Implementation of predictive maintenance programs
| Program Initiation
Benefits of Predictive Maintenance are not achieved through technology alone. Even the most advanced condition monitoring system will be unable to help reduce the maintenance costs if it is not used as a tool in an effective Predictive Maintenance program. Everyone in an organization from top management to maintenance specialists should share common objectives that are established in the program.
Through a collective effort a plan must be created that specifies the particulars of the organization's predictive maintenance program. These may include machine parameters to be monitored, asset inventory subjected to the program, data transmission and storage, how the data is interpreted and converted to information that maintenance specialists can use.
| Need Assessment
The first step in the program would be to identify the areas where the predictive maintenance will give the highest return on investment. Assets that are critical to the organization's core business are selected first. Then the monitored parameters, data processing requirements, and alert delivery methods are selected. InCheck Technologies can help design the necessary monitoring schema as a consulting service. .
| System Specification
The next step is to specify the technical parameters for the enterprise-wide system. It is important for the plan to incorporate all necessary assets, although implementation may be done in stages. InCheck Technologies can help calculate the required hardware resources for communications, alarm routing, and computations based on the size and type of data.
| System Integration
InCheck InSite™ includes all components needed for a customized condition monitoring system. They include sensors, data acquisition modules, application server incorporating an integrated database and data processing module, and graphic user interface delivered to user's computer. All these components have been integrated and tested together for seamless operation. InCheck offers installation services for the system and auxiliary network components.
| Program Implementation
Once in place, InCheck InSite™ will collect and store data, provide prognostic trend analysis and fault diagnostics, customizable reporting and alarm delivery. InCheck Technologies performs initial configuration, start up and training and continues supporting customers through multi-level technical support and available engineering support service.
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