Allied Electronics & Automation has partnered with Omron Industrial Automation to promote its line of predictive maintenance (PdM) solutions. Designed for industrial businesses facing unplanned downtime, maintenance for aging equipment and ongoing worker shortages, Omron’s products offer customers the ability to implement predictive maintenance solutions that not only monitor equipment status in real time but use artificial intelligence to identify and schedule optimal windows of opportunity to schedule repairs.
“Predictive maintenance is a condition-based maintenance strategy that remotely monitors the condition of equipment using Internet of Things (IoT) sensor devices,” said Dan Andersen, product manager of components for Omron Automation Americas. “The IoT sensors on our solutions supply real-time equipment data, while using analytics to predict when the equipment requires maintenance before any unplanned downtime occurs.”
In the industrial environment, many businesses still rely on a preventive-maintenance model, which is performed according to a schedule determined by historical events. When the unexpected occurs, but this model can prove costly. The average annual maintenance cost for a single motor is about $2,000, while the full replacement for a 50-hp motor can be as high a $16,000 including labor costs, according to Allied Electronics & Automation, which offers a wide range of Omron predictive maintenance solutions, with plans to expand in the near future.
“We are thrilled to have Allied as a partner to support our solutions and bring them to a wide, global customer base,” said Andersen. “If you have an operation where you simply cannot have an equipment failure, the importance of predictive maintenance cannot be overstated. You are going to see much more coming from Omron in the future that will continue to focus on this issue using cutting-edge IoT technology. We look forward to continuing our partnership with Allied as we enter these exciting times.”
