The Power

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WH AT MAKES AUGURY’S AI DIFFERENT? 03

EVALUATING AI-POWERED PREDICTIVE

MAINTENANCE 04

THE BENEFITS OF AUGURY’S AI-

POWERED MACHINE HEALTH SOLUTIONS 07

HOW AUGURY’S AI DIAGNOSTICS WORK 09

Gather Data From Advanced Sensors 11

Customize Thresholds for Machine Faults 13
Extract Unique Features for Accurate Insights 15
Accurately Detect Anomalies 17
Add Human Expertise 19
Build Fault Models for Prescriptive Diagnostics 20

EVALUATING AI-BASED PREDICTIVE

MAINTENANCE SOLUTIONS 21

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What Makes Augury’s
AI Different?
ADVANCED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
is the foundation of Augury’s Machine
Health Solutions and is used to
continuously monitor and diagnose critical
and supporting rotating equipment.
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Diagnoses rotating machine issues
early with 99% recall (referring to
overall accuracy).

Diagnostics identify malfunction

type, root cause, severity, and
Machine Health uses the Internet of Things the recommended course of
(IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to remediation action.
predict and prevent machine failures and

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improve machine performance. Machine
Health has the ability to elevate predictive
Updates diagnostics every hour
maintenance programs, going beyond
for any number of machines
predicting machine failure by telling staff
what to fix and how to fix it.

The AI that powers Augury’s Machine
Health Solutions:
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Uses patented algorithms that
continuously learn and improve
from a growing dataset of over 120
million hours of machine run time

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Evaluating AI-Powered
Predictive Maintenance
INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING
MACHINES FAIL UNEXPECTEDLY FOR
MANY REASONS.
Maintenance teams may lack the resources needed
to regularly inspect machines. Manual inspections
are subject to human error and may be biased or
incomplete. Some faults may develop slowly and are
difficult to detect in real time. Others develop quickly
between scheduled maintenance inspections.
Problems arise when maintenance and reliability
teams lack real-time insight on the condition of
their machines, making many maintenance strategies
little more than guesswork. This results in under-
maintenance and unplanned downtime or over-
maintenance, which raises costs and drains productivity.
PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE SOLVES
THESE PROBLEMS.
Predictive maintenance solves these problems by using
sensors to continuously monitor machines and data
to detect machine malfunctions before they lead to
failure. Predictive maintenance also reduces wasted
effort by helping to prioritize maintenance tasks.
Many competing predictive maintenance solutions
look and sound similar. Vendors use terms like AI or
machine learning. But what determines the accuracy,
scalability and success of a predictive maintenance
solution is the nature of the data being collected and
the sophistication of the AI algorithms.
Maintenance and reliability teams should therefore
carefully evaluate the AI engine of any predictive
maintenance solution, as well as the data it depends on.
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AUGURY’S AI NOT ONLY DETECTS FAULTS
on rotating equipment with 99% accuracy,
but it also explains what the fault is, how to
fix it and when, using a combination of data,
advanced AI algorithms and human expertise.

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HEALTH STATUS DANGER
FAULTS DE TECTED (3)

Possible Cause: Recommended Actions:

Sheave Align the sheaves
Danger | misalignment Check the condition of the pulleys
Misalignment - and belts and replace accordingly
Motor Nov 01 Dec 01 Jan 01

Possible Cause: Recommended Actions:

Friction caused by Check sheaves for face and
Danger | groove runout
various belt drive
Worn/Eccentric
problems Replace sheave if necessary
Fan Sheave -
Nov 01 Dec 01 Jan 01 Inspect fan sheave for wear
Driven Fan
Check sheave profile and ensure
belt contract area is correct

Possible Cause: Recommended Actions:

Heavy spot Visually check the belts
Alarm | Dirt build-up Wash and clean as access permits
Radial Unbalance - Erosion of fan Balanced the fan
Driven Fan Nov 01 Dec 01 Jan 01 blades

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Benefits of Augury’s
AI-Powered Machine
Health Solution
CONTINUOUS MACHINE MONITORING GENERATES A
tremendous amount of data, well beyond the amount humans can
process. Analyzing this data to diagnose hundreds or thousands of
machines across an enterprise requires automation.

AI incorporates smart algorithms that are capable of performing tasks

that typically require human intelligence. Machine learning is a subset
of AI algorithms, which, just like humans, learn by example and then
apply what they have learned to new situations. The teaching and
learning process takes time and must be ongoing, if the algorithms
are to improve in accuracy and capability.

But algorithms alone are not enough. Any machine learning algorithm
is only as accurate as the data that it learns from.

Augury’s Machine Health for Critical Equipment (MH CR) delivers

unmatched fault diagnostics with AI insights that are verified by Augury’s
human vibration analysts. Machine Health for Supporting Equipment
(MH SE) leverages the same advanced AI with insights verified by on-site
users to provide diagnostics for balance of plant equipment.

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SENSING DATA
Augury’s premium sensor We train our AI algorithms
technology monitors using Augury’s growing
mechanical rotating database of over 120 million
equipment 24/7. hours of machine recordings.

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experienced vibration is e go algorithms use cutting-edge
analysts have helped train
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our algorithms through and time series analysis. User
extensive labeling of machine inputs are also leveraged to train
faults. Today, these reliability and improve these algorithms.
experts collaborate with
customers to align AI-driven
machine health insights with
business priorities to optimize
results and outcomes.

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How Augury’s AI
Diagnostics Work
AUGURY’S SENSORS CONTINUOUSLY GATHER VIBRATION,
magnetic and temperature data from machines. This anonymized data
is then added to our training dataset. After a brief baseline period,
Augury’s reliability experts assign a machine health status based on
the machine’s condition. A healthy machine is classified as being
in acceptable condition and therefore doesn’t require immediate
attention, while a faulty machine is given a status of monitor, alarm
or danger. This provides a continuously growing pool of supervised
examples that the machine learning model learns from by identifying
data features indicative of machine health status.

In order to classify the health status of a new machine, data is

extracted from the machine, faults are diagnosed, corrective actions
are suggested and the machine health status is defined based on fault
severity. With Machine Health for Critical Equipment, Augury vibration
analysts then validate the AI diagnosis.

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AUGURY’S AI DIAGNOSTICS AT WORK

Sensor Data Advanced Signal Feature Extraction Detection Anomaly Model

Operational Data Processing (based on domain knowledge) System (based on thousands
of hours of recordings)

AI Detection

Anomaly or Fault Found?

Fault Models
Augury Analyst Review (based on 80K unique
User machines labeled by our VAs)

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Gather Data From
Advanced Sensors
THE ACCURACY OF ANY MACHINE
learning algorithm depends on the quality
and quantity of data from which it learns.
Augury’s machine learning dataset
is based on a decade of continuous
monitoring of thousands of machines.
Augury’s sensors are
mounted onto various
rotating machines,
where they continuously
capture a combination of
vibration, magnetic and
temperature data.
Vibration Input
VIBRATION INPUT
Tri-axial vibration sensors are based on low-power microelectro-
mechanical system (MEMS) technology for early stage diagnostics
of mechanical and electrical faults.
Temperature
Input
MAGNE TIC INPUT
Low-power hall-effect magnetic sensors are used for electrical
fault diagnostics, energy analysis and operational state detection,
including accurate revolution per minute (RPM) measurements.
Magnetic Input
TEMPERATURE INPUT
Semiconductor transistors are used to verify mechanical diagnostics,
detect operational conditions and analyze energy consumption.
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By fusing the data points collected
through synchronous sampling of these
inputs, Augury’s algorithms holistically
analyze multiple health indicators for
an accurate, comprehensive view
of machine health.

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Customize Thresholds
for Machine Faults
AUGURY INITIALLY APPLIES ADVANCED SIGNAL
processing methods in order to clean and filter machine data of
irrelevant noise. The processed raw data reflects the changing IDENTIFYING MACHINE FAULTS
magnitude of signals over time and allows us to carefully monitor
meaningful deviations from a baseline.
Bearing
Based on expert knowledge and the history of the machine, thresholds
are set on the signal amplitude or frequency spectrum in order to
provide the first line of defense against machine failure. Augury uses
its machine recording dataset to gather valuable statistics about the
machine and customize relevant thresholds accordingly.
Misaligment
Our rules-based algorithms are based on our existing machine health
domain knowledge as well as on the continuous measurements of our
different sensors. Having magnetic, vibration and temperature sensors
that work simultaneously gives us additional information about the
changes that might happen in the machines due to a fault.
Unbalance

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AUGURY EXTRACTS UNIQUE FEATURES
from the data gathered by sensors. This allows
us to provide important information to our
machine-learning algorithms and add new
information on fault and performance insight
accuracy, which is unique to the industry.

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Extract Unique Features
for Accurate Insights
OUR ENGINEERING PROCESS ACCOUNTS Operational
Features

ENERGY OPERATIONAL
for features such as the average/standard
Temperature/magnetic/vibration FEATURES
deviation of the signal as well as more levels across frequency bands
Motor speed and load estimation
complicated features that include more
complex features such as motor speed. In
fact, we have more than 850+ unique feature
sets per machine including:
Signal

SIGNAL FAULT
Noise analysis and statistical Signal signatures related
metrics of the data to specific faults

Using these and other

features, we’re able to train
our algorithms to distinguish Sensor Fusion

STATE SENSOR FUSION

a healthy machine from an Time-dependent features, Relating features from

unhealthy one by identifying representing relative changes multiple sensors

certain patterns that are not

easy to identify otherwise.
Non-Stationary
Benchmarks

NON-STATIONARY MACHINE T YPE

BENCHMARKS Customized to specific types
of machines such as motors,
Characterizing short time
pumps and fans
windows in the data

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T YPES OF FEATURES

ENERGY OPERATIONAL SIGNAL FAULT

Vibration, magnetic Speed, slip and PDF characterization, Features signature

temperature levels, load estimation envelope analysis, features (bearing, 1x
specific bands levels noise analysis faults, cavitation, etc.)

STATEFUL SENSOR FUSION NON-STATIONARY MACHINE TYPE

Time dependent health Cross sensor features, TWF and spectral Motors, pumps, fan,
features (relative changes) phase features features based on chillers, servos,
wavelets and STFT gearbox, general, etc.

PDF: probability density function TWF: time waveform STFT: short-time Fourier transform

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Accurately
Detect Anomalies
EXTRACTED FEATURE SE TS PL AY A KEY ROLE IN AUGURY’S
anomaly detection algorithms, which search for feature changes that are
indicative of machine health-related issues. These anomalies–such as a
gradual increase in temperature–might manifest in sudden and abrupt
performance changes, or gradual or transient changes.

The key to correctly identifying machine health-related anomalies lies

in Augury’s continuous online monitoring, along with our powerful domain
knowledge that differentiates between operational issues and true health-
related anomalies.

If using simple thresholds, a machine that is turned off or on can easily

be diagnosed with a fault, simply because the machine’s status changed.
Falsely alerting maintenance teams to problems that don’t exist means
that alerts are eventually ignored, resulting in failed program adoption
and costly misses of true failure warnings. The ability of our algorithms
to distinguish between the two ensures we are providing accurate and
relevant machine health alerts.

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HEALTH-REL ATED ANOMALIES INTENDED MACHINE
DE TECTED BY AUGURY’S AI CH ANGES

CLIFF TOGGLING
ON/OFF

time time

DE TERIORATION BIMODAL/
MULTIMODAL
MACHINES

time time

TRANSIENT

time

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Add Human Features

Expertise Preprocessing

USING THEIR DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE, OUR

reliability experts and on-site users label data according
to machine health status. These labels serve as “ground
truths,” which categorize our dataset into examples of
faulty and healthy machines. We use these examples to
train our algorithms so that they can later identify new
examples that they have not seen before.

When the trained AI model is used to classify a new

machine, relevant data features and user labels are
extracted and used to assign the machine’s health status. Acceptable Severity
A healthy machine is classified as being in an acceptable
condition, while a faulty machine is given a status of
monitor, alarm or danger. Based on the fault severity,
Monitor
prescriptive diagnostics and actionable insights are sent
to maintenance teams.

Alarm

Danger

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Build Fault Models
for Prescriptive
Diagnostics
WHEN L ABELING A GROUND TRUTH DATASE T, OUR
reliability experts include valuable information regarding specific
machine health issues. This allows us to develop machine-learning
models for each fault type. Augury’s diagnostic coverage therefore goes
well beyond assigning a high-level machine health status. By including
condition estimates at the component (such as a motor or pump) and
bearing levels for root cause analysis, our diagnostics also highlight
exactly what needs to be done to avert a machine failure.

As our machine recording dataset continues to expand, so does its

library of fault signatures used in training the fault detection algorithms.
Because machines run well the majority of the time, most machine
recordings will be normal. Augury’s extensive dataset, accumulated
over a decade, includes a unique number of fault signatures. The more
signatures in our dataset, the greater the relevancy and timeliness of
fault insight our algorithms can deliver to users.

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Evaluating AI-Based Predictive
Maintenance Solutions
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS USEFUL
in its ability to rapidly analyze huge
amounts of machine data, identify fault
features and patterns, and integrate those
into insights. But not all AI models are
created equal. When it comes to predictive
maintenance, AI-based solutions should be
evaluated on the power of their datasets,
algorithms and diagnostics.
To provide the level of accuracy and
relevancy required by maintenance
and reliability teams, AI models must
continuously learn and integrate human
expertise. Diagnostic accuracy increases
when AI insights are combined with
human expertise.
Augury’s Machine Health Solutions also
include algorithms that can determine fault
severity. With this additional insight, our
advanced AI can offer component-level
analysis and guidance on how and when
to fix issues, empowering maintenance THE IMPACT OF AUGURY’S
teams to prioritize maintenance tasks and DATA-DRIVEN PREDICTIVE
order parts ahead of time. MAINTENANCE
99%
No matter what, successful,
effective AI models require Accuracy detection
rich IoT-enabled datasets.
They must include diagnostic techniques
that go beyond threshold and rules-based
120M+
Machine hours monitored
analysis to include unique features that
enhance insights and an expansive library
of fault signatures for continuous fault
<60 DAYS
detection algorithm training. Evaluating AI
solutions using these criteria will ensure
you choose a predictive maintenance Average time to first machine
improvement
platform on which your Industry 4.0
success can be based.
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