Condition monitoring is a maintenance approach that tracks the overall health of your equipment by measuring key parameters like vibration, temperature, power, and more. Condition-based maintenance uses condition monitoring sensors and data analytics to identify even tiny…
In today’s ever-changing manufacturing environment, asset reliability is more important than ever. Hitting production targets requires maximizing asset availability. Maintenance and reliability (M&R) teams can’t achieve that if they’re constantly responding and reacting to breakdowns under a…
Predictive maintenance (PdM) is a strategy that directly monitors the condition and performance of equipment during normal operation to reduce the likelihood of failures. Through condition monitoring, predictive maintenance attempts to keep costs low by reducing the…
Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) have dominated conversations about the future of manufacturing. The following glossary explains the meanings behind the biggest buzzwords in the industry. Let’s start with the two most fundamental…
Safety standards help protect assets and also foster a safe workplace. In potentially hazardous environments, equipment must follow particularly strict standards to reduce the risk of an explosion. Here we explain the difference between equipment labeled as…
Predictive maintenance harnesses the power of the Internet of Things (IoT) to give maintenance teams eyes and ears on their equipment and assets. Predictive maintenance technology can tell you exactly which assets need attention at any given…
It is normal for machines to vibrate, but a change in a machine’s vibration patterns can indicate potential problems. Measuring changes in vibration patterns helps teams identify imbalance, looseness, misalignment, or bearing wear in equipment — before…
Preventive and predictive maintenance are both maintenance strategies for minimizing downtime, maximizing performance, and keeping your equipment in optimal condition. When implemented correctly, they can improve productivity and lower the cost of necessary repairs on your assets….
Predictive maintenance refers to the ability to predict (and ultimately prevent) machine failures. The most common predictive maintenance technologies include condition monitoring and machine learning. By giving maintenance teams visibility into potential problems, such predictive maintenance technologies…
5 Benefits of IIoT Solutions for Machine Maintenance Over the past several years, the COVID-19 pandemic brought uncertainty, and along with it came supply chain disruptions and labor shortages that challenged companies’ growth trajectories. While the Industrial…