Case Study: Corteva improves maintenance and avoids downtime with Tractian

How Corteva improved its maintenance routine

Corteva Agriscience, a multinational agricultural company, faced challenges in its production plant with unpredictable equipment failures. Despite having a preventive and predictive maintenance strategy that included periodic vibration analysis, their 24/7 operation meant some failures and anomalous behaviors were missed between manual inspections. This lack of continuous, online monitoring of their most critical assets posed a risk of costly unplanned downtime.

The company implemented TRACTIAN's online vibration monitoring sensors and platform to gain real-time insights. The TRACTIAN system quickly detected unbalance and misalignment in critical equipment, such as pumps and fans, issuing alerts that enabled proactive, scheduled maintenance. This prevented a breakdown that would have cost between $4,000 and $12,000, allowing for simple, cheap repairs with minimal production impact. TRACTIAN provided Corteva with the data-driven decision-making needed to improve reliability and avoid unexpected downtime.

Corteva

Fernando Miron Cortes Vicente

Chemical Engineer