Leiden, Netherlands. 22 September 2022 – Engineering and technology company, ABB and Samotics, a provider of electrical signature analysis (ESA) technology based in the Netherlands, have entered a strategic long-term partnership. The aim is to provide enhanced condition monitoring services. They will deploy each company’s capabilities to deliver insight into machine health and energy efficiency. As a first step, ABB will integrate Samotics’ plug-and-play monitoring solution into its digital portfolio. The financial terms of the agreement have not been disclosed.
Samotics’ technology is complementary to the ABB Ability Condition Monitoring service for powertrains, a sensor-based solution that analyses the health and performance of rotating equipment. Samotics’ SAM4 technology, based on ESA, will expand ABB’s application of asset health monitoring of motor-driven industrial equipment as it does not rely on mounting sensors in the field. This means that SAM4 can be deployed on machines in harsh and submerged environments.
Adrian Guggisberg, president of ABB Motion Services says, “Our strategy is to build an ecosystem with service providers who can contribute to our customers’ overall success. With Samotics, we share the ambition to co-develop digital services that will offer even greater insight across a wider range of applications to help our customers taking better decisions. The partnership will also create even more value from digital service solutions to grow our annual recurring revenues.”
Jasper Hoogeweegen, CEO of Samotics says, “Entering into a strategic partnership with ABB will open doors with potential customers around the world and help us scale our business. At the same time, we share a mindset and commitment to help solve reliability and energy efficiency challenges.”
Ultimately, developing a system that uses both datasets will provide industrial operators with a more detailed view of asset health so that they can make better decisions to optimise maintenance, boost reliability and reduce downtime.
Samotics has established SAM4 as a robust and scalable system. It is already being implemented across the wastewater and water, steel, and chemical sectors and has established a fast-growing base with thousands of assets monitored.
ABB plans to roll out Samotics’ technology to customers before the end of 2022 as part of its growing service portfolio for rotating equipment.
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