Every day, operations and management personnel face questions about productivity. Are efficiencies where they’d like them to be? Are production rates and profitability meeting expectations? If not, a lack of asset visibility could be the problem. And the associated issues – from unplanned downtime to contamination – have the potential…

Traditionally, industrial plants have relied on on-site data collection and local systems to gain insights into their production processes. But this approach is no longer sufficient for companies that wish to have better visibility over their operations – especially when operations are spread over multiple sites. “We’ve seen a shift…

This solution is taking industry to new heights. When explaining the value that ifm’s moneo solution can provide to an industrial plant, Manish Mongia uses the example of a crane. Why? Because cranes are expensive assets that can be difficult to monitor for maintenance. “It’s really difficult to perform condition…

National IoT expert Freddie Coertze from ifm Australia disperses misconceptions about condition monitoring and predictive maintenance and explains the role of an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platform in the digitalisation of an industrial plant. The word ‘predict’ is the clue to the core difference between condition monitoring and predictive…

Assets are like fingerprints, says digitalisation expert Freddie Coertze. Each one has a unique signature. Which is why certain condition monitoring techniques might not be the solution when it comes to improving equipment health. “I think there is a misconception about monitoring assets, that perhaps you can only monitor just…

Despite the rapid acceleration of digital technologies, equipment failure remains a primary cause of unplanned downtime in industrial plants. An Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platform can help resolve this challenge by providing visibility and integration across an operation’s assets and systems. This white paper examines the roles of the…

A primary benefit of digitalisation is improved decision-making. This comes from having access to qualified data. The problem that many businesses look to solve, however, is how that data is collected and processed so that it becomes informative and useful – especially when there are large volumes of it. According…

Significant savings and efficiencies can be gained by gaining a holistic insight into the health of standalone assets at a factory or plant says IoT expert Freddie Coertze. “Often non-processing infrastructure such as air compressors or refrigeration units are delivered as standalone assets and are not part of the production…