Industrial companies in 2018 will find that wrangling real-time data requires a game plan for data preparation and transformation. Sensors on industrial equipment are relaying data at rates that were unheard of just a few years ago. That means that finding the right “data pipeline” to channel those streaming data sets is crucial to managing […]
Continue ReadingCondition-based maintenance (CBM) is a maintenance strategy that monitors and assesses the condition of a physical asset. CBM is based on the premise that asset maintenance should be scheduled when performance indicators show signs of decline or indicate potential failure. When is CBM performed? CBM is performed only if a decrease in equipment performance has […]
Continue ReadingIt all started with the windmill. Remember Cervantes’ classic, Don Quixote? “Take care, sir,” cried the knight’s right-hand man Sancho when Quixote prepares to attack. “Those over there are not giants but windmills. Those things that seem to be their arms are sails which, when they are whirled around by the wind, turn the millstone.” […]
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