Category: IIoT & Digital Transformation
Jim Fitch authored articles & papers
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How the IIoT Is Changing Condition Monitoring
The industrial internet of things (IIoT) and Industry 4.0 are already unleashing enormous value in plants around the world. It seems that today’s younger, digital workforce is the energy that propels this change. Past efforts had been sluggish to say the least. Read More
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Applying Satellite Communications Technology to Condition-Based Maintenance for Mobile Equipment
The advent of unattended sensor technologies has placed a particular challenge on data communication for machine surveillance monitoring. This challenge is magnified when mobile equipment and large geographic territories are involved. Read More
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Model of a Fuzzy Logic Expert System for Real-Time Condition Control of a Hydraulic System
Condition control is defined as the interactive processes of condition monitoring, condition analysis, and condition response. A model is presented which employs the use of expert systems to achieve real-time condition control of a hydraulic system. Read More
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Crucial and Healthy
Somewhere in your plant there are all-important pieces of production equipment that simply must operate as intended-or else. And most likely the “or else” is too painful to even think about: injuries, catastrophic damage, contract penalties, irate customers, missed shipping dates, junked parts, ballooning costs, a sickly quarterly financial report, and so on. Those critical… Read More