsoft Teams, Slack, or other integrations.
Prevent downtime, scrap, and costly repairs
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Reduced downtime
Vacuum pumps are critical to many processes, but are rarely taken care of - until they fail and cause downtime, production losses, and costly repairs. TAKO will help increase the uptime of your tools and machines by preventing unexpected downtime caused by sudden loss of vacuum.
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Prevent catastrophic failures
Most processes take the availability and quality of vacuum for granted - until the first catastrophic failure and scrapped products. TAKO is an early warning system that will help you identify vacuum pump problems before they impact your production and operations.
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Extended pump life
With 24/7 monitoring, you can discover subtle wear and tear patterns that can inform preventitive maintenance and extend the life of your vacuum pumps and improve ROI.
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Cost savings
By identifying and addressing early signs of failure, you can prevent severe damage to the vacuumpump and the associated downtime and costly repairs. With TAKO, you can fix problems cost-effectively before they become major, costly issues.
Easy to install,
simple to configure and use
Step 1: Install TAKO Pump Kits
The first step is to install TAKO Pump Kits on your vacuum pumps.
Each kit is tailored to a specific pump model and includes all the necessary hardware and software.
The kits are designed to be easy to install and require no installation tools or expertise. They are designed to be installed in less than a minute, without any downtime, and can be done by a single person.
Most kits are wired, using Power over Ethernet (PoE), so only a single Ethernet (CAT5e or better) cable is needed for power and data connection to the TAKO Server.
Step 2: Install TAKO Server
The next step is to install the TAKO Server, which is the brain of the system.
All Pump Kits are connected to the TAKO Server via a dedicated network connection, usually a set of PoE switches. The TAKO Server has two network interfaces, one for the Pump Kit network, and a dedicated interface for your internal network.
The TAKO Server is a small, self-contained industrial-grade device that runs the TAKO software and manages the Pump Kits. It is designed to be easy to install and requires no additional tools or expertise.
Once installed, it will be accessible via a web interface from your internal network.
Step 3: Configure TAKO Server
The last step is to configure the TAKO Server to connect to your internal network and activate the Pump Kits.
No specialized software is required, only a computer with a modern web browser (Chrome, Chromium, Firefox, Safari, etc.) and an Ethernet port to connect to the TAKO Server.
A minimal configuration requires only about 10 minutes and a few simple steps:
- associating your Pump Kit IDs with the pumps and tools they are connected to
- creating user accounts and setting up their permissions
- configuring the internal network settings, email notifications
- optionally, customizing alerting thresholds
Most of the pump-specific configuration is automated and requires no pump-specific knowledge.
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Supported brands
TAKO is designed to support a wide range of vacuum pump brands and models.
If you are interested in a specific pump model and brand,
or if you don't see your pump brand listed,
please
contact us, we can help find a solution.
Served industries
Semiconductor and Electronics Manufacturing
Food and Beverage
Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
Aerospace and Automotive Manufacturing
Hospitals and Healthcare
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