287 – Evolution of Technology with Simon Jagers

Evolution of Technology with Simon Jagers

It’s my pleasure to welcome back Simon Jaegers to the podcast.

He is one of the founders of Samotics in 2015. His professional career has been spent in technology, usually evolving around either making data, storing it, or processing it. Samotics provides condition monitoring technology based on electrical signature analysis.

In this episode we covered:

When we talk about technology evolution, is it similar to how people, animals, reptiles evolve as well? Or is it something completely different?
Why is it useful to understand that algorithm?
What influences the growth of technologies?

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269 – The Capabilities Trap with Simon Jagers

The Capabilities Trap with Simon Jagers

Welcome Simon back to the podcast. Simon is the founder of Samotics and has been involved in technology throughout his Career. Today we will talk about capabilities trap. Although briefly, tell us more about you:

Involved with technology, our guest focuses on: machine learning, and the conversion of data into information.

In this episode we covered:

What is a capabilities trap?
It basically refers to sacrificing everything for the short-term, right?
Why should we be aware of capabilities trap? How do we manage it?

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261 – Why is it so hard to get Lubrication right with Bennett Fitch

Why is it so hard to get Lubrication right with Bennett Fitch

Welcome Bennett who is the Director of Product Development at Noria Corporation.

Bennet has a background in Mechanical Engineering and worked in an oil analysis laboratory. Currently focuses on lubrication product development and has consulted for many plants enough to notice the common challenges

In this episode we covered:

Why do organizations struggle with lubrication?
What are the small things that make the biggest difference?
How do we overcome current restrictions on training due to pandemic?

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260 – Practical Implementation of Technology with Simon Jagers

Practical Implementation of Technology with Simon Jagers

Welcome Simon back to the podcast. He is the founder of Semiotic Lab; a company involved in predictive technology maintenance. Previously, he talked about monitoring electrical systems using online monitoring and wireless sensors. Our podcast today is about the practical implementation methods to optimize the benefits of these technologies in reliability. However, tell us more about what you do.

The focus has been on reliability using energy monitoring to improve sustainability for our clients. This has led to serving clients in the US, Canada, and has given us 3 global partners.

In this episode we covered:

Why is implementing technology difficult for many organizations?
What does a good implementation process look like?
How do you decide on the assets on which to pilot these processes?

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182-Electronic Monitoring With Simon Jagers

Electronic Monitoring With Simon Jagers

Impact the environment and your bottom line with better monitoring.

In this episode, James interviews Simon Jagers, founder of Semiotic Labs. Semiotic Labs creates and markets smart machine-monitoring technologies and Simon is a passionate advocate for the power of this technology to reduce wasted time, energy, and costs. Simon walks us through the motor monitoring systems popular today and how modern motor current signature analysis (MCSA) and a web connection allows monitoring to be done safer and more cost-efficient than ever.

In this episode we covered: