Tag: Industry 4.0
Predictive precision: How condition monitoring transforms maintenance strategies in Industry 4.0
October 5, 2023
Authors | Matt Bridger and Scheepers Schoeman Decoding Industry 4.0: The rise of condition monitoring The fourth industrial revolution, or Industry 4.0, is marked by integrating digital technologies into industrial processes, reshaping the asset management environment. This integration has opened up new opportunities for organisations to increase efficiency and productivity, with condition monitoring emerging as […]
Pragma | 30 Years in the making
July 15, 2020
2020 might forever be known as the year in which Covid 19 struck, but life goes on despite this and many other challenges that businesses face. It is with this mindset, that we take a look back at an engineering firm that was born on the first of June 1990. “Politically South Africa was in […]
Industry 4.0 technologies are driving efficiencies in asset management
March 5, 2020
Industry 4.0 has many advantages and different applications in different industries. For maintenance management, the On Key EAM system enables asset owners to create a digital twin to know precisely where their assets are, what type of assets they have and their asset value.
Competence in an ever-changing asset environment
December 3, 2019
How many times has it been said that people are our most valuable assets? Typically, we think of assets as items that are of value to an organisation – but without people, the value of physical assets is seldom realised. We need to take a look at the impact of Industry 4.0, the spread of […]
Customised customer maintenance contracts, an emerging theme from OEM roundtable workshop
April 15, 2019
A key theme that Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) face is the concept of customer-specific customisation to serve the purposes of customer maintenance contracts. This was one of the elements that emerged during a roundtable workshop that Pragma hosted at their Maarssen office in the Netherlands on 20 March 2019. Henk Wynjeterp, Pragma General Manager, hosted five […]
In-time condition monitoring and diagnostics
April 5, 2019
On the evening of February 21, 2019, condition-monitoring specialist, Martec unveiled its new brand and outlined its future strategy. “Martec has embraced Industry 4.0 and is excited about the possibilities it offers for huge advances in plant reliability and infrastructure integrity, “said the Pragma company’s MD, Johannes Coetzee. Opening the celebration of Martec’s new brand, […]
Extending transformer life through condition-based solutions
November 27, 2018
Arveen Gobind of Martec, a Pragma Group company, describes how IIoT technology is now being used in condition-based maintenance programmes to extend the lives of transformers and other critical plant equipment. Living in the present time in South Africa where the economy is not at its best, all areas of public and private sectors are […]
SAAMA Panel Discussion
June 12, 2018
Adriaan Scheeres, Pragma CEO, and his panel discuss Connectedness for synergy in Smart Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) at the 2018 SAAMA Conference. He is joined by Dirk Janse van Rensburg, Darren White, Stefan Swanepoel and Maurits Zastron. Visit www.PragmaWorld.net for more details about our products and consulting services.
Developing a digitisation road map
February 20, 2018
We stand at the brink of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and digitisation should be high on the agenda of organisations that strive to remain relevant and competitive. In this fourth industrial revolution, we must embrace a range of new technologies that combine the physical, digital and biological worlds. This cyber-physical world, where the management of […]
Learning 4.0 is here and we should be excited!
December 13, 2017
“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” – Malcolm X. With the dawning of Learning 4.0, this powerful statement is now more relevant than ever before. Before we unpack what Learning 4.0 is, let’s step back in time and watch how this learning evolution unfolded. […]
