Threshold Alerting for Manufacturing: How to Catch Equipment Problems Before They Become Failures
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Every catastrophic equipment failure was once a minor anomaly. The temperature crept up 10 degrees. The vibration level ticked slightly higher than normal. The pressure differential shifted. The signs were there — the question is whether anyone noticed before the machine stopped.
Threshold alerting bridges the gap between normal operation and failure by monitoring operating parameters against configurable limits. Done well, it gives maintenance teams hours or days of warning before equipment fails. Done poorly, it generates noise that everyone ignores.