Interactive maintenance management alarm handling
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1. A method of handling equipment failure alarms comprising the steps of:
- receiving an alarm;
storing the received alarm in a Database;
determining that the alarm has not been snoozed;
analyzing the alarm; and
determining that the alarm is not to be snoozed.
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Abstract
An Interactive Maintenance Management System (“IMMS”) (10) is an alarm handling system (FIG. 2) for handling alarms (102) that indicate present or imminent equipment failure. The IMMS (10) may be utilized in industrial situations, such as strip-mines (14), to reduce equipment (12) downtime and reduce or prevent equipment failure. The IMMS (10) utilizes a flexible response system to track, analyze, and improve performance of the alarm handling system.
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17 Claims
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1. A method of handling equipment failure alarms comprising the steps of:
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receiving an alarm;
storing the received alarm in a Database;
determining that the alarm has not been snoozed;
analyzing the alarm; and
determining that the alarm is not to be snoozed.
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2. A method of handling equipment failure alarms comprising the steps of:
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receiving an alarm;
storing the received alarm in a database;
determining that the alarm has not been snoozed;
analyzing the alarm;
determining that the alarm is to be snoozed;
setting snooze criteria;
determining that at least one of the snooze criteria has been violated; and
releasing the alarm. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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