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Early warning
for industrial
equipment.

A departure detection system calibrated from commissioning data alone. No fault labels. No failure examples. Five industrial domains validated with a single architecture and no retraining.


What it is

Threshold alarms fire when a reading crosses a line. By then the failure mode is usually advanced, the intervention window narrow, and the diagnosis manual.

This system works from a different starting point. It learns what healthy operation looks like during commissioning. When behaviour departs from that baseline, the system classifies the departure: is it routine variation, something worth monitoring, or something requiring action?

The output is a three-state decision: ROUTINE, MONITOR, or ESCALATE. Not an anomaly score. A structured assessment of what is changing, how fast, and what kind of intervention it maps to.

A separate fault signature layer identifies what kind of departure is occurring, not from pattern matching against known failures, but from the pattern of physical signals in early departure. The system tells the operator not just that something is wrong, but what is wrong.


How it works

Every new machine class begins with physics. The system identifies the characteristic physical processes and their natural timescales, then selects signals that are physically sensitive to each one.

During commissioning, the system builds a baseline from healthy operation. Not months of data. Cycles. The departure classifier then runs continuously, comparing current behaviour against the commissioning baseline in a structured way that separates genuine degradation from operating condition variation.

When departure is detected, a staged confirmation structure separates early indicators from confirmed degradation, reducing false interventions without sacrificing lead time. The confirmation uses the same structure regardless of fault type, because the system was never trained on faults.

The setup procedure is the same for every new machine class: identify the physics, select the signals, commission healthy, detect departure. The architecture does not change.

Commission
Learn from healthy operation
Baseline built from commissioning cycles. No fault examples. No labelled failure data. The system learns normal, not abnormal.
Detect
Departure from baseline
Continuous comparison against commissioning baseline. Genuine degradation separated from noise and operating-point variation.
Confirm
Staged severity assessment
A staged assessment separates early indicators from confirmed degradation, reducing false interventions without sacrificing lead time.
Diagnose
Fault type from signal behaviour
Signal behaviour in early departure identifies the fault family. No retraining between fault types.

Validated results
5
Industrial domains
single architecture
Rotating machinery, chemical process, batteries, thermal plant, wind turbines.
0
Fault labels
required
Trained on healthy commissioning data only. No failure examples needed.
200/200
Engine fleet
detection rate
Every engine detected before failure. NASA CMAPSS turbofan benchmark.
<96m
Detection time
21 process scenarios
All 21 fault scenarios detected within 96 minutes regardless of fault type.
Validated domains

Five domains validated on public industrial benchmarks. Same architecture. No retraining between domains, datasets, or individual assets.

200/200
Engines detected before failure
Rotating Machinery
NASA CMAPSS Turbofan

54-cycle median lead time before failure. 28-cycle median actionable window between MONITOR and ESCALATE. Fault type discrimination without retraining.

21/21
Scenarios detected within 96 minutes
Chemical Process
Tennessee Eastman Process

Mean detection at 78 minutes across 21 fault scenarios. Six fault families classified from controller-side signals. Fault severity and progression rate estimated independently of fault type.

4/4
Cells detected before visible fade
Li-ion Battery
CALCE CS2 Series

214 to 259 cycle actionable window. Degradation mechanism identified from operational charge data. Mechanism onset detectable 30 cycles before the departure classifier fires.

5%
Efficiency shift detected
Thermal Plant
LBNL Boiler Plant

Three fouling severities correctly ranked. A 5% efficiency shift is invisible against seasonal noise in raw gas data and undetectable by threshold alarms. Fault-free baseline stays ROUTINE across a full simulated year.

+35h
Before operator fault logbook
Wind Turbines
CARE Wind Farm A (Fraunhofer)

3 of 5 testable events detected before the maintenance team logged the fault. Generator bearing and hydraulic failures detected via physics-derived signals selected for early sensitivity. Gearbox detection limited by SCADA temperature lag, with physically grounded explanation.


What you receive

A calibration pilot on your specific equipment.

We identify the physics signals for your machine class, calibrate from your commissioning or historian data, and validate departure detection against your maintenance records. The deliverable is a working departure classifier for your equipment, not a dashboard or a report.

The system has been validated on five public industrial benchmarks used throughout the academic literature. The next step is calibrating for your specific machines, your specific installation, your specific operating conditions.

5
Domains validated
single architecture
0
Fault labels
required
200/200
Engine fleet
detection rate
<96m
Detection time
21 fault scenarios

Calibration pilot available now.

Validated on five public industrial benchmarks. Next step: your equipment, your historian data, your commissioning baseline.

200/200 engines detected before failure. 21/21 process scenarios within 96 minutes. 4/4 battery cells before visible capacity loss.

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kieran@tenbric.com
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