Power & utilities
Steam generators, transmission networks, heat exchangers. Geographically dispersed equipment, often monitored by successive contractors.
Articles in the power & utilities sector
AI and maintenance
AI agents in industry: what they do, what to fence
Copilot or agent: what agentic AI already does on the factory floor, what to automate, and the guardrails to set before you start.
Engineering and projects
AI in the engineering office: speed without delegating the decision
AI in the engineering office speeds up search, drafting and compliance review. What it really proposes, and what the engineer keeps in hand.
Engineering and projects
AI in industrial production: where it really helps, where it over-promises
Where AI really helps in production: scheduling, process tuning, OEE, energy. Where it over-promises. The real prerequisite: data quality.
Asset integrity
Types of industrial corrosion: how to recognise and treat them
Uniform, pitting, galvanic, crevice, SCC, CUI, MIC: recognise each corrosion mechanism by its morphology to choose the right treatment.
The field toolbox
- Corrosion ratemm/yr
- MTBF · MTTR · uptimereliability
- Thickness logtrend
- Inspection intervaldue date
- Report templateCMMS
- Unit convertermm · psi
- Lost hoursROI
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Maintenance strategy
FMEA: the full method, from scoring to a worked example
FMEA step by step: the 3 types, Severity, Occurrence and Detection scoring, the RPN calculation and a worked example, with its honest limits.
Asset integrity
Periodic requalification of pressure equipment: what the rules require
What the PED and national in-service regimes require for pressure equipment requalification, and the operating file that decides the outcome.
AI and maintenance
RAG in industry: answering from YOUR documents, not the web
RAG makes AI answer from your documents, not the web. Its principle, where it breaks (retrieval) and the governance that holds it together.
AI and maintenance
Generative AI in industry: the use cases that actually work
Which generative-AI use cases really deliver in industry in 2026, which are over-hyped, and how to pick the first one to run.
Asset integrity
Non-destructive testing (NDT): which method for which defect?
Penetrant, magnetic particle, eddy current, ultrasonic, radiography: which NDT method for which defect, material and access.
Asset integrity
The 5 Best Industrial Asset Integrity Software
An honest comparison of 5 industrial asset integrity software tools: what each really does, its strength, its limit, and which one to choose.
Software and data
The 10 Best Software for Industry 4.0
MES, IIoT, digital twin, CMMS, vision, ERP, historian, AI: ten Industry 4.0 software compared, each with its strength, limit and best use case.
Software and data
Industrial AI: What It Really Is, and What It Changes on the Plant Floor
Industrial AI without the jargon: use cases by function and by sector, limits, costs, financing and a roadmap to get started in your plant.
Industrial inspection
AI in non-destructive testing: what AI adds to NDT
What artificial intelligence really adds to non-destructive testing: assisted defect detection on images, structured results, trending, and its honest limits.
Engineering and projects
Digital twins in industry: what they really deliver, and what they cost
A digital twin is not a 3D model. What it really delivers in industry, the role of the AI that exploits it, and the true cost before you commit.
AI and maintenance
Predictive AI in maintenance: extending your equipment's life
What predictive AI really changes in maintenance: anticipate degradation to act at the right moment and extend the useful life of your equipment.
Industrial inspection
Ultrasonic thickness measurement: where to place CMLs and how to hold them
Where to place thickness monitoring points based on the damage mechanism, how many to set, and how to guarantee you re-measure the exact same spot.
Maintenance strategy
Maintenance planning: sorting the work when everything looks urgent
How to rank maintenance work when everything looks like a priority: objective criteria, a sorting method, and what you have to accept not doing.
Asset integrity
Tracking equipment degradation between inspections: method and conditions
How to turn isolated thickness readings into a usable degradation rate, under which conditions, and how to read a trend without being misled.
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