ACE Issue 40 2025 | Page 4

SAVING ENERGY, COSTS AND DOWNTIME

HIKMICRO SETS NEW PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE STANDARDS FOR THE TOUGHEST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
Global industrial imaging leader, HIKMICRO, is ramping up its predictive maintenance( PdM) solutions to further boost reliability and efficiencies – especially across the challenging automotive and power-intensive manufacturing sectors.
With a recent report by McKinsey & Co showing PdM reducing overall maintenance costs by 18-25 % and unplanned downtime by as much as 50 %, HIKMICRO’ s cutting-edge combination of functionally superior acoustic imagers and thermal cameras enables early detection of gas leaks and particle discharge, along with electrical and mechanical issues before they become mission critical.
Once employed on the factory floor, this powerful amalgamation gives manufacturers a smarter and more comprehensive approach to predictive maintenance, eliminating unplanned downtime, lowering energy consumption, enhancing worker safety and delivering long-term cost savings.
The new and highly affordable AI56L Acoustic Imager delivers unmatched levels of precision to cut energy waste and optimize pneumatic system performance. Its ultra-sensitive gas leak mode is highly accurate and pinpoints and filters noise in problematic environments with real-time visualization( on a large 4.3” LCD touch screen) plus those that would be impossible to hear against the background of stamping, welding, and assembly operations. Ergonomic single-hand operation makes it lightweight and portable for seamless inspections along fastmoving production lines.
It supplements the work of the other more advanced models( AI56 and AI76) in the HIKMICRO AI Series, which also identify corona, floating, surface, or particle discharge on high voltage systems that can lead to equipment failure. This is instantly displayed onscreen and can be saved for documentation and reporting analysis.
This latest acoustic innovation follows hot on the heels of HIKMICRO’ s super intelligent and AI-driven thermal imagers with SuperScene +, which effect automated risk detection and simplified workflows via built-in algorithms. Adaptive scene enhancement automatically optimizes thermal images in real time, ensuring quick and accurate temperature readings across a variety of complex industrial environments. What’ s more, reliable hotspot exposure immediately
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