MACHINE ELEMENT CONTROL APPARATUS USING RFID TAG AND MACHINE ELEMENT CONTROL USING THE SAME
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1. A machine element control apparatus for assisting maintenance and inspection of machine elements constituting a machine element assembly, on the basis of designing information of the machine element assembly;
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maintenance and inspection information input means capable of receiving an input of data and outputting data for inputting maintenance and inspection information;
control database means having stored therein the maintenance and inspection information and the designing information; and
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag ID reader means capable of accessing an RFID tag having stored information for reading the information therefrom, whereinthe control database means stores therein a maintenance and inspection schedule created on the basis of the designing information;
the RFID tag ID reader means reads an RFID tag ID as the information; and
the maintenance and inspection information input means displays the maintenance and inspection schedule and inspection items stored in the control database means, receives an input of information of maintenance and inspection findings associated with the maintenance and inspection schedule and inspection items thus displayed, and stores information of an indication for inspection, the maintenance and inspection finding information, and the RFID tag ID in the control database means with a correspondence established therebetween.
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In a machine element control method, when conducting maintenance and inspection of a machine element assembly such as a plant to be operated for a long period of time exceeding life of RFID tags, to enable use of the RFID tags to identify respective machine elements, new RFID tags are additionally attached and a correspondence with respect to the RFID tags are stored and verified.
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1. A machine element control apparatus for assisting maintenance and inspection of machine elements constituting a machine element assembly, on the basis of designing information of the machine element assembly;
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maintenance and inspection information input means capable of receiving an input of data and outputting data for inputting maintenance and inspection information; control database means having stored therein the maintenance and inspection information and the designing information; and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag ID reader means capable of accessing an RFID tag having stored information for reading the information therefrom, wherein the control database means stores therein a maintenance and inspection schedule created on the basis of the designing information; the RFID tag ID reader means reads an RFID tag ID as the information; and the maintenance and inspection information input means displays the maintenance and inspection schedule and inspection items stored in the control database means, receives an input of information of maintenance and inspection findings associated with the maintenance and inspection schedule and inspection items thus displayed, and stores information of an indication for inspection, the maintenance and inspection finding information, and the RFID tag ID in the control database means with a correspondence established therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A machine element control method for use with a machine element control apparatus for assisting maintenance and inspection of machine elements constituting a machine element assembly, on the basis of designing information of the machine element assembly,
the machine element control apparatus comprising maintenance and inspection information input means capable of receiving an input of data and outputting data for inputting maintenance and inspection information, control database means having stored therein the maintenance and inspection information and the designing information, and RFID tag ID reader means capable of accessing an RFID tag having stored information for reading the information therefrom, the method comprising the steps of: -
storing, by the control database means, a maintenance and inspection schedule created on the basis of the designing information; reading, by the RFID tag ID reader means, an RFID tag ID as the information; and displaying, by the maintenance and inspection information input means, the maintenance and inspection schedule and inspection items stored in the control database means, receiving an input of information of maintenance and inspection findings associated with the maintenance and inspection schedule and inspection items thus displayed, and storing information of an indication for inspection, the maintenance and inspection finding information, and the RFID tag ID in the control database means with a correspondence established therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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