CNN's to Predict Process Failures

This is a prototype exploring application of a CNN to predict likelihood of a system failure in a process. The objective is not to classify the failure, but to classify a set of current and past time slices as an indication of a future failure. Before I begin, note that this is presented as a concept / prototype to test if a CNN model could work reasonably in predicting impending faults in an industrial system. I did apply this to a paper machine failure dataset which I will discuss in a following article. This is not the "be all, end all" or state of the art AI application.