Downtime is expensive — sometimes costing thousands of dollars every minute, a line sits idle. Traditional maintenance approaches often fall into one of two traps: reacting after something breaks or replacing parts on a set schedule whether they need it or not. Predictive maintenance takes a smarter route. By combining real-time data from your equipment with machine learning, it can spot problems before they cause an outage. With OPC Router, you can efficiently route PLC and sensor data into predictive models with minimal complexity.
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How to Reduce Downtime with Predictive Maintenance and Machine Learning
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By Kyle Persyn on Oct 2, 2025 2:00:00 PM
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