Austin Anderson with Fluke Reliability

Industrial Talk is onsite at Xcelerate 2025 and talking to Austin Anderson, Product Owner, Condition Monitoring at Fluke Reliability about "Azima's Powerful AI Vibration Platform".

Scott MacKenzie hosts the Industrial Talk podcast, highlighting industry innovations and trends. He introduces Austin Anderson, who discusses Azima's diagnostic system and its integration with Fluke Reliability. Anderson explains the standardization of data collection over 15 years, emphasizing the importance of accurate data for reliability. He details the integration of Azima's AI with human analysts for 85% accuracy and the development of a user-friendly interface. The conversation also covers the future of Azima, including expansion into oil analysis and thermography, and the importance of efficient data storage and management. Anderson can be contacted via LinkedIn for more information.

Action Items

• [ ] Rebuild the Azima user interface to make it more user-friendly and easily accessible.
• [ ] Integrate Azima's data and insights with Fluke's other reliability solutions, such as alignment and balancing, to provide an end-to-end connected reliability offering.
• [ ] Enhance the Azima platform to include additional reliability data sources beyond just vibration, such as oil analysis and thermography.
• [ ] Develop a solution that can automatically translate Azima's problem identifications into work orders in the customer's CMMS (e.g., eMaint).

Outline

Introduction and Overview of Industrial Talk Podcast

• Scott MacKenzie introduces the Industrial Talk podcast, emphasizing its focus on industrial innovations and trends.
• Scott highlights the free ebook and workbook available on Industrial Talk, which expands on five elements of successful companies: educate, collaborate, innovate, invest in culture, and communicate effectively.
• Scott MacKenzie thanks listeners for their support and celebrates industrial professionals for their boldness, bravery, and problem-solving skills.

Introduction of Austin Anderson and Azima

• Scott MacKenzie introduces Austin Anderson, who will discuss the product Azima.
• Austin Anderson shares his background, mentioning his three-year tenure with Azima and his role in developing the diagnostic system.
• Scott MacKenzie inquires about the accuracy of the data stored in Azima, to which Austin explains the standardized method of data collection and its relevance over the years.
• Austin discusses his background in vibration analysis and his previous work with the Navy, highlighting his expertise in the field.

Strategic Path and User Experience of Azima

• Austin outlines the strategic path for Azima, focusing on making reliability engineers superstars and providing useful insights for top-level executives.
• Scott MacKenzie asks about the integration of Azima with Fluke Reliability, and Austin explains the goal of making the platform user-friendly and value-added.
• Austin describes the end-to-end connected reliability solution offered by Fluke Reliability, including hardware, software, and alignment and balancing services.
• Scott and Austin discuss the importance of user experience and the redesign of the user interface to make it more accessible and user-friendly.

Data Accuracy and Integration with Fluke Reliability

• Scott MacKenzie inquires about the accuracy of the diagnostic system, and Austin explains that AI can achieve 85% accuracy, with the remaining 15% covered by human analysts.
• Austin discusses the integration of Azima with Fluke Reliability's x5...