The Unseen Fixer: AI’s Invisible Hand in Industry Maintenance

Vinay Kumar Moluguri
3 min readNov 17, 2023

In the sprawling industrial heartlands where machines roar with relentless energy, a silent guardian toils away. It’s the unseen fixer, the artificial intelligence (AI) that’s revolutionizing how we maintain the titans of industry. Let’s dive into an adventure within the steel-clad walls of factories and the circuit-laden innards of machines to discover how AI’s invisible hand is reshaping the maintenance landscape.

The Advent of AI in Industry

The journey begins in the industrial revolution, where maintenance was a game of chance and intuition. Fast forward to the digital era, and AI emerges as the oracle of operational efficiency. With predictive analytics and machine learning, AI is not just a tool — it’s the visionary mechanic predicting and preventing breakdowns before they occur.

The AI Mechanic’s Toolkit

AI’s toolkit is nothing short of magic — a blend of sensors, data, and algorithms working in unison. With sensors as its eyes and ears, AI monitors the health of machinery, learning the language of vibrations, temperatures, and sounds to detect anomalies that are imperceptible to human senses.

Machine learning algorithms act as the brains, digesting torrents of data to uncover patterns that spell impending trouble. This is where the unseen fixer’s true prowess lies, in its ability to discern the whisper of a fault in the cacophony of industry’s symphony.

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Vinay Kumar Moluguri
Vinay Kumar Moluguri

Written by Vinay Kumar Moluguri

Skilled Business Analyst in Data Analysis & Strategic Planning with Tableau, Power BI, SAS, Python, R, SQL. MS in Business Analytics at USF.

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