Notes from PHM Europe 2026 in Oslo, and presenting ACE – Automating Causal Extraction – a Master’s thesis on LLMs for bowtie generation.
Reflections from PHM Europe 2026 – Industrial AI Beyond the Model Read Post »
What two of 2026’s big AI reports reveal about predictive maintenance: why models advance faster than adoption, and why data quality is the bottleneck.
What Two Recent AI Reports Mean for Predictive Maintenance Read Post »
The new features in Control Valve App V3.0: redesigned dashboards, annotations, priority profiles and better tools for valve monitoring.
Control Valve App V3.0: A Smarter, Clearer Way to Monitor Your Valves Read Post »
Discover why cloud-native control valve analytics outperform on-prem systems with faster deployment, lower costs, and scalable insights across multiple sites.
Why Cloud-Native Control Valve Analytics Will Outperform On-Prem Solutions Read Post »
Vattenfall uses UReason’s Control Valve App across ~2,000 heat transfer stations for early fault detection and data-driven maintenance decisions.
Case Study: Vattenfall District Heating Read Post »
Learn how AVEVA PI and AVEVA CONNECT enable the UReason Control Valve App to transform control valve sensor data into actionable insights.
From Sensor to Insight: How AVEVA CONNECT Powers the UReason Control Valve App Read Post »
At its Ferrara plant, Yara International uses the Control Valve App to monitor valve health, prioritise turnaround work and reduce unplanned downtime.
Customer Use Case UReason + Yara International Read Post »
Learn how AVEVA Communities ensure secure collaboration with role-based access, full auditability, and complete data ownership control.
The Power of AVEVA Communities Read Post »
Unlock the value of AVEVA PI data with AVEVA CONNECT. Learn how secure cloud access and smarter analytics drive better industrial insights.
Discover why the control valve is the ideal starting point for Industry 4.0. Practical tips, digital tools, and expert insights inside.
Oops, I Valved it Again! Read Post »
UReason is proud to be featured once again in Valve World Magazine—this time in the April 2025 issue, where the focus is on smarter, data-driven maintenance.
UReason Is Featured on Valve World Magazine Read Post »
Collecting data alone is not enough—effective visualisation is critical. Dashboards help turn complex asset data into intuitive visuals, enabling your team to spot patterns, detect issues earlier, and make faster, informed decisions.
Creating Asset Insights in Minutes Read Post »
The Control Valve App exposes diagnostic data via CSV export and a REST API, ready for custom dashboards and predictive maintenance workflows.
Leveraging Control Valve App Data for Custom Visualizations and Integrations Read Post »
How to use a Lean Canvas for a digital servitization project, with worked examples from the Control Valve App built on APM Studio.
A Lean Canvas for Digital Servitization Projects With an Example Read Post »
Control valves send CO, PV and SP data over protocols like 4-20mA HART and Profinet. How the Control Valve App turns that into diagnostics.
Dataflow for the Control Valve App Read Post »
How APM Studio works across the automation pyramid, from embedded systems watching faults in isolation to edge deployments near the data source.
UReason’s APM Typical Deployment & Focus Read Post »
Fugitive emissions from valves and seals pose environmental and health risks in oil, gas and chemicals – and control valves play a big part.
Fugitive Emissions in the Process Industry – Control Valves Play a Big Part Read Post »
A webinar on how Large Language Models combined with time-series data provide context-aware decision support for process control and assets.
Webinar: Using Large Language Models in Manufacturing Read Post »
Data-driven maintenance, also known as predictive maintenance, offers several advantages over traditional time-based and reactive maintenance approaches.
Webinar: Data-Driven Maintenance Read Post »
Common questions about the Control Valve App: a vendor-agnostic tool supporting many valve types and actuators, with real-time predictive insights.
Commonly Asked Questions About Control Valve App Read Post »
Stiction is the static friction that stops a control valve moving smoothly when a control signal is applied. What causes it and why it matters.
Valve 101 – Stiction Read Post »
The benefits and challenges of data sharing in the valve market, and how OEMs, service providers and peers can use operational asset data.
Data Sharing – A Look at the Valve Market Read Post »
Cavitation and flashing both occur when fluid passes through a control valve, and both cause unacceptable vibration, noise and damage.
Cavitation and Flashing Read Post »
A positioner works with a control valve to move it accurately and quickly to the position the control system asks for.
Valve 101 – Positioners Read Post »
We investigated using Large Language Models in Asset Performance Management: finding missing information, locating assets and comparing health scores.
Large Language Models – What We Did Read Post »
Why UReason applied Large Language Models to the Control Valve App – driven by the scarcity of knowledge and expertise in industry.
Large Language Models – Our Use Case Read Post »
Large Language Models are a deep learning method within Natural Language Processing – ChatGPT, LLaMa and Bert are the best-known examples.
Large Language Models Read Post »
An operationally critical control valve holds precise control over flowrate, pressure, temperature or fluid level – and failure is not an option.
Critical Valves – Failure is not an Option Read Post »
Our Control valve Valve App (CVA) provides several control performance insights by using the data you store in your process historians or logs.
Controlling the Control Valve – Measuring Controller Performance with Control Valve App Read Post »
Bad controller performance on control valves can have significant costs and consequences in various industrial processes and applications.
Controlling the Control Valve – Consequences of Bad Controller Performance Read Post »
Advanced Process Control improves efficiency, product quality and performance – and depends on control valves that behave predictably.
The Business Case for Continuous Valve Diagnostics – Process Perspective Read Post »
PID controllers are used everywhere in control systems, but show several common issues when they are not properly tuned or configured.
Controlling the Control Valve – Controller Issues Read Post »
PID control influences a control valve by continuously adjusting its position to regulate fluid flow through a process pipeline or system.
Controlling the Control Valve – PID Control in Relation to the Control Valve Read Post »
Skilled valve specialists are scarce. How continuous diagnostics let a small team cover a large valve fleet across one or several sites.
Several factors influence how well a PID controller performs when regulating a process and holding its setpoint.
Controlling the Control Valve – Influences on the PID Controller Read Post »
The financial view on continuous valve diagnostics: where the OPEX savings come from, and how monitoring defers capital replacement spend.
A PID controller is a feedback control system that holds a process at its setpoint by continuously adjusting its output.
Controlling the Control Valve – The PID Controller Read Post »
Controlling the Control Valve – Control Valve Control Methods/Systems – UReason
Controlling the Control Valve – Control Valve Control Methods/Systems Read Post »
A control valve failure causes downtime, product loss and safety risk. Regular maintenance, inspection and monitoring are essential to prevent it.
The Risk Priority Number – Occurrence x Severity x Detection – gives you a quantitative measure of which failure modes to focus on first.
FMEA or FMECA for your Assets? – Mapping Control Valve Failure Modes to an FMEA Read Post »
Solenoid valves control the flow of liquids and gases, and like any device they develop characteristic failure modes over time.
FMEA or FMECA for your Assets? – Failure Modes of Solenoid Valves Read Post »
Electric actuators position valves, dampers and other mechanical components – and can experience several distinct failure modes.
FMEA or FMECA for your Assets? – Failure Modes of Electric Actuators Read Post »
Control valves regulate fluid flow across the process industries. Just as important are the people who look after them.
Pneumatic actuators use compressed air to move valves and dampers, and like any component they experience several characteristic failure modes.
FMEA or FMECA for your Assets? – Failure Modes of Pneumatic Actuators Read Post »
Why monitoring control valves improves reliability and safety, and how the Control Valve App estimates remaining useful life to plan maintenance.
Business Cases: How To Make The Case for Improved Reliability of Control Valves Read Post »
Control valves experience several failure mechanisms that degrade performance and affect the process. The common failure modes, explained.
FMEA or FMECA for your Assets? – Failure Modes of Control Valves Read Post »
Setting up an FMEA is a systematic process for identifying and prioritising potential failure modes and their effects. The general steps.
FMEA or FMECA for your Assets? – The Process of Establishing an FMEA/FMECA Read Post »
FMEA and FMECA both assess and improve the reliability, safety and performance of products and processes – but they differ in key ways.
FMEA or FMECA for your Assets? – Introduction to FMEA & FMECA Read Post »
Prevent bad actors in the plant with condition monitoring and remaining useful life analysis, using UReason’s Control Valve App.
Prevent Bad Actors with Advanced Condition Monitoring Read Post »
Continuous valve monitoring can prevent catastrophic failures. How the Control Valve App uses AI to move from reactive to prescriptive maintenance.
Continuous Valve Monitoring Can Save Lives, Not Just Production Read Post »
