Predictive Maintenance: A Tale of Two Technologies

Predictive maintenance is the ability to monitor a machine, or machine component, and avoid unplanned downtime by foreseeing machine failure and allowing the opportunity to take preventative action. There are two categories of technology that must be implemented to create a predictive maintenance solution, the first being hardware. Smart sensors are usually a key component, and the PMMI Business Intelligence report “Packaging and Predictive Maintenance,” said that a “likely future trend is for processing capacity to be embedded directly on sensors.” Edge computing devices are also used in some advanced predictive maintenance solutions