Smashing the Limits of Industrial Data Collection
- Carla Medina
- Aug 6
- 3 min read
August 6, 2025
By Justin, Vice President, Digital Product Portfolio at Radix
Pushing the Limits: How Real-Time Data Streaming is Transforming Industrial Milestones
After becoming the first person in history to break the sound barrier, Chuck Yeager remarked, “I noticed that the faster I got, the smoother the ride.” Radix Leafcutter recently shattered a similar barrier by moving one billion data points per day, for over 4 million process variables streaming at under 2 seconds of latency.
The accomplishment, achieved by a large oil and gas client with live production data, resulted in similar sentiments - the faster Leafcutter moved data, the smoother operational controls and decision making became.
As a technology services company delivering innovative AI industrial solutions to asset-intensive industries such as Oil and gas, Chemicals, Energy and utilities, and Manufacturing, Radix is accustomed to celebrating operational optimization goals with their customers – but this achievement is different.
The speed, ease of use, and seamless integration that Leafcutter is capable of is a proud landmark achievement.
Faster than a Locomotive
In a world where organizations have an ongoing challenge of leveraging and analyzing massive amounts of real-time data from machine environments, they struggle to make prompt, data-driven decisions, which affects their competitive positioning.
The data collection, processing, and storage often demand intricate, labor-intensive steps and solutions. The complexity involved not only impedes data management efficiency but also hampers real-time analytics and reporting capabilities. Stakeholders need smart, real-time access to understand the status of assets to make timely decisions on anomalies or optimization opportunities with real-time data.
Radix’s Leafcutter enables real-time data gathering and extraction from process historians, whether on-site or off-site, by securely transmitting the data to a cloud-based message broker, empowering data scientists and operational engineers with real-time analytics.
By reaching a milestone of one billion data points per day, for over 4 million process variables streaming at under 2 seconds of latency through Radix’s Leafcutter, clients using Leafcutter are now empowered to provide data scientists and external technical resources with similar real-time data normally reserved for plant or factory operators and engineers working onsite and on premise.
"Reaching and leveraging this scale of data with Radix’s Leafcutter demonstrates how a modern data infrastructure can truly accelerate our analytics capabilities. " Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at the client site testing Leafcutter. “We’re now equipped with the real-time visibility needed to optimize decisions and asset performance across our operations through over 40 different analytics-based use cases."
The achievement of this milestone not only validates Leafcutter’s scalability and performance but also reinforces its value to large-scale, real-time data operations in asset-heavy industries.
Leafcutter is a game-changer in the world of enabling cloud analytics. Unlike other data streaming tools, Leafcutter is agnostic to its destination and doesn't tie you down to a specific analytics platform, and with its flexibility, it opens a world of possibilities.
“We are delighted to celebrate the success of Leafcutter in supporting enterprise-grade deployments at scale, unlocking massive volumes of operational data for real-time use in decision-making. It reinforces Leafcutter’s ability to help organizations overcome scalability and resource constraints, enabling insight-to based teams. “Alex Clausbruch, CEO, North America at Radix, reiterated.
Radix’s Leafcutter, an Intelligent Industrial Data Solution, is designed to empower organizations to achieve sustainable operational excellence.
Explore Leafcutter’s capabilities at: www.radixeng.com/leafcutter
About Radix
Founded in 2010, Radix is a privately held technology solutions and services company operating globally, empowering customers with consulting, engineering, operations technology, and digital solutions. Radix combines key capabilities and practices to enable our worldwide customers to thrive in their digital journey. With North American headquarters in Houston, TX, and global headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, including offices in São Paulo and Belo Horizonte, Radix provides technology-based, data-driven solutions to asset-intensive industries. Radix's robust capabilities extend to more than 30 countries worldwide. Learn more: www.radixeng.com
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