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Your Kolhapur foundry already has cameras. Foreman makes them earn their keep.

Kolhapur casts for the country: foundries and casting units around Shiroli and Gokul Shirgaon, machine shops finishing those castings, and engineering units supplying auto and pump lines. Scrap, patterns, finished castings and tooling sit in yards and stores under CCTV that nobody watches. Foreman plugs into the DVR you already own and sends a WhatsApp or Telegram alert, with photo proof, the moment something goes wrong. Setup takes about 30 minutes. Free 14-day pilot on 4 cameras, no card.

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Built for the way Kolhapur actually works

A foundry is a business of heavy, valuable, portable things: scrap in the yard, patterns in the store, castings machined and unmachined stacked by the gate. The furnace runs its own hours, heats and pours do not wait for daylight, and between shifts the whole compound sits unmanned with lakhs of metal in the open.

Every one of these units has cameras. Almost none are watched while it matters. Losses get discovered the next morning, on playback, after the scrap yard is lighter or the store is short. Foreman changes what those cameras are for: from recording losses to preventing them.

  • Software only, runs on the DVR and cameras you already own
  • Covers scrap yards, pattern stores, machine shops and gates
  • Alerts on WhatsApp or Telegram with photo proof, within seconds
  • Built for foundry conditions: heat shimmer, dust, smoke and low light

Fire watch where heat is the whole business

A foundry lives with fire on purpose, which is exactly why an unplanned one is easy to miss until it is big. Wooden pattern stores, oil-soaked machine shops, cable runs, LPG and fuel storage, and packing areas all burn the ordinary way, fast and quietly, often hours after the last pour when nobody is on the floor.

Foreman watches your cameras for the first visible signs of smoke and flame outside the places heat belongs, and alerts you in seconds with a photo, while the fire is still one corner of one store. It complements your certified fire-alarm systems; it never replaces them.

  • Visual smoke and flame detection from existing cameras, day and night
  • Watches pattern stores, machine shops, fuel storage and packing areas
  • An early layer on top of, never a substitute for, certified fire systems
  • Every event is double-checked before an alert fires, so alerts stay real

Scrap theft, shift attendance and idle machines

Scrap and castings are the easiest theft in industry: heavy enough to need a vehicle, anonymous enough to sell anywhere. Foreman knows when your compound should be empty and flags any person or vehicle near the scrap yard, stores or gate when no one should be there. Rules are written in plain language: "raatri koni scrap yard madhe aala, tar mala lagech photo pathva." Foreman follows that rule every night without getting sleepy.

By day it counts heads shift by shift, so attendance matches reality rather than the register, and flags machines that sit stopped while you pay wages around them: the late-starting lathe, the machining line idle since the tea break.

  • After-hours intrusion alerts around scrap yards, stores and gates
  • Headcount and attendance, shift by shift, from the cameras you have
  • Idle-machine tracking: late starts, long stops, machines not earning
  • Daily WhatsApp/Telegram digest plus a weekly PDF report

Works on the DVRs Kolhapur installers already fit

Foreman plugs into existing Hikvision, CP Plus and Dahua DVRs and NVRs, and most other standard RTSP/ONVIF systems. No new hardware, no new cameras, no rewiring. Setup takes about 30 minutes, done remotely with your own CCTV installer or computer person, on normal broadband.

Detection runs on-site, so continuous footage stays inside your unit; only short clips around a detected event go to the cloud for a second check before any alert fires. Clips are stored in India and auto-deleted after 30 days. We never sell data.

  • Hikvision, CP Plus, Dahua and most standard DVRs/NVRs supported
  • About 30 minutes to set up, remotely, with your existing installer
  • Continuous footage never leaves your premises; only event clips do
  • Plans from ₹2,999/mo; free 14-day pilot on 4 cameras, no card

Kolhapur CCTV installers: earn every month on work you already did

If you install CCTV for foundries and machine shops around Shiroli, Gokul Shirgaon or the wider Kolhapur belt, your past clients are recurring income waiting to happen. Every unit you bring onto Foreman pays you commission every month, for as long as that client stays.

Partners earn lifetime recurring commission: 25% at Silver (1–10 factories), 30% at Gold (11–40), 35% at Platinum (41+). You keep the client relationship; we bring the software and the billing. Apply in two minutes at foremanintelligence.com/partners.

  • Lifetime recurring commission on every unit you bring
  • 25% Silver (1–10), 30% Gold (11–40), 35% Platinum (41+)
  • You keep the client relationship; we handle software and billing

Frequently asked

Will Foreman work on my existing DVR, or do I need new cameras?

It works on the CCTV you already have. Hikvision, CP Plus and Dahua connect directly, and most standard RTSP/ONVIF DVRs and NVRs work too. No new cameras, no rewiring.

A foundry is full of heat and smoke. Will it constantly false-alarm?

Foreman is tuned for exactly this: our own AI models are trained in-house on Indian industrial footage, and every detection is double-checked before an alert fires. You tell us where heat and smoke are normal, and Foreman watches everywhere else.

Is this a replacement for my fire alarm?

No. Foreman detects the visible signs of smoke and flame through your cameras; it is not a heat or smoke sensor. Keep your certified fire-safety systems in place. Foreman adds a fast visual early warning on top.

Can it watch my scrap yard at night?

Yes. That is one of the most common rules our Kolhapur-style units set: alert me, with a photo, if any person or vehicle enters the scrap yard or stores after hours.

What does it cost for a typical Kolhapur unit?

Sentry ₹2,999/mo (6 cameras), Supervisor ₹7,999/mo (16), Factory OS ₹19,999/mo (40). Annual prepay = 2 months free. Start with the free 14-day pilot on 4 cameras, no card.

Where does my footage go?

Detection runs on-site, so continuous footage never leaves your premises. Only short clips around a detected event go for a second check; they are stored in India and auto-deleted after 30 days. We never sell data.

See Foreman watch your Kolhapur unit for 14 days, free

Connect 4 cameras on your existing DVR, no card, setup in about 30 minutes. Fire, scrap-theft, attendance and idle-machine alerts on WhatsApp with photo proof. One prevented loss pays for years of Foreman.

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