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Primetals and ITR sign cooperation on predictive maintenance solutions

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Autor: Redaktion

Datum: 19. Apr. 2018

Both companies have been working together successfully in the field of condition monitoring for more than 10 years and jointly serve currently more than 50 customers. In combination with the previously separate customer bases covering several hundred mills worldwide, the cooperation will represent a major player and the go-to supplier for all maintenance related services.
“With the technology, know-how and capabilities of ITR, especially in the area of prediction, we will be able to even better serve our customers through leading condition monitoring and predictive maintenance solutions”, stated Karl Purkarthofer, Senior Vice President and Global Head of Metallurgical Services. “This partnership also demonstrates our position as a technological front runner in the area of digitalization and Industrie 4.0 for the metals industry.”
Most asset failure modes are predictable, provided the right data at the right time is collected and analyzed. Moreover, unplanned failures can be avoided if the necessary information is effectively communicated, so maintenance and reliability professionals can take timely action. By taking condition based action on minor issues – instead of reactive or just time-based actions –, organizations ensure small problems never evolve into big problems and can make the best use of their limited resources. In addition to immediate benefits, aggregated data is further analyzed to identify macro trends and help maintenance and reliability groups to continually improve purchasing as well as operational and maintenance practices over time.
In the mid-1970’s, ITR was one of the original founders of today’s worldwide vibration monitoring and analysis industry. ITR started as a research and development initiative in one of the world’s largest steel producers and quickly became a leading provider of these technologies and services. Today, 75 % of ITR’s customer base is in steel related industries, including flat and long rolling, iron and steel making as well as casting, in more than 20 countries on five continents. ITR’s predictive maintenance offerings include all major predictive maintenance technologies, such as infrared thermography, airborne ultrasound, and fluids analysis.
(Source: Primetals Technologies, Limited)