Among large global companies, an hour of unplanned downtime was reported to cost an average of $2.3 million in automotive manufacturing and $187,500 in heavy industry¹.

Monitored equipment, oil risks and monitoring benefits by industry
Industry	Monitored equipment	Main oil risk	Monitoring goal	Benefit
Cement	Kiln motor, gearbox, compressor	Dust, high heat, contamination	Continuous monitoring of kiln-line oil	Lower risk of unplanned kiln stops.
Steel & metals¹	Rolling-mill hydraulics, gearbox, pump	Heat, water, particles	Oil condition under heavy load	Fewer costly downtime hours.
Automotive suppliers¹	Hydraulic press, compressor, line gearbox	Water ingress, particles, viscosity drift	Oil tracking without stopping the line	Lower risk of line stoppages.
Plastic injection, presses	Hydraulic unit, pump, valve	Particles, water, viscosity drift	Hydraulic oil cleanliness	Helps protect valve and pump life.
Construction & mobile equipment	Hydraulic pump, valve, gearbox	Particles, dust ingress, water	Oil cleanliness in the field	Lower risk of dirty-oil breakdowns.
Paper & pulp	Heavy gearbox, pump, centrifuge	Fibre, chemicals, moisture	Keeping the line running	Lower risk of unplanned line stops.
Power generation	Turbine, generator, auxiliary pump	Oxidation, moisture, contamination	Continuity of output	Lower risk of unplanned outages.
Food & beverage	Compressor, hydraulic system, gearbox	Oxidation, oil vapour, contamination	Early sign of oil degradation	Fewer unplanned production stops.
Marine	Main engine (diesel), turbo, generator	Fuel dilution, water, wear	Oil condition at sea	Lower risk of stops at sea.
Mining¹	Hydraulic system, gearbox, compressor	Dust, water, particles	Oil condition on site	Fewer costly downtime hours.

The risk column lists the general oil risks in each industry. We do not measure all of them. What we measure and what we do not.
¹ Source: Siemens, “The True Cost of an Hour's Downtime” (True Cost of Downtime 2024). Automotive manufacturing averaged $2.3 million per hour and heavy industry (such as steel and mining) $187,500. These are averages for large global companies. Figures for your plant and for automotive suppliers are different. We found no published figure for cement, power, food or marine. We give no figure in those rows.

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