Enabling Predictive Maintenance Through Robotic Inspection – Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine

Maintenance can be a complex undertaking, requiring thorough planning and an astute understanding of a facility's risk profile. This is particularly true of high-risk facilities. Maintenance does not occur in a'vacuum' and can result in costly downtimes if it is unexpected or unplanned. Even planned maintenance can lead to lengthy downtimes resulting in huge losses. For example, oil refineries in the US alone lose an estimated $47 billion from 213,000 hours of downtime each year.