About the Author

Brandon Blatter - Reliability Engineer at Augury. Brandon earned his bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. He is a certified ISO Category III vibration analyst with ten years of experience performing centralized analysis services on a wide array of rotating equipment such as chillers, fans, pumps, air compressors, gearboxes, and more.

Predictive Maintenance, Vibration Analysis

How AI-Driven Vibration Analysis Enables Higher-Value Maintenance Work

Machines have their own language. When operating, they’re constantly broadcasting signals of their status. To a large extent, machine hea...

Machine Reliability, Vibration Analysis

Condition-Based Monitoring: The Future of Machine Maintenance

Condition-based monitoring is the most effective approach to machine maintenance. A reactive maintenance approach only comes in after som...

Continuous Diagnostics, Machine Diagnostics, Machine Health, Predictive Maintenance

Eliminating Downtime with Machine Health

Machine downtime is a widespread problem in the industrial world — 82% of organizations have reported experiencing at least one unplanned...

Continuous Diagnostics, Machine Reliability

The Power of Continuous Data Streams: Knowing When to Take Action

-- Read Time: 4 Minutes-- The blow molder conveyor motor at the bottling plant had been running steadily for years. It drove a belt that...

Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Machine Learning, Mechanical Diagnostics, Predictive Maintenance

Diagnostics Fusion: Humans, Machines and the Future of Predictive Maintenance

--Read Time: 5 min-- There’s no denying that advancements in artificial intelligence and machine learning are occurring faster than mo...