Wireless Predictive Maintenance
Know an asset is failing weeks before it stops your plant
Unplanned failures on pumps, motors, fans and gearboxes rarely give warning you can see. Wireless condition monitoring puts vibration and temperature data from remote and hard-to-reach assets in front of your team, without running cable to every machine. Applies to fixed plant, remote sites and Ex-rated areas.
How Wireless Condition Monitoring Works
Step 1: Sensors Mount on the Asset
Battery-powered wireless vibration and temperature sensors bolt or magnet-mount to bearings, motors and gearboxes — including hazardous-area rated sensors for Ex zones. No cabling, no shutdown to install.
Step 2: Data Travels to Your Network
Sensors report to a gateway over a wireless mesh. Wireless I/O and IT communication hardware bridges the gap from remote field locations back to your control system or network — kilometres of cable avoided.
Step 3: Your Team Sees Trends and Alarms
Vibration trends, temperature rises and threshold alarms land in your SCADA, historian or a standalone dashboard. Remote I/O ties existing field signals into the same picture.
What Sites Get Out of It
Bearing and Motor Failures Caught Weeks Early
Rising vibration signatures flag developing faults long before audible noise or heat — repairs move to planned shutdowns.
Fewer Manual Inspection Rounds
Assets in remote, elevated or hazardous locations are monitored continuously instead of walked monthly.
No Trenching or Cabling Remote Assets
Wireless sensors and I/O remove the biggest cost line in monitoring far-flung equipment.
Ex-Zone Assets Monitored Compliantly
Certified hazardous-area sensors bring rotating equipment in classified zones into the same monitoring program.
Where This Application Matters Most
Resources
Fixed plant, crushers, conveyors drives and pump stations across mine sites — assets too spread out to cable.
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Manufacturing
Production-critical motors, fans and gearboxes where an unplanned stop halts the line.
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Infrastructure & Utilities
Unmanned pump stations and treatment assets monitored remotely instead of by truck roll.
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Industrial Sites & Facilities
Motors, fans and gearboxes across workshops, maintenance facilities and general industrial operations.
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Case Study · 3 min read
Real Results: Safer Operations and Predictive Maintenance in Grain Handling with Advantech Wireless Monitoring
A major grain handling facility used Advantech’s wireless monitoring to eliminate blind spots between inspections, reduce fire risk, and move to a safer, more proactive maintenance model.
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