MOVUS, developer of world-leading continuous condition monitoring solution FitMachine, and global IT Solutions provider Denver, have announced a strategic partnership to automate the input of real-time asset condition data into Enterprise Asset Management systems like IBM Maximo. Maintenance, reliability, production and operations managers can now access new data-driven insights on asset performance for faster decision-making. […]
Fin Fans, How Many Can You Afford to Lose?
The Australian gas industry has never been in a better place, with the nation now occupying the top of the podium of gas exporters, followed by Qatar and US (1). This is an amazing achievement we can and should be proud of, but obviously resting on our laurels won’t keep us in the leadership seat. […]
MOVUS Marketing Internship Experience
Since July last year, I have had the opportunity to undertake a marketing internship at one of the most sought after technology startups in Brisbane. Since then I have been able to work alongside the marketing team to help grow and expand their reach across Australia. MOVUS is leading the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) revolution […]
Our FCC and CE certification process
We’ve been busy over the last few weeks undergoing testing of the FitMachine for the FCC and CE certification process. For those not familiar with these certifications the FCC, or Federal Communications Commission, is an independent government agency in the United States which regulates wireless communications in the country, as well as other forms of […]
Bringing Maintenance Into the Fourth Industrial Revolution
MOVUS was founded by CEO Brad Parsons in January 2015, initially starting out of The University of Queensland’s iLab, a supporter of technologically cutting-edge entrepreneurial start-up businesses. MOVUS’ flagship product, the FitMachine, provides an end-to-end equipment monitoring solution for industrial machinery using the latest machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies. Potential for Machine Monitoring According […]
Australian Manufacturing: Time to Invest is Now
Scenario According to the Australian Industry Group (Ai Group), our national Manufacturing industry has been expanding consistently with 25 months of uninterrupted growth (1), the longest run since 2005. On the other hand, it is no secret the sector is under pressure to transform. Traditional production methods and business models are being disrupted as digital […]
The Shift from Preventive to Condition-Based Maintenance
The current shift from Preventive to Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) deserves some reflection. Until recently, CBM required the implementation of costly monitoring equipment and skilled technical analysts to be effective, limiting its application. The development of low cost machine condition sensors coupled with artificial intelligence is disrupting the industry and re-writing the rules of maintenance regimes. […]
FitMachine Product Update, October 2018
Technology continues to be a key component of MOVUS’ market leadership and our investment remains strong. The latest release of our FitMachine technology stack has several exciting new developments, with more on the way. In brief, Customer self-install now makes installation and onboarding of MOVUS FitMachines safe and easy The latest release of our API […]
5 Advantages of Condition-Based Monitoring
Many maintenance staff in process industries have stressful jobs. They must constantly seek to balance the opposing requirements of maximising production and machinery up-time, whilst simultaneously minimising unplanned downtime with its associated loss of production, generally within a fixed maintenance budget. Traditionally this has involved, as a minimum, a scheduled maintenance plan for all machines […]
Continuous Monitoring of Assets in Dirty, Difficult, or Dangerous Locations
Last week I shared a LinkedIn update showing the MOVUS FitMachine gateway installed at a customer site in Melbourne. The Pilot Project was actually for an ALS Global customer. A comment was left on the post by a LinkedIn member asking about the use case for deploying FitMachine. Braham Breytenbach from ALS replied to the […]