Why monitor more than just vibration?

While vibration is key, combining it with other data provides a much clearer diagnosis. For example, high vibration with low flow on a pump points to a different problem than high vibration with normal flow. This multi-layered approach reduces guesswork.

What kind of assets can you monitor?

Our solutions are highly flexible and can be applied to a vast range of rotating assets, including pumps, motors, fans, gearboxes, conveyors, and compressors.

Is this difficult to install on existing machinery?

No. Our sensors, particularly the vibration and temperature probes, are designed for easy retrofitting. They are typically magnetically mounted or use a simple stud mount, allowing for rapid deployment without significant downtime.

Can this help us track asset utilization?

Yes. The included Equipment State sensor provides precise runtime data. This allows you to correlate asset health with operational load and accurately track utilization, which is key data for calculating Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).

How quickly will I see a return on investment?

The ROI is often very rapid. Preventing just one major unplanned failure on a critical piece of machinery can often pay for the entire monitoring system in saved repair costs and averted production losses.

Intelligent Uptime Through Predictive Maintenance

Eliminate unplanned downtime and maximize the lifespan of your critical assets. The Augos Predictive Maintenance solution uses advanced vibration, temperature, pressure, and flow sensors to continuously monitor machine health, providing the earliest possible warning of developing faults so you can fix them before they fail.

The Solution: Why Predictive Maintenance (PdM) Matters

In any industrial operation, the traditional "run-to-failure" maintenance strategy is a recipe for high costs, missed deadlines, and operational chaos. Predictive Maintenance (PdM) is a modern, data-driven approach that fundamentally changes how you manage your machinery. Instead of waiting for a breakdown or performing unnecessary scheduled maintenance, PdM allows you to monitor the actual condition of your assets in real-time and act only when the data shows a problem is developing.

This solution provides a clear and rapid return on investment by reducing maintenance costs, minimizing expensive production downtime, and increasing overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).

Regional Insight

For the manufacturing and mining sectors in South Africa, unplanned downtime can cost tens of thousands of Rands per hour in lost production. Implementing a PdM solution has been shown to reduce these instances by over 50%, providing one of the most significant boosts to operational profitability.

A Multi-Layered Approach to Machine Health

A single measurement is just a data point. True insight comes from combining multiple data layers to build a complete picture of asset health.

Core Failure Prediction

This is the heart of PdM. We continuously track the two most critical indicators of developing mechanical and electrical faults:

Vibration Monitoring: Our advanced sensors measure the unique vibration signature of your rotating machinery, detecting the earliest signs of bearing wear, imbalance, or misalignment months before they are visible or audible.
Equipment Temperature Monitoring: Our rugged probes track the operating temperature of motors and gearboxes. Abnormal heat is a primary indicator of stress and a clear warning of impending component burnout.

Process & Performance Verification

Knowing a machine is running isn't enough; you need to know if it's performing. We add critical process sensors to verify output:

Pressure Monitoring: By tracking the inlet and outlet pressure of a pump, you can identify blockages, cavitation, or a drop in performance that signals a problem.
Flow Monitoring: Correlating a pump's vibration and temperature with its actual flow rate provides definitive proof of its efficiency and health.

Contextual & Operational State

To complete the picture, we track the machine's operational status. Our Equipment State Monitoring sensors tell you if a machine was On, Off, or Idle when a vibration or temperature event occurred, providing crucial context for accurate root cause analysis.

Available Hardware for Predictive Maintenance

This solution is powered by our range of rugged, industrial-grade sensors.

Vibration Sensor

Equipment Temperature Probe

Pressure Sensor

Flow Sensor/Meter

Equipment State Sensor

Connectivity & Power for Industrial Environments

Our industrial sensors are built for the factory floor. They can be hard-wired or, for difficult-to-reach assets, connect to battery-powered LoRa modems. For large sites, an Augos LoRa Base Station creates a private on-site network, ensuring reliable data transmission from every critical machine back to the platform.

The Brains of the Operation: The Augos Intelligence Platform

Collecting data is just the beginning. The true value is created in our central cloud software, the Augos Intelligence Platform. This is where raw sensor readings are transformed into actionable intelligence.

Visualize Your Assets

Analyze vibration spectrums using FFT, correlate temperature with operational load, and trend pressure vs. flow over time on our detailed dashboards.

Get Proactive Alerts

Receive instant SMS, email, or WhatsApp notifications for any deviation from normal operating conditions, well before a catastrophic failure.

Automate & Integrate

Automatically generate work orders in your maintenance management system (CMMS) when an alert is triggered via our open API.

Frequently Asked Questions

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