Managed Diagnostics

Introduction

Managed Diagnostics (CR-MD) is an add-on that expands Machine Health coverage to previously underdiagnosed asset types that have slow rotation speeds (between 150 - 300 RPM) as well as highly intermittent running machines. 

These machines are chronically under-diagnosed across the industry due to the challenges in monitoring them but are super critical. When they go down, they can easily account for more than 50% of downtime (and, for hard-to-repair machines, can cause up to 90% of downtime).

CR-MD provides a vast improvement on older monitoring techniques, such as route-based ultrasound monitoring. Because of the many challenges to monitoring such systems and the focus on higher system sensitivity to prevent downtime, there is a slightly higher expected risk of missed faults as well as more false alarms/alarm noise.

However, using CR-MD you can expect about 98% accuracy, compared to our CR offering for most of your assets, which provides 99.9% accuracy in terms of fault detection and low false alarms.

Do note that in the case of highly intermittent operating machines - these machines need to be operated in such a manner that Augury is able to capture sufficient data to enable monitoring and diagnostics - please reach out to your Augury team for an evaluation of your machine’s operating parameters and eligibility for CR-MD.

With CR-CR-MD expanding your Machine Health coverage you can continuously monitor all your machines on the same Machine Health platform. You are less likely to miss the signs of a developing problem because all the data is available in the same place. This means there is no need to switch applications, connect the dots, or buy and integrate multiple solutions.

How it works

Augury VAs leverage available anomaly detectors and manage a combination of asset-specific features, with additional anomaly detection to trigger alerts to users

• CR-MD uses custom-built feature thresholds, set by VAs or the customer.
• Specialized AI features and detectors listen for specific vibration patterns unique to low RPM machines.
• Specialized sampling regime to maximize recorded sessions for analysis in Intermittent Machines
• When a threshold is crossed, users automatically receive alerts.
• The relevant machines are flagged as CR-MD on the Machine Health page and have frequent manual review by VAs. 
• The customer has full access to advanced analytics so they can check and analyze the data and take action.

Augury also has Specialized Monitoring for machines rotating at less than 150 RPM, highly variable, or non-rotating machines. For more details review the article on Specialized Monitoring here.