Augury’s AI has merged with Baker Hughes’ robust Ranger Pro sensor to create an unparalleled diagnostic solution for hazardous environments. “This collaboration not only delivers immediate customer value but it changed how both companies work,” writes James Newman, Augury’s Head of Product and Portfolio Marketing. “But there’s more! It also opens up exciting new possibilities for third-party technology integration into Augury’s platform – that can, in turn, work to rewire the entire manufacturing ecosystem.”
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Tech Breakthrough
“When we first conceived this alliance, we aimed to combine our best-in-class hardware and infrastructure with Augury’s exceptional sensor-based AI and machine learning,” said Carlos M. Gomez, VP of Global Partnership & Alliances at global energy giant Baker Hughes during Augury’s recent ‘Beyond the Line’ event. “And the result has far exceeded our initial expectations.”
This collaboration integrated Baker Hughes’ sixth-generation Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Sensor and Cordant™ Gateway with Augury’s Machine Health platform. In other words, our Guaranteed Diagnostics™ AI can now be applied to maintain machinery in hazardous conditions typical of heavy industries like oil fields and refineries, where safety and environmental resilience are critical.
This is good news for many – and for many reasons.
“This co-developed solution showcases how innovation-driven companies of different sizes and capabilities can collaborate successfully.”
Changing The Way We All Work
Baker Hughes brings formidable technology to the table. With over 50,000 sensors deployed in high-risk areas, the Ranger Pro boasts the maximum hazardous environment rating (C1D1 / ATEX High) and can transmit data over a remarkable 150-meter line of sight. Their IoT network supports between 40 to 60 sensors per Cordant™ Gateway, significantly expanding Augury’s sensing capabilities and making it easier than ever to deploy at scale.
This co-developed solution showcases how innovation-driven companies of different sizes and capabilities can collaborate successfully. The partnership has also changed how both companies work.
Impact: Success Out of the Gate
The co-developed solution has already made a huge impact with Augury’s customers. In less than two months since announcing the availability of Machine Health for hazardous environments with Ranger Pro, Augury has seen significant demand from customers from the chemicals and building materials industries – notching up 3-7X ROI at existing installations.
As our CEO Saar Yoskovitz expressed it: “Our customers know and understand the challenges of monitoring highly critical machines in hazardous environments. They rely and trust on Baker Hughes’s expertise and Augury’s technology to protect their machines and their plants from expensive unplanned downtime. It became instantly clear that this is the solution for them.”
“That’s a true SaaS model of digital technology: to basically embrace your customer and say, I am not only delivering you something incredible, but I am going to actively help you get there in terms of demonstrating value and ROI.”
In the Name of Customer-Centricity
Carlos was lyrical in how he saw a legacy company like Baker Hughes embrace a new way of working that put the customer at the center.
“I can see what the customer’s doing. They can see how we’re helping them. And together, we’re creating value together. It’s a whole different dynamic. And that’s a true SaaS model of digital technology: to basically embrace your customer and say, I am not only delivering you something incredible, but I am going to actively help you get there in terms of demonstrating value and ROI,” Carlos said during ‘Beyond the Line’.
“This experience has gotten us even closer to our customers.”
“This new way of working can also contribute to rebuilding the manufacturing ecosystem from the ground up, with best-in-class technologies integrated into a single platform to support customer choice and maximize coverage.”
From Partnership To Ecosystem
The partnership certainly has transformative implications for customers in vertical markets like energy and for existing Augury customers who now have access to the highest level of hazardous coverage. It’s a big step for Augury, increasing the global reach of Machine Health and helping the industry scale it in new ways.
Specifically, it represents the first time Augury’s AI has been integrated with a third-party sensor, opening up new possibilities for future innovations. In fact, this new way of working can also contribute to rebuilding the manufacturing ecosystem from the ground up, with best-in-class technologies integrated into a single platform to support customer choice and maximize coverage.
Works With Augury
This project also aligns with Augury’s strategy to extend its IoT infrastructure through the “Works with Augury” program. This program enables leading IoT and application providers in the Production Health ecosystem to provide faster and higher-value services to manufacturers worldwide.
This lays the groundwork for the connected digital infrastructure needed for an AI-driven Production Health future.
“We can both go to our customers and offer them more value. This is probably what folks in the alliance world wish could happen every time.”
It’s Only Just Begun
As Carlos said, “You always want the alliance to transcend and evolve from what we designed it to be upfront to what it could be later on down the road. And I think we’ve achieved that. We can both go to our customers and offer them more value. This is probably what folks in the alliance world wish could happen every time.”
And as our VP of Strategic Alliances, Mercer Rowe, said during the same conversations, “Watch this space: there’s a lot more to come from this exciting partnership.”
Time to put on our seatbelts.
Learn more about this partnership and the evolving manufacturing ecosystem by watching ‘Beyond the Line’, or reach out for a demo.
