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title: Introduction
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createdAt: 2025-10-02T12:26:28.727Z
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## Why? What?

Faketory is Factry's demonstration factory dataset.

What started as an internal project to demonstrate our product to internal teams using data that resembled a plant, evolved into a dataset that has broader use.

Each simulated production line represents a typical beverage-mixing and bottling process. The data in this simulation follows realistic industrial logic: tanks fill in sequence, pumps and mixers activate when required, and each stage is synchronized with downstream availability (e.g. the mixer only empties when a storage tank is ready to receive product).

## Overall plant layout

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/SMPo4IS9FkillUAMsur2c/-5Qex47uHiRHYLk4qifux-20251016-183038.png)

Our plant consists of 2 lines. **Each line **produces flavored soda by combining filtered natural water with various concentrated ingredients in a controlled mixing process. The process consists of three main areas:

1. **Input Tanks**: preparation and buffering of incoming ingredients 
2. **Mixing Area**: controlled blending and batch mixing 
3. **Storage & Bottling**: intermediate storage and final bottling 

Each component is instrumented with simulated sensors (level, flow, RPM, energy) that generate realistic process data for monitoring, control, and analytics demonstrations.

## Asset dimensions

- Natural water tank T0: \~50 m³ (Ø 4 m × H 4 m).
- Lemon concentrate tanks T1: \~2.5 m³ (Ø 0.5 m × H 2.5 m).
- Lime concentrate tanks T2: \~2.5 m³ (Ø 0.5 m × H 2.5 m).
- HFCS tank T3: \~28 m³ (Ø 1.5 m × H 4 m).
- Preservative tank T4: \~300 L (Ø 0.35 m × H 0.78 m).
- Soda storage tanks S1, S2: \~16 m³ (Ø 1.6 m × H 8 m).

## Process data and units of measurement

Pump flow rates are entered in liters per second (L/s), converted from m^3/h from the following guideline:

- Water pump: \~30 m^3/h.
- Ingredient pumps: \~0.25–0.5 m^3/h (small dosing pumps).
- Output pumps: \~100 m^3/h (large transfer pumps).