Tom Knauer and Nathaniel Scroggins talk about the cost-benefit tradeoff of the 4 main approaches to condition monitoring and other considerations. They discuss what should be considered for choosing between reactive or run-to-fail, preventative, condition-based, and predictive plans and how changes in the industry are making it easier than ever to know the condition of machines and down to individual parts.

Additional resources:

Focus Topic: Continuously monitor the condition of machines, plants and processes

Balluff Blog: Getting Started with Condition Monitoring

Control Engineering article: Choose the right industrial wireless technologies for condition monitoring

Contact Information:

Tom.Knauer@Balluff.com

Nathaniel.scroggins@Balluff.com

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Product Marketing Manager Nathaniel Scroggins discusses condition monitoring and shares updates on the family of condition monitoring sensors from Balluff. More than a product update, the BCM family of sensors use more sophisticated algorithms to deliver improved condition monitoring to detect the smallest changes.

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Balluff’s Scott Rosenberger shares details on the newest magnetic field position sensors from Balluff. Product highlights include a small form factor, measuring distance of up to 22 mm, multiple interfaces to choose from and condition monitoring via IO-Link.

Read more about the product here!

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