Tag: Machine
A quick review of existing maintenance concepts
May 11, 2021
Most capital-intensive organisations have years of experience in performing preventive maintenance on installations, systems and physical assets. In every industry, specific standards, legislation, rules, and points of attention are taken into account when performing maintenance. However, these aspects can change. Modifications also take place, and installation parts no longer fulfil a function during the life […]
IIoT and the changing face of asset management
February 16, 2018
MechChem Africa talks to Stefan Swanepoel of enterprise, physical asset management and monitoring specialist, Pragma, about how the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is blurring the lines between asset management, condition-based maintenance and operational performance. The Pragma R&D group looks after R&D and product development and in that group, Swanepoel is responsible for R&D projects – and […]