10. Smart Technology Predicts the Unknown (Rex Wetherill and Cain Conner, IOT Diagnostics)

<p>Welcome to the Factory of the Future podcast, hosted by Michelle Segrest!</p> <p>Rex Wetherill and Cain Conner are here from a very cool company called <a href="http://www.iotdiag.com/"><strong>IOT Diagnostics</strong></a>. We discuss how smart technology is helping manufacturers predict the unknown! Cain and Rex work every day with application-focused maintenance and reliability professionals in a variety of industries who all share one common nightmare – failing equipment. This is what keeps them up at night. <a href="http://www.iotdiag.com/"><strong>IOT Diagnostics</strong></a> uses their experience and expertise to simplify the art of predicting unplanned downtime by making, moving, and managing data for manufacturers. By using smart technology that makes the sophisticated Internet of Things (IoT) “as easy as 1-2-3” they help end users quickly convert reactive maintenance into a proactive strategy.</p> <p>Michelle Segrest has created and branded <a href="https://www.navigatecontent.com/troubleshooting-pumps-related-systems"><strong>editorial content for the processing industries </strong></a>since 2008. No other <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/navigatecontent/"><strong>reporter in the processing industries </strong></a>has seen manufacturing as up-close-and-personal as Michelle Segrest. She has <a href="https://www.navigatecontent.com/books-manufacturing-processes"><strong>toured manufacturing facilities</strong></a> in more than 75 cities, in 12 countries, and on three continents. She has covered more than 150 industry events worldwide and has been the keynote speaker at three national conferences.&nbsp;Contact her at <a href="mailto:michelle@navigatecontent.com">michelle@navigatecontent.com</a></p> <p>She is the author of the <a href="https://www.navigatecontent.com/books-manufacturing-processes"><strong>3-volume book series “Modern Manufacturing”</strong></a> which features more than 30 real-world stories of industry champions and how they are using big data and innovative processes to build the fa