For over five decades, industrial sensors and actuators have been instrumental in the evolution and automation of processes within heavy industries. Systems like SCADA, PLCs and RTUs have been in use since the 1960s. Distributed controls systems were introduced in the 1970s to provide distributed control of production plants. These systems generated massive amounts 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 […]
MOVUS Shines at Telstra Vantage
MOVUS was recently invited by Telstra Ventures (one of our investors) to be part of their showcase stand at Telstra Vantage late last month. Vantage is Australia’s largest invitation-only technology event and brings together passionate individuals and organisations so as to collaborate on the future and immerse themselves in innovative technology solutions. For MOVUS, this […]
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 […]
Top 5 Tips to Set Up Your IIoT Pilot Project for Success
The MOVUS team talk to a lot of regional companies across a wide range of industries about Industry 4.0, Industrial IoT etc and we’re always asked about how to set up a project in this space. The questions we’re asked include: What are our customers doing? How are they planning success? What tips could I […]
Operational Excellence Forum – MOVUS Exhibiting
Following on from the Asset Management Reimagined conference earlier this week, we’re off to the Gold Coast to exhibit and talk Predictive Maintenance at the SIRF national event – Operational Excellence Forum on 21 and 22 August. Predictive Maintenance and MOVUS FitMachine If you’re attending this event please stop by the MOVUS booth. You’ll have the […]
MOVUS Exhibiting at Asset Management Reimagined
The MOVUS team will be exhibiting our FitMachine solution at Asset Management Reimagined in Melbourne on 6 & 7 August at the Pullman Hotel Albert Park. Simple But Powerful Predictive Maintenance Capability Predictive maintenance and its potential impact on industrial assets is a hot topic at the moment. Asset owners want – visibility on utilisation, […]
MOVUS Signs Collaboration Agreement with ALS
The MOVUS partner community continues to grow with our most significant agreement completed last month – a broad ranging collaboration agreement with ALS. Based in Brisbane, ALS is the leading provider of Asset Reliability and Integrity Services in Australia. It has maintained its position in this space by continuously seeking the most effective condition monitoring […]
Reactive Maintenance vs Predictive Maintenance
There’s a lot of really good content being published across the web and particularly on LinkedIn in relation to predictive maintenance and the benefits it delivers over traditional maintenance practices. Many of the conversations that I have with MOVUS prospects ends up focused around what hidden costs and issues they can overcome by starting the […]