Predictive maintenance in India. Choose around your plant.

Start with production risk, not a sensor count

Predictive maintenance uses equipment condition and operating context to help plan intervention. It complements scheduled inspections and maintenance; an alert needs interpretation and a person responsible for acting on it.

Start with motors whose unexpected loss disrupts production or creates a difficult repair. A steel plant’s cooling-water pump and a readily available standby pump may have similar power ratings but very different consequences of failure. Record redundancy, repair lead time, available spares and the next realistic maintenance window before ranking assets.

Augur Forge’s scope is AC induction motors from 1 HP to 500 HP, focused on pumps, blowers, crushers and compressors. Suitability is assessed with the plant team. A motor’s power rating alone does not establish compatibility.

Compare suppliers using evidence you can inspect

A demonstration dashboard can show usability. It cannot prove fault detection on your machinery. Ask how an apparent anomaly is checked against inspection findings and how false alarms, missing data and unresolved findings are reported.

Resolve plant constraints before purchasing

Bring maintenance, electrical, production and IT teams into the same review. Confirm safe sensor access, mounting surfaces, enclosure requirements, cable routes, gateway power, network policy and coverage across the actual operating area. Dust, heat, washdown, metal structures and restricted access deserve a site-specific assessment.

For electrical measurements, agree on panel access and an approved installation method with qualified personnel. “Non-invasive sensing” does not remove electrical work permits or isolation requirements. Do not assume suitability for a hazardous area or a required certification unless that specific configuration has documented approval.

For local wireless deployment, verify coverage at the proposed sensor and gateway locations. Ask what happens when the gateway or network is unavailable and how the team distinguishes missing measurements from a healthy motor.

Calculate total cost over an agreed period

Compare the same asset count and contract duration. Separate recurring monitoring costs from hardware, installation, commissioning, connectivity, training, replacements and integration. Confirm taxes, travel, any support exclusions and what happens when a monitored motor is replaced.

Augur Forge’s published plans list ₹8,500 per motor per month for pumps and blowers with ₹15,000 one-time hardware per unit, and ₹12,500 per motor per month for crushers and compressors with ₹22,000 hardware per unit. Confirm the number of units, final scope and tax treatment in your quotation. These are plan prices, not a quoted pilot cost.

Value should come from documented avoided work, improved scheduling or reduced disruption. Gross breakdown-cost estimates are not net savings. Subtract the full monitoring cost and distinguish an observed repair outcome from a hypothetical failure that may never have happened.

Define a pilot that can produce a decision

Augur Forge’s six-week pilot starts with 3–5 critical motors. Agree on the asset list and assessment criteria before installation. Track usable data coverage, time spent investigating alerts, findings confirmed by inspection, and whether recommendations fit available maintenance windows.

1. Before installation: document condition, duty, recent repairs and the work-order owner.
2. During monitoring: annotate load changes, maintenance and data gaps. Review each finding jointly.
3. At review: separate confirmed findings, unresolved observations and projected savings in the ROI report.

A short pilot may not contain a real failure. No failures during six weeks is not proof that a system prevented them. Decide whether to expand, extend the evaluation or change scope using the evidence actually collected.

Use our practical motor monitoring guide to turn this buying checklist into a maintenance workflow, and meet the team that will discuss your requirements.