For engineers, plant managers and operations leaders
AI and efficiency for
heavy industry.
Practical guides on predictive maintenance, energy efficiency and decarbonization — plus an independent catalogue of the industrial software that delivers it. No hype, written for people who run real plants.
Latest guides
How to improve boiler efficiency
The practical levers that move boiler efficiency — combustion, blowdown, feedwater, flue-gas heat and standing losses — and how to find them.
Heat exchanger fouling: causes and prevention
Why exchangers foul, what it costs in energy and throughput, and how to predict and manage cleaning instead of reacting to it.
Steam trap management
Failed steam traps quietly waste fuel and damage equipment. How to survey, prioritise and monitor a trap population effectively.
Waste heat recovery in industry
Where industrial waste heat hides, the technologies that capture it, and how to judge whether recovery pays at your site.
Predictive maintenance: a practical guide
What predictive maintenance is, how it differs from preventive maintenance, which techniques fit which assets, and how to start without boiling the ocean.
Digital twins in industry
A clear-eyed look at industrial digital twins — what the term really means, the levels of fidelity, and where they deliver value versus hype.
Industrial software
Predictive maintenance, energy management, CMMS, digital twin and AI-vision platforms — compared on price and fit.
Augury
Machine health monitoring for rotating equipment using vibration and AI.
Siemens Senseye Predictive Maintenance
Scalable predictive maintenance that learns from existing condition data.
AVEVA Predictive Analytics
Early-warning analytics for critical process and power assets.
IBM Maximo Application Suite
Enterprise asset management with built-in monitoring and AI.
Fiix (Rockwell Automation)
Cloud CMMS with an AI assistant, now part of Rockwell.
Limble CMMS
Easy-to-adopt CMMS focused on fast technician uptake.
MaintainX
Mobile-first maintenance and operations execution.
UpKeep
Maintenance and asset management built for mobile technicians.