Industrial thermal monitoring for fire prevention
AVIAN watches critical industrial assets 24/7, detects abnormal heat, alerts the right team, and helps operators act before fire, downtime, or equipment damage.
- 24/7 asset monitoring
- Alerts and escalation paths
- Maintenance and fire prevention
Real alarm footage from industrial saves caught by AVIAN
See the thermal events behind the number: fires, motor failures, battery events, and machine faults caught before they escalated.
Estimated damage avoided
$23M+
Cumulative documented incidents
Conservative planning estimates, not guaranteed outcomes.
Watch Real-World Saves“We’ve already prevented a fire”
While processing beetle-damaged wood, a splinter got stuck. The early warning triggered by the temperature increase enabled timely intervention and prevented an open flame.
“How AVIAN Thermal Cameras Prevent Planer Mill Fires”
“I can be anywhere in the mill, or even sitting at home”
I can be anywhere in the mill, or even sitting at home and get an alert from AVIAN and I know it’s time to act immediately.
“Condition-Based Thermal Monitoring at Sierra Pacific Mills”
“Your support before, during, and after implementation was exceptional.”
The camera is working great on our planer. It gives our team the real-time visibility we need to catch hot spots before they become safety hazards or significant downtime issues. We really appreciate your guidance and support in protecting our mill. Your support before, during, and after implementation was exceptional. We look forward to working with you on future projects.
“How Mission Forest Protected a Critical Planer”
“They represent a significant advance in fire protection”
The cameras give me peace of mind about the protection of my business. I can highly recommend AVIAN — the service and support during installation and operation is excellent.
“I’d argue it’s probably one of the best technologies as far as fire safety is concerned”
We had a gearbox that was overheating in our dust shed. Thanks to the alerts from AVIAN, we changed the oil in the gearbox and brought it back under normal operating conditions.
“From Pilot to Prevention: How Chinook Wood Products Uses AVIAN”
“Motors and drives that are operating at their performance limits have been identified”
The 24/7 monitoring, simple installation, continuous further development and the learning process of the system have completely convinced us!
“How AVIAN helped Sawmill Rosenbaum avert catastrophic damage”
“We can now adjust our machines in real time—without shutting them down”
Temperature changes become immediately visible with the AVIAN system, allowing us to react without delay. This kind of predictive maintenance greatly increases technical availability.
“AVIAN gives us a new kind of security”
We can send our employees home at the end of their shift with peace of mind, because we know that the critical areas in our company are reliably monitored.
“How Schilliger Holz and Blumer Lehmann Restored Peace of Mind”
“An outstanding decision for our mill”
Within just a few weeks their system identified several equipment issues before they turned into failures. That alone saved us significant downtime and paid for the system outright.
“Why Maple Rapids Lumber Mill Chose AVIAN for 24/7 Monitoring”
“It helps us make our operations much safer”
AVIAN has developed a solution to a problem which probably affects everyone in the industry directly. For us, it is a great partnership as it helps us make our operations much safer and improves the monitoring process.
“How Schilliger Holz and Blumer Lehmann Restored Peace of Mind”
“Every planer mill should have an AVIAN system”
I can’t think of a reason why anyone wouldn’t want to install it.
“Why Charles Ingram Says Planer Mills Need AVIAN”
Avian in the news
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Recent coverage of AVIAN's thermal monitoring platform, funding, and work helping industrial teams catch abnormal heat earlier.
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The AVIAN field trial
30 days.
$99.
In your facility.
Try AVIAN on your equipment, with onboarding and support directly from our engineers.
- Dashboard access
- Mobile app access
- Dedicated Slack channel with our engineers
The AVIAN platform
Built for the people who respond to the alarm
Every camera feeds one dashboard and one mobile app. These are the parts your team uses every day.
1 drive_motor2 dust_duct3 outfeed_rollers01Every zone has its own limits
Draw zones around the equipment that matters and give each one its own warning and emergency thresholds.
Detect abnormal heat
Thermal monitoring watches the assets and zones where heat changes the outcome.
Alert the right team
Escalations follow severity, shift schedules, and the people who can respond.
Act before failure
Operators inspect, stop, clean, escalate, or schedule work while the fix is still routine.
Document the event
Event history gives safety and maintenance teams a shared record of what happened.
AVIAN Vision
See smoke and flame detection in action
Turn your existing CCTV cameras into a fire detection system. Explore AVIAN Vision
Early detection window
We turn abnormal heat into action
Heat builds long before anything breaks, stops, or catches fire. The value is catching it while your team can still respond.
AVIAN combines continuous thermal monitoring, AI anomaly detection, alert routing, and event history so operators and maintenance teams can act before breakdown, downtime, or fire.
1Heat begins
A component starts running hot
2Detected instantly
24/7 thermal monitoring catches it early
3Alert triggered
Your team is notified in seconds via phone call, SMS, WhatsApp, email, or local PLC integration
4Action taken
Maintenance responds before failure
AVIAN mobile app
Your operation. In your pocket.
Get alerts, check live thermal views, and acknowledge events from your phone.
Built for high-risk industrial environments
Continuous thermal monitoring and condition-based maintenance for the assets most likely to cause downtime, fires, or unplanned shutdowns across the industries below.
Data Centers
Catch UPS thermal runaway, electrical faults, and cooling failures before they become fires or outages.
Mining
Catch idler seizure, drive overheating, and belt friction across remote conveyors before a failure halts production.
Grain Handling & Feed Mills
Catch bearing heat, elevator leg friction, and dust ignition before a routine fault becomes an explosion.
Sawmills & Planer Mills
Catch hot bearings, failing rolls, and fire risk before downtime hits production.
Recycling & Waste
Spot battery events, smoldering loads, and conveyor heat.
Pallet Manufacturing
Catch saw friction, bearing failures, and dust ignition before they reach stored product.
Biomass, Pellet & Bioenergy
Catch pellet press friction, bearing heat, and dust buildup before they trigger a combustion event.
Food & Beverage Manufacturing
Catch motor overheating, electrical faults, and conveyor friction before an unplanned line shutdown.
Ports, Terminals & Bulk Handling
Catch conveyor friction, drive failures, and heat buildup before they shut down terminal operations.
Electric Bus Depots & Fleet Charging
Catch charger faults and battery thermal runaway before overnight charging turns into a depot fire.
Lithium Refining & Battery Materials
Catch retained heat in cooldown zones and process equipment before it triggers thermal runaway.
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Mobile thermal cameras for changing sites
The AVIAN Flight Series provides trailer-mounted and tripod-mounted thermal cameras for landfill fire detection, construction sites, hot-work fire watch, and other temporary risk areas. The Trailer Mount includes a solar panel.
Catch failures early
or pay for downtime later
Most equipment failures show early signs of heat. The difference between a planned fix and an emergency shutdown is catching it in time.
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Customers that prevent 1+ hour of downtime within the first two months of installation
6 months
Average payback period for the system
From the field
Recent case studies
A Sawmill Fire Happens Every 4.5 Days
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Why Maple Rapids Lumber Mill Chose AVIAN for 24/7 Monitoring
In December of 2024, we reached out to the team at Maple Rapids Lumber Mill to discuss the possibility of a project to monitor their operations and protect them from fires.