art beat), oil (blood), coolant (urine), thermal imaging (temperature) and ultrasound (lungs).

They can then evaluate the condition of a machine, its problems, causes and solutions, and a prognosis of remaining life.

And just like in the medical industry, these machine “doctors” need to be qualified, and rely on harmonized and consistent methods for data acquisition, processing, interpretation and system management.

ISO has a committee working hard to create all these standards, including the one for qualifying these “doctors”, ISO 18436 (Condition monitoring and diagnostics of machines – Requirements for qualification and assessment of personnel)