Real-Time Bioprocess Control with
smart VOC Sensing & fermHUB

Detect metabolic changes in your microorganisms long before O2 or CO2 sensors notice.

Seamlessly connect your existing lab infrastructure to our modular data platform.

Explore the first level of your Metabolic Stress Detection System

Why VOC Sensing beats
conventional Probes

Short response time

detecting Volitile Organic Compounds is much more sensitive than measuring broad macro-gas balances

Early deviation detection

VOC sensors work as an early warning system of meabolic stress, which often leads in the production of side products

No complex calibration needed

VOC sensing focuses on real-time trend patterns rather than absolute values, eliminating expensive technology, time-consuming and error-prone calibration routines.

Advanced control potential

VOC monitoring and data processing via fermHUB enable precise, AI-supported control, rather than manual or static control strategies.

What user say:

"Off-gasses like O2 and CO2 only reveal the overall metabolic result after the fact. fermSYS VOC sensors allowing us to intervene before unwanted side-product formation occurs."

fermHUB – Connect What You Already Own
and Scale in 4 Stages

fermHUB - SCADA for local fermenter control

fermHUB - COPILOT Local for your central lab network

fermHUB - COPILOT Cloud fpr multisite fermentation monitoring and control

fermSENSE - CUBE the all-in-one solution for VIC sensing

No Vendor Lock-in:
1. Integrates third-party bioreactors, pumps, and legacy sensors across brands.
2. Sends data to other SCADA systems via OPC UA, ModBus....
Unified Dashboard: Consolidates all process metrics (pH, pO2, temp, VOC) in one central view.
From Monitoring to Autonomy: Step-by-step implementation of rule-based and AI-driven control loops.

News and Use Cases

Nick Harbring, BSc, at Westfälische Hochschule in Recklinghausen, using fermHUB-SCADA for fermentation control

With fermHUB and ‘Golden Batch Fermentation’, I no longer find any surprises in the bioreactor

Reproducibility is the biggest challenge in fermentation. With the Golden Batch Fermentation feature in fermHUB, you can turn past successes into a clear target range for every new batch. Live data is compared in real time with the best historical runs, whilst predictive analytics identify trends at an early stage and provide specific recommendations for action – ensuring maximum yield and full process control.

N. Harbring (Westph. Univ.); K. Ammon (fermSYS)

Oct 72 min read

fermSYS Buddy - used in the production of water kefir

fermSYS VOC-Buddy for making water kefir with intelligent fermentation control

fermSYS Buddy: Dynamic Bioprocess Control for Water Kefir Discover how the fermSYS Buddy transforms water kefir fermentation from static recipes into an intelligent, automated bioprocess. By connecting the compact fermSYS CUBE to a dosing pump via ad-hoc Wi-Fi, it enables real-time feedback and PID-controlled dynamic feeding. Combining biotechnology, AI, and smart hardware optimizes substrate use, enhances taste consistency, shortens production times, and leads the way to aut

Karin Ammon (fermSYS)

Aug 312 min read

Nancy Truong with a fermSYS Cube in the lab of Westphalian University of Applied Sciences in Recklinghausen

From Soft Sensors to Autonomous Fermentation Control: Scaling Intelligent Strategies with fermHUB

How can we make fermentation processes more transparent, intelligent and autonomous? In her Bachelor’s thesis at Westphalian University of Applied Sciences, a student combines a fermSYS VOC sensor with an external turbidity sensor to develop a soft sensor for cell viability. The next step: using fermHUB to turn online process insights into intelligent control strategies for a future of autonomous fermentation.

N. Truong (Westph. Univ.); K. Ammon (fermSYS)

Aug 232 min read

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About us

We unlock the intelligence inside your bioprocess!

Our vision is to make industrial and biotechnological processes fully transparent, predictive, and sustainable through intelligent sensing and data-driven systems.

We envision a future in which processes can be understood in real time, safely controlled, and continuously optimized—from laboratory scale to industrial production.

Our mission is to combine easy sensing with intelligent data processing to enable informed and real-time decision-making.

fermSYS offers:

flexible VOC sensors for industrial and laboratory application
a local process data platform for data management, visualization and process control (take what you have)
AI-powered and cloud-based solutions that transform process data into actionable insight.

Real-Time Bioprocess Control with smart VOC Sensing & fermHUB

Why VOC Sensing beats conventional Probes