{"id":7478,"date":"2018-05-25T06:00:10","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T05:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/?p=7478"},"modified":"2018-05-24T10:45:39","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T09:45:39","slug":"digitalisation-transforming-the-role-of-maintenance-professionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/digitalisation-transforming-the-role-of-maintenance-professionals\/","title":{"rendered":"Digitalisation: Transforming the role of maintenance professionals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New paper from <span class=\"highlight highlight-blue\"><a href=\"https:\/\/engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/weg-helps-pioneer-corn-ethanol-production-in-brazil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WEG<\/a><\/span> covers the growth in influence of IIOT and, with the digitalisation of the electric motor, the impact this could have on the maintenance sector<\/p>\n<p>WEG has launched a new paper entitled, <em>How digitalisation transforms the role of the maintenance professional<\/em>, which is available free to download <span class=\"highlight highlight-blue\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wegms.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/span>.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7565662001938327\" data-ad-slot=\"7585079586\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nThe paper covers the rising trend of the smart factory, its global potential and the use of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) to connect sensors and other devices to collect real-time data to provide transparency.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Predictive maintenance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It looks at one of the major areas impacted by this trend, predictive maintenance, where IIoT and big data analytics are being used to increase production efficiency and reduce downtime and it covers how maintenance jobs will evolve.<\/p>\n<p>The paper addresses the question of \u2018Will you be home for dinner\u2019 by looking at the current cost to industries of unplanned downtime and how by using IIOT technology it is possible to mitigate against the business impact of breakdowns and develop the role of those working on maintenance teams.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the most revealing aspect of the paper though is its section on the humble electric motor as being a new key aspect in the journey towards digitalisation.<\/p>\n<p>Electric motors are ubiquitous throughout industry but until recently the technology to digitalise them effectively didn\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n<p>However, new app-based systems now make the real-time monitoring of electric motors of many of the major manufacturers a possibility and the advantages this can bring are enormous.<\/p>\n<p>The different elements of electric motor performance which can be monitored using IIOT technology are covered in the paper, as well as being contrasted to current approaches.<\/p>\n<p>The paper looks at how vibration, temperature and run time are currently used as indicators of the health of a motor but it also explores the \u2018future state\u2019 and the enormous potential that can be delivered when the technology to monitor load becomes available.<\/p>\n<p>This moment, the paper argues,\u00a0 will see a seismic shift in the way motors are sized and the benefit this will have to create unimagined benefits to industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New paper from WEG covers the growth in influence of IIOT and, with the digitalisation of the electric motor, the impact this could have on the maintenance sector WEG has launched a new paper entitled, How digitalisation transforms the role of the maintenance professional, which is available free to download HERE. 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