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THE NEXT
REVOLUTION
Juan Pablo Ruiz
discusses SKF’s work on product and service
advancements in the new era of the latest technological
revolution.
Introduction
Revolutions tend to be instants that are remembered
for the transformations they produce in our society.
These transformations are remembered as milestones
in a much more complex process and, in many cases,
are undetectable in the early stages. Many people are
passionate about industrial revolutions because of the
significant effects that have transformed our world the
three times previously. Living it and being a conscious
and active part of the Fourth Industrial Revolution is
exciting, challenging, and even confusing at times for
many of us.
How to join this revolution is a constant theme for
SKF’s goals. Time is moving fast. Techniques that were
used a few years ago have now become obsolete;
therefore, companies are constantly having to innovate.
Many companies have begun to embrace technological
innovation and have started to apply it in their most
distinguishable areas. Although faced with a new complex
challenge, companies know what they have to do.
SKF fully embraces this revolution and has found
a great opportunity to use the instrumentation and
available Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure to
develop a statistical analysis technique that involves