9:00am - 9:10am Welcome and Opening Remarks

Representatives from NFPA and MSOE will call us to order and provide an overview of today’s program and the supporting organizations.

9:10am - 9:50am Market Forces: Predictive and Preventative Maintenance

Tate Askelsen, Customer Experience Manager - Service Vermeer Manufacturing; Andrew Turner, Reliability

This presentation will provide an overview of Vermeer Manufacturing Products and describe some of the differences in the reliability requirements of the agriculture and construction markets. Several examples of how customers can reduce the total cost of ownership through predictive and preventative hydraulic system maintenance will be presented. The presentation will conclude with a glimpse of Vermeer’s perspective on future customer requirements for hydraulic system reliability.

9:50am - 10:30am Market Solutions: Predictive and Condition Monitoring

Kris Mikulan, Group Product Manager - Filer Systems, Schroeder Industries; Connor Dudas, Application Engineer, Schroeder Industries

This presentation will discuss some of the many ways to move from reactive to predictive maintenance using real-time machine and fluid condition monitoring and data collection. The benefits apply to both MRO and original equipment…roughly 80 percent of warranty claims can be attributed to system cleanliness.  This presentation will discuss some of the many ways to move from reactive to predictive maintenance using real-time machine and fluid condition monitoring and data collection. The benefits apply to both MRO and original equipment…roughly 80 percent of warranty claims can be attributed to system cleanliness. 

10:30am – 11:10am Market Solutions: Connected Systems and Machines

Antonio Lettini, Group R&D Manager, Casappa S.p.A

Mr. Lettini will talk primarily about the benefits of digital technology applied to variable displacement piston pumps with integrated controls and sensors that send data to the cloud for monitoring and analysis that includes estimates of residual pump life, occurred anomalies, and severity of operation cycles.

11:10am – 11:30am Conference Wrap-up