POLARIS Laboratories® Unveils Analysis Engine Powered by AI

The company has announced the launch of Aurora, an advanced AI-driven analysis engine designed to transform equipment reliability and maintenance strategies.

“These are groundbreaking times for our organization,” said Mark Westlake, Chief Information Officer with POLARIS Laboratories®. “Aurora embodies years of dedication, combining Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to create an intelligent, adaptable system that enhances how our customers manage equipment health.”

Leveraging their 25-year legacy of processing millions of fluid samples, POLARIS Laboratories® has one of the industry’s most comprehensive datasets for lubricant performance, equipment health trends and application-specific conditions. These insights allowed the company to develop advanced diagnostic algorithms and flagging thresholds to optimize maintenance actions.

By integrating Machine Learning, Aurora continuously refines its predictions, becoming more reliable as it processes more data. Maintenance teams can now anticipate issues, minimize downtime and make better data-driven decisions to extend the lifecycle of critical assets.

“Aurora represents a new era of equipment reliability,” Westlake continued. “It’s not just about monitoring performance—it’s about redefining what’s possible with predictive maintenance.”

Advancing the capabilities of fluid analysis and revolutionizing the future of equipment reliability, this new AI-driven system has launched across POLARIS Laboratories’ network. Aurora is here to make fluid analysis more accurate, more reliable and more timely.

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POLARIS Laboratories® Announces 2024 Fluid Analysis Program Champion Awards

Each year, POLARIS Laboratories® honors exceptional customers for excellence in their fluid analysis programs. These awards signify program excellence, significant improvement efforts, impactful maintenance actions taken and appreciation of the dedicated work put into the programs.

This year’s finalists will be recognized at the 2025 Reliability Summit, the annual fluid analysis and reliability-focused conference powered by POLARIS Laboratories®, on October 7, 2025, in Indianapolis.

“A program champion plays a vital role in the success of a fluid analysis program, acting as the bridge between mechanics, management and the laboratory while driving the program’s adoption and implementation. It’s inspiring to witness the dedication these champions and maintenance teams bring to their programs. Congratulations to this year’s finalists!” – Randy Clark, POLARIS Laboratories® Manager of Reliability.

POLARIS Laboratories® awards Calfrac Well Services Ltd, as the Tier II Winner and NYC Ferry, operated by Hornblower, as the Tier I Winner of the 2024 Fluid Analysis Program Champion Award. Kokosing Construction Company and Flywheel Energy are named Tier II and Tier I Award finalists, respectively. To hear words from the program champions themselves, click below.

View the Calfrac Well Services Ltd Fluid Analysis Program Champion Award Video

View the NYC Ferry, operated by Hornblower, Program Champion Award Video

View the Kokosing Fluid Analysis Program Champion Award Video

View the Flywheel Energy Fluid Analysis Program Champion Award Video

 

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