What sets BLUE BOX™ apart

Operators of critical pump assets are faced with growing operational challenges, while at the same time the increase in the amount of data requires an advanced approach to make this data actionable.

Secure


Secure

State-of-the-art IoT technology

Smart


Smart

Artificial Intelligence (AI) based modeling

Supported


Supported

Deep expertise in pump technology

Key benefits

Key benefits

Gain asset up-time with trusted insights

Empower your reliability team with tangible insights on asset pre-failure conditions:

  • Identify pumps at risk
  • Plan preventive measures
  • Enable risk-based maintenance
  • Gain more time to assess, decide and remain in charge

Gain visibility on operational savings potential across your pump assets

Through a single platform, use trusted guidance to quickly quantify your savings potential for:

  • Energy
  • Carbon emissions
  • Operational costs

Formulate your action plan on how to optimize asset performance with confidence. 


Increase pump flexibility for changing operational demands

Use better data to identify and recommend upgrade options for your pump assets:

  • Adapt for current and future operating conditions
  • Leverage dedicated Sulzer expertise
  • Empower your team with data intelligence to make better decisions – faster


Applications

Applications

Pipeline operators

Pipeline operators need to deliver when the market calls. Maximize throughput flexibility. Improve efficiency when demand is low and gain insights on pump health when output is high.

Get deeper insights on:

  • Main-line pumps
  • Booster pumps
  • Injection pumps

Power generation

Today’s power systems demand increasingly operational flexibility to capture market opportunities. With in-depth pump operation analytics, Sulzer supports power generators in achieving high cycling capability and high plant availability.

Get deeper insights on:

  • Boiler feedwater pumps
  • Condensate pumps
  • Cooling water pumps

Oil and gas upstream

Oil producers demand for uptime requires intelligence.

Platform uptime is a function of effective maintenance actions. Accurately identify the decline in machine health of your pumping assets to predict and prevent failure in these challenging maintenance conditions.

Get deeper insights on:

  • Water injection pumps
  • Oil export pumps
  • Sea water lift pumps
Key features

Key features

Trusted data

Secure - Accurate - Easy to integrate

  • Secure Microsoft Azure cloud - trusted across industries
  • One-way data communication to ensure your operations are secure
  • Accurate tagging and reliable sensor data with data cleansing guidance
  • Sulzer led integration to minimize any impact on your business

Platform insights

Quantifiable - Actionable - Pump-specific

  • Proprietary physics-based AI machine learning models that leverage both pump condition and performance data to identify abnormal operation for proactive maintenance actions to maximize pump availability
  • Pump specific models and operational behavior analysis to estimate remaining pump lifetime for reliability-focused action
  • Clarity on where your pump operates using OEM pump curves to better quantify actions for optimizing performance and efficiency
  • An actionable overview of critical pump KPIs and long-term trend analysis driven by your maintenance and operational targets to ensure you focus on what matters most

Sulzer expertise

On-demand analysis - OEM expertise, Bespoke recommendations

  • Quality assured asset reports with key indicators to identify availability and performance opportunities
  • Continual anomaly investigation and proactive reporting to ensure smooth operations
  • Dedicated Sulzer experts for assessment and guidance of operations and maintenance strategies
  • Bespoke deep-dive analysis for long-term optimization opportunities to quantify and justify investment decisions

Your BLUE BOX™ journey

Learn more about how you can get started with solutions tailored to your specific business needs.

Bluebox Journey

Ready to optimize your pump performance?

Whether you want to analyze your pump data or explore predictive maintenance with Blue Box, we’re here to make it simple.
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