Electricity and Control May 2025

Plant maintenance, test + measurement: Products + services

AI powered maintenance

Senseye Predictive Maintenance with the full Maintenance Copilot functionality. This enables users to predict failures before they happen, maximise uptime, and reduce costs with AI-driven insights. O”ering enterprise-wide scalability, automated diagnostics, and sustainable business outcomes, this solution helps companies move beyond traditional maintenance, optimising operations across multiple sites and supporting long-term e”iciency and resilience. The new o”ering enables comprehensive coverage of the full maintenance cycle – from reactive repair to predictive and preventive strategies – by leveraging generative AI-driven insights that enhance decision-making and e”iciency across industrial environments. “The expansion of Industrial Copilot marks a significant step in Siemens’ mission to transform maintenance operations,” said Margherita Adragna, CEO Customer Services at Siemens Digital Industries. “By extending our predictive maintenance solutions, we’re enabling industries to shiŽ from reactive to proactive maintenance strategies and drive e”iciency and resilience in an increasingly complex industrial landscape.”

The Siemens Industrial Copilot is a generative AI-based assistant enabling customers to leverage generative AI across the value chain – from design and planning to engineering, operations, and services. For example, the Industrial Copilot empowers engineering teams to generate code for programmable logic controllers using their native language, speeding-up SCL code generation by an estimated 60% as well as minimising errors and reducing the need for specialised knowledge. This in turn reduces development time and boosts quality and productivity over the long term. Siemens is developing a full suite of copilots to industrial grade standards for the discrete and process manufacturing industries. It has now introduced an advanced maintenance solution. The new generative AI-powered solution is designed to support every stage of the maintenance cycle, helping industries to move beyond traditional maintenance practices towards an intelligent, data-driven approach. To realise this, the Senseye Predictive Maintenance solution powered by MicrosoŽ Azure is being extended with two new o”erings. The Entry Package provides an accessible and cost e”ective introduction to predictive maintenance, combining AI-powered repair guidance with basic predictive capabilities. It helps businesses transition from reactive to condition based maintenance, providing limited connectivity for sensor data collection and real-time condition monitoring. With AI-assisted troubleshooting and minimal infrastructure requirements, companies can reduce downtime, improve maintenance e”iciency, and lay the foundation for full predictive maintenance. The Scale Package is designed for enterprises looking to transform their maintenance strategy fully. It integrates Fluke, a global technology leader in the manufacture of compact, professional electronic test and measurement tools and soŽware, and locally represented by Comtest, o”ers the Fluke 376 FC True RMS Clamp Meter with iFlex as an advanced troubleshooting tool for industrial and commercial electricians. The 376 FC is part of the Fluke Connect family of wireless test tools that, through Bluetooth connectivity, enables users to log, trend and monitor measurements while remaining safely away from the arc flash zone. With the 376 FC clamp meter, electricians and maintenance technicians can find the cause of complex problems. It uses an integrated low-pass filter to measure non-linear signals, such as adjustable speed drives, electronic ballasts and other non linear loads, accurately. In addition, the proprietary inrush measurement technology serves to filter out noise and captures the motor starting current exactly as the circuit protection sees it. The Fluke 376 FC Clamp Meter enables a range of measurements. - Voltage to 1 000 V ac or dc - Resistance to 60 kΩ with continuity detection - Minimum, maximum, average, and inrush, recorded to cap ture variations automatically True RMS clamp meter for electrical troubleshooting

For more information visit www.siemens.com

Siemens is expanding its Industrial Copilot with new generative AI-powered maintenance capabilities. [Source: Siemens AG.]

- 500 mV dc measurement range to interface with other accessories - 1 000 µF capacitance measurement It allows users to work safely and conveniently, and it carries a CAT III 1000 V, CAT IV 600 V safety rating, designed to o”er users the highest possible protection in a test tool. The included 18-inch or 36-inch iFlex flexible current probe provides for easier access to large conductors in tight spaces. The flexible probe expands the measurement range to 2 500 A ac and allows frequency measurement to 500 Hz with body jaw and iFlex.

For more information visit: www.comtest.co.za

Fluke 376 FC True-RMS Clamp Meter enables users to monitor measurements while remaining safely away from the arc flash zone.

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