Industrial temperature sensor technology enables targeted, highly accurate ongoing monitoring of equipment and component temperatures with real-time communication to facilitate immediate response to potential problems. Temperature sensors are built to measure heat output at specific areas that act as indicators of potential malfunction, including friction points, rotational axes and other critical processes.
Industrial wireless temperature sensor systems use high-speed network communication to allow for real-time, constant machine health monitoring and predictive maintenance for a proactive approach, addressing issues before they lead to unplanned downtime or premature equipment damage. With industrial temperature monitoring, maintenance teams have access to more data, earlier in the process, and are thus able to detect issues, assess problems and remedies, and act in a timely and effective manner.
Where is temperature sensor technology used?
An industrial temperature monitoring system can be useful on any type of equipment with moving parts and components. Examples include:
- Motors
- Pumps
- Compressors
- Fans
- Blowers
- Bearings
- Gearboxes
Potential issues that machine temperature monitoring sensor technology can detect — which can be an underlying sign of out-of-spec operation and potential equipment damage or shutdown later — include:
- Lack of lubrication
- Over-lubrication
- Increased equipment friction
- Improper equipment calibration
- Reduced air flow
- And more
Predictive maintenance with temperature data and monitoring
Predict and prevent machine failures
Increased temperature at specifically selected points on equipment is a highly reliable indicator of an underlying performance problem that will eventually lead to equipment shutdown, downtime and potential damage.
As equipment performance falls out of defined acceptable range, heat can be generated (in the case of increased friction or improper lubrication) or will build up (in the case of insufficient airflow) — two scenarios that can be quickly identified and alerted by way of temperature sensors and communication systems. By investigating increased temperatures as soon as they occur, maintenance technicians can identify and diagnose a problem well before it becomes severe enough to shut down the machine or cause equipment failure.
Prevent unplanned downtime
With temperature data and real-time alerts, maintenance technicians gain the flexibility to address a problem at a more convenient time while preventing equipment failure. Using diagnostics and production data, personnel can identify a maintenance window with a minimal impact on production, thus reducing or eliminating unplanned downtime and enabling operations to plan around the work.
Industries served
Flexible technology for multiple industries
We focus on eight core areas of manufacturing while maintaining the flexibility to adapt and provide for nearly any industry, drawing on our decades of experience in industrial maintenance technology.
- Aerospace
- Automotive
- Building Products
- Consumer Packaged Goods
- Heavy Equipment
- Paper & Pulp
- Power Distribution
- Tire and Rubber
The ATS edge
At ATS, we are ready to work with you as a maintenance technology strategist and partner, providing solutions that we have carefully tailored to provide the maximum benefit and the minimum disruption to your operations during installation and implementation. Our machine health monitoring solutions provides 24/7 monitoring of your equipment through wireless sensors and analysis of sensor data from our team of reliability engineers. If potential failures are detected, our team sends recommendations to the onsite maintenance team with corrective actions.
These facets of our predictive maintenance service offering maximize your benefits, including improved uptime, increased equipment reliability, longer equipment life and a more immediate return on your investment.
Protect against downtime
Are you looking for a data-driven maintenance program that gives you the insight and analytics to be proactive against downtime?
ATS can help! Contact us.
