Industrial machine including a fluid sensor and method of operating the same

Abstract An industrial machine including a sensor and a controller. The sensor is configured to sense a characteristic of a fluid of the industrial machine. Wherein the characteristic is indicative of a contaminant level. The controller has an electronic processor and a memory. The controller is configured to receive a signal from the sensor indicative of the contaminant level, compare the contaminant level to a threshold, and upon the contaminant level crossing the threshold perform at least one selected from a group consisting of output an alert, and commence a shutdown procedure of the industrial machine. Sense Contaminant Level Output Signal Indicative of Contaminant Level No Contaminant No Level > Threshold Yes. Commence Alert and/ or Shutdown