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    Manufacturing
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    Visual Predictive Maintenance for Production Equipment

    For manufacturers with 500+ machines. Predict failures from visual inspection data. 40% reduction in unplanned downtime, 25% lower maintenance costs.

    Who It's For

    Manufacturing operations teams and maintenance departments managing large equipment fleets who need to shift from reactive to predictive maintenance

    Problem Solved

    Unplanned equipment failures cost $50K-250K per incident in downtime and repairs. Traditional time-based maintenance wastes money servicing healthy equipment

    Why Mixpeek

    40% reduction in unplanned downtime, 25% lower maintenance costs, and early warning alerts days or weeks before failure

    Overview

    Equipment failures are expensive and disruptive. This use case shows how Mixpeek enables visual-based predictive maintenance that catches problems before they cause downtime.

    Challenges This Solves

    Reactive Maintenance

    Failures occur without warning, causing production stops

    Impact: $50K-250K per unplanned downtime incident

    Over-Maintenance

    Time-based schedules service healthy equipment

    Impact: Wasted labor and parts costs, unnecessary downtime

    Inspection Consistency

    Human inspectors miss subtle degradation signs

    Impact: Early indicators overlooked, failures not predicted

    Data Silos

    Visual, thermal, and sensor data not integrated

    Impact: Incomplete picture of equipment health

    Implementation Steps

    Mixpeek analyzes visual inspection images, thermal scans, and vibration data to identify early failure indicators and predict remaining useful life

    1

    Capture Inspection Data

    Collect visual and thermal inspection images

    import { Mixpeek } from 'mixpeek';
    const client = new Mixpeek({ apiKey: process.env.MIXPEEK_API_KEY });
    // Configure equipment inspection data collection
    await client.buckets.connect({
    collection_id: 'equipment-inspections',
    bucket_uri: 's3://maintenance/inspections/',
    extractors: [
    'image-embedding', // Visual features
    'thermal-analysis', // Hot spots, temperature patterns
    'wear-detection', // Corrosion, cracks, wear patterns
    'anomaly-detection', // Deviations from baseline
    'text-extraction' // Gauge readings, displays
    ],
    settings: {
    equipment_id_field: 'asset_tag',
    timestamp_field: 'inspection_date',
    compare_to_baseline: true,
    track_changes_over_time: true
    }
    });
    2

    Establish Health Baselines

    Learn normal appearance for each equipment type

    // Build baseline models from historical good-condition images
    async function establishBaseline(equipmentType: string) {
    const baseline = await client.models.createBaseline({
    collection_id: 'equipment-inspections',
    name: `baseline-${equipmentType}`,
    filters: {
    equipment_type: equipmentType,
    condition: 'good',
    inspection_date: { $gte: '2023-01-01' }
    },
    features: [
    'visual_appearance',
    'thermal_signature',
    'component_positions',
    'surface_condition'
    ]
    });
    return baseline;
    }
    3

    Analyze Current Inspections

    Compare new inspections to baseline for anomalies

    // Analyze inspection for early failure indicators
    async function analyzeInspection(inspectionId: string) {
    const inspection = await client.collections.get(inspectionId);
    const analysis = await client.analyze({
    document_id: inspectionId,
    baseline_id: `baseline-${inspection.equipment_type}`,
    checks: [
    'thermal_hotspots',
    'visual_anomalies',
    'wear_progression',
    'component_degradation'
    ]
    });
    return {
    equipment_id: inspection.equipment_id,
    health_score: analysis.health_score, // 0-100
    anomalies_detected: analysis.anomalies,
    wear_rate: analysis.wear_progression,
    predicted_failure: analysis.failure_prediction,
    recommended_actions: analysis.recommendations,
    confidence: analysis.confidence
    };
    }
    4

    Generate Maintenance Alerts

    Alert maintenance teams to predicted issues

    // Set up predictive maintenance alerts
    await client.alerts.create({
    collection_id: 'equipment-inspections',
    name: 'Predictive Maintenance Alert',
    conditions: [
    {
    field: 'health_score',
    operator: 'below',
    threshold: 70
    },
    {
    field: 'predicted_failure.days_until',
    operator: 'below',
    threshold: 14
    },
    {
    field: 'anomalies_detected',
    operator: 'severity_above',
    threshold: 'medium'
    }
    ],
    destinations: ['cmms', 'email', 'slack'],
    include_fields: [
    'equipment_id', 'location', 'health_score',
    'predicted_failure', 'recommended_actions',
    'inspection_images'
    ]
    });

    Expected Outcomes

    40% reduction in unplanned equipment failures

    Unplanned Downtime

    25% reduction in total maintenance spend

    Maintenance Costs

    85% accuracy predicting failures 7+ days ahead

    Prediction Accuracy

    30% reduction in emergency parts orders

    Parts Inventory

    15% extension in average equipment useful life

    Equipment Lifespan

    Frequently Asked Questions

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