System and method for enhancing cost performance of mechanical systems
First Claim
1. A method for enhancing cost performance of a mechanical system, the method comprising:
- receiving a primary work scope, the primary work scope comprising a set of tasks associated with maintenance of the mechanical system;
determining an enhanced work scope, the enhanced work scope including the primary work scope and at least one additional task associated with maintenance of the mechanical system, the enhanced work scope configured to enhance a cost performance parameter; and
providing the enhanced work scope.
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Abstract
This disclosure is directed to a method to enhance cost performance of a mechanical system. The method includes inspecting the mechanical system to determine a primary work scope. The primary work scope is associated with a first subset of the set of modules. The method further includes accessing a computational system configured to determine an enhanced work scope associated with the first subset and a second subset of modules. The enhanced work scope is determined based on expected cost per unit operation time of the mechanical system. The method also includes performing tasks associated with the enhanced work scope on the mechanical system.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for enhancing cost performance of a mechanical system, the method comprising:
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receiving a primary work scope, the primary work scope comprising a set of tasks associated with maintenance of the mechanical system;
determining an enhanced work scope, the enhanced work scope including the primary work scope and at least one additional task associated with maintenance of the mechanical system, the enhanced work scope configured to enhance a cost performance parameter; and
providing the enhanced work scope. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for enhancing cost performance of a mechanical system, the method comprising:
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receiving a primary work scope associated with maintenance of the mechanical system; and
determining an enhanced work scope by iteratively;
determining a secondary work scope associated with maintenance of the mechanical system and based on the primary work scope;
determining an expected operation time of the mechanical system based on the secondary work scope; and
determining an expected cost per operation time based on the secondary work scope and the expected operation time; and
providing the enhanced work scope. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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22. A computational system comprising:
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a processor; and
memory accessible to the processor, the memory comprising;
a reliability model;
a cost model; and
a work scope engine operable by the processor to determine an enhanced work scope associated with maintenance of a mechanical system, the enhanced work scope selected from a set of work scopes based on expected performance criteria, the work scope engine configured to access the reliability model to determine an expected operational time based on a selected work scope of the set of work scopes and configured to access the cost model to determine a cost per unit operation based on the selected work scope, the work scope engine configured to determine the expected performance criteria from the expected operational time and the cost per unit operation. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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