Machine Learning for Predictive Equipment Maintenance in Industrial Settings. Three months ago, I stood in a steel mill watching a maintenance team disassemble a massive rolling machine that had failed without warning. Production had stopped completely. Workers stood idle. The plant manager estimated the cost at ₹15 lakh per hour of downtime, and they were...
Digital Transformation in Manufacturing – The Four Stages of Industry 4.0 Adoption
Digital Transformation in Manufacturing – The Four Stages of Industry 4.0 Adoption. Last month, I walked through a factory that had been operating since the 1970s. The contrast was striking ancient hydraulic presses stood next to collaborative robots, legacy control systems operated alongside AI-powered quality inspection cameras. The plant manager pointed to a machine where...