- The company had acquired the startup OtoSense in 2018
- The offering is likely to increase manufacturing equipment life for electrical and non-electrical rotating machines
Analog Devices Inc (ADI) has acquired Barcelona based Test Motors. The financial details of the acquisition are not yet disclosed. The Test Motors team will join Analog Devices automation and energy group and operate as a key technology group. Through this acquisition, ADI is expanding its portfolio of condition-based monitoring solutions that can identify equipment faults before downtime and catastrophic failure occur.
OtoSense Acquired
The company had acquired startup OtoSense in 2018. This startup’s artificial intelligence (AI) platform enables the monitoring of any asset wherever it is located. Analog Devices will combine software from OtoSense with Test Motors’ monitoring capabilities to create solutions for better capture of machine health.
Kevin Carlin, vice president, automation and energy group, Analog Device said, “ADI’s condition-based monitoring applications, driven by the acquisitions of Test Motors and OtoSense, will tackle this expert resource challenge by providing customers with a system able to perform complete and early detection of anomalies to avoid unexpected and costly machine downtime.”
Condition-based monitoring
Condition-based monitoring is a system level- solution that requires a combination of technologies and solution considerations. Analog Devices says its technology portfolio provides solutions with MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) sensors, signal conditioning and data conversion technologies.
Emili Valero, former CEO, Test Motors, added, “The combining of our technology and expertise will enable us to develop the next generation of condition-based monitoring solutions designed to greatly extend manufacturing equipment life for electrical and non-electrical rotating machines and deliver significant cost savings that benefit both businesses and consumers.”
