Sulzer and Siemens announce digital collaboration

Sulzer and Siemens Large Drives Applications (LDA) are using their collective expertise to provide operators of large centrifugal pumps with an enhanced digital value proposition. Bringing together their respective IoT platforms and services, BLUE BOX and SIDRIVE IQ, the two companies are collaborating to deliver an integrated solution that improves equipment reliability and cuts operational costs. The agreement has recently been made official with the signing of a letter of intent (LOI).

Sulzer and Siemens LDA are taking the first steps on a journey that is expected to deliver significant savings for operators of large centrifugal pumps. To offer a more holistic value-add that addresses the wider drivetrain, Sulzer’s pump-specific, AI-based analytics platform, BLUE BOX, will now be complemented by predictive maintenance data from Siemens LDAs’ SIDRIVE IQ, an IoT platform for smart fleet management of drive systems & solutions.

Initially, with this move, operators will have access to more relevant information in one place, will be able to make better decisions based on the health and operations data of their entire pump drivetrains and will benefit from more effective service support in case of incidents. Furthermore, operators will be able to plan maintenance events more accurately and determine the health of the pump drive system on demand.

Sulzer and Siemens LDA have been working together to integrate and exchange data between their IoT platforms, enabling large pump operators to ensure their equipment is operating at peak performance. Both the combined data from both BLUE BOX and SIDRIVE IQ, as well as the expert support, will allow the operators to identify actions that control lifecycle costs and reduce carbon footprints – objectives on the business agenda of every company’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) charter today.