Prevent unplanned downtime with predictive maintenance

<p>Industrial operations cannot afford unexpected failure. ABB Ability™ Digital Powertrain enables predictive maintenance across motors, drives, and driven equipment across single sites or global fleets.</p> <p>By combining advanced analytics with ABB domain expertise, it helps you detect emerging risks early, assess failure probability, and act before downtime impacts production.</p> <p>The result is structured, scalable predictive maintenance that improves reliability and reduces operational risk.</p>

Key benefits

<p>From predictive intelligence to measurable business outcomes.</p>

Reliability

<p>Prevent unplanned downtime through earlier intervention.</p>

Efficiency

<p>Optimize maintenance planning and reduce total cost.</p>

Safety

<p>Reduce operational risk and emergency interventions.</p>

Sustainability

<p>Extend asset life and reduce energy consumption.</p>

Proven results across industrial deployments

Documented customer implementations have delivered measurable operational impact. Some referenced customer stories use previous service names (e.g., Condition Monitoring, Monitoring Service, Smart Sensors), which are now part of ABB Ability™ Digital Powertrain.

High‑Value Failure Avoidance $ 210,000

<p>Saved in 3 months. Preventive monitoring reduced maintenance liabilities and avoided unplanned interventions <a href="https://new.abb.com/news/detail/80450/abbs-condition-monitoring-services-help-mokra-cement-plant-save-210k-while-increasing-operational-efficiency">at a European cement plant.</a></p>

Energy Cut, Higher Uptime 12%

<p>Energy savings and improved process uptime delivered at a <a href="https://new.abb.com/news/detail/101773/belgian-sugar-producer-improves-uptime-and-realizes-a-12-energy-saving-with-abb-digital-solutions">Belgian sugar processing plant</a>.</p>

Improved Asset Reliability 10%

<p>Improvement in asset uptime in critical production environments. Read the full success story <a href="https://new.abb.com/news/detail/106588/european-copper-producer-uses-abb-digital-solutions-to-increase-uptime-by-up-to-10">here</a>.</p>

Breakdown‑Free Operations Zero

<p>Unplanned breakdowns in 2 years since the technology was deployed. Read more <a href="https://new.abb.com/news/detail/71656/abb-service-agreement-based-on-smart-sensors-helps-avoid-motor-failures-at-major-chemical-plant">here</a>.</p>

Empower your operations with the right level of digital support

ABB Ability™ Predictive Intelligence for powertrains

Expert-led structured predictive maintenance. This service is ideal for organizations seeking a trusted partner to actively manage predictive maintenance across sites.

ABB Ability™ Digital Powertrain Insights

Self-service asset intelligence platform. Enables internal teams to monitor, analyze, and act independently while building predictive maturity.

How Digital Powertrain enables predictive maintenance

By combining ABB’s sensing and connectivity technology with digital monitoring services, you gain data-driven intelligence to predict issues, optimize performance, and act with confidence.

  1. Detect

    Continuously monitor motors, drives, and rotating equipment to identify abnormal patterns and early signs of degradation.

  2. Predict

    Use advanced analytics and ABB domain expertise to assess failure probability and operational impact.

  3. Recommend

    Provide clear, prioritized guidance to enable maintenance teams to ACT before failure disrupts production.

Start your predictive maintenance journey

Whether you are looking to enhance in-house visibility or partner with ABB for expert-led predictive maintenance, Digital Powertrain provides a scalable foundation for smarter, more reliable operations across single sites or global fleets.

Related offering

ABB Ability™ Predictive Intelligence for powertrains

Expert-led structured predictive maintenance. This service is ideal for organizations seeking a trusted partner to actively manage predictive maintenance across sites.

ABB Ability™ Digital Powertrain Insights

Self-service asset intelligence platform. Enables internal teams to monitor, analyze, and act independently while building predictive maturity.

Upgrades and retrofits

Modernization of existing equipment not only extends its lifetime but also optimizes its performance and enables greater energy efficiency, while reducing waste.

ABB Motion OneCare agreement

ABB Motion OneCare agreement allows you to keep your motors, generators and drives equipment operating reliably and efficiently throughout their lifetime. We partner with you and help you plan, coordinate and execute your equipment maintenance according to the specific needs.