November/ December 2021

PNEUMATICS What is predictive maintenance? Predictive maintenance focuses on intervening in machines before anything breaks or goes wrong. This is achieved by considering the physical parameters of individual components. The idea is to replace the part before it fails. This lets you save maintenance time and prevent costly, unplanned machinery downtime. How does it differ from other maintenance? The biggest difference is that this type of maintenance is 100% proactive. Many companies have a ‘use it until it breaks’ 50 HYDRAULICS & PNEUMATICS November/December 2021 www.hpmag.co.uk approach to their maintenance. This can often cause a lot of cascading effects and incur extra repair costs. Even regularly scheduled maintenance and inspection can have its drawbacks. For example, more preventative approaches, that are based on statistical, historical data, run the danger of replacing good components, incurring unnecessary replacement costs. That’s why companies have begun moving to predictive How to save maintenance time while optimising machine productivity Machinery maintenance and repairs can be time- consuming and frustrating, but there’s a way to improve the whole ordeal! Many companies are turning to predictive maintenance to aid their operations. This helps them save time, money, and frustration when dealing with their equipment. Camozzi Automation provides a few facts about predictive maintenance to help you get started. CLOUD Data ingestion & Data mining IIoT gateway Series D valve island Series PRE Proportional pressure regulator Series DRCS Drive for motors PLC Smart Pneumatic Components Smart pneumatic components connected wirelessly or via a PLC to a remote dashboard An example health status indicator for a solenoid coil