Grants and Contributions:

Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019).

Addos Technologies is an Edmonton-area provider of Industrial Automation and System Integration services.x000D
They are currently developing a line of business in condition monitoring of small electric motors in industrialx000D
facilities. Only low-cost sensors are economically viable for this problem; Addos believes that inferentialx000D
sensing based on machine learning will provide competitive sensitivity and specificity using these sensors, butx000D
they lack the in-house expertise to conduct the necessary research and development.x000D
The proposed research will evaluate Addos' planned approach to condition monitoring. Addos has collectedx000D
machine condition data from both laboratory experiments (in which faults are deliberately induced), and fieldx000D
observations at an industrial site. We will use these datasets to train and evaluate inferential sensors based on ax000D
variety of traditional and deep learning algorithms. Once the best-performing algorithm is identified, Universityx000D
and Addos personnel will work together to productize it. We will hold a three-day workshop with the Addosx000D
and University personnel, during which the Addos personnel will first be instructed in intelligent systemsx000D
design, and then the entire team will work on the productization as an extended example thereof. At thex000D
conclusion of the workshop, Addos should be able to design and implement intelligent condition monitoringx000D
solutions for other clients, giving them a new line of business. Assuming this project is successful, Addosx000D
expects to hire 20-30 additional personnel over the next five years to meet the additional demand for theirx000D
services.