SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR MONITORING AND SCHEDULING MAINTENANCE ON MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT
First Claim
1. A method of scheduling maintenance on mechanical equipment, the method comprising:
- monitoring the mechanical equipment with a sensor;
collecting diagnostic information provided by the sensor with a local controller associated with the mechanical equipment, the diagnostic information relating to an operational characteristic of the mechanical equipment;
generating an alarm with the local controller in response to the collected diagnostic information;
transferring the alarm from the local controller to a remote monitoring system;
assigning an alarm value to the alarm using one of the local controller and the remote monitoring system;
referencing a maintenance schedule for the mechanical equipment to ascertain a scheduled maintenance timeframe; and
one of generating a work order and not generating the work order for the mechanical equipment based on the alarm value and the scheduled maintenance timeframe.
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Abstract
A method of scheduling maintenance on mechanical equipment includes monitoring the mechanical equipment with a sensor and collecting diagnostic information provided by the sensor with a local controller associated with the mechanical equipment. The diagnostic information relates to an operational characteristic of the mechanical equipment. The method also includes generating an alarm with the local controller in response to the collected diagnostic information, transferring the alarm from the local controller to a remote monitoring system, assigning an alarm value to the alarm using one of the local controller and the remote monitoring system, referencing a maintenance schedule for the mechanical equipment to ascertain a scheduled maintenance timeframe, and one of generating a work order and not generating the work order for the mechanical equipment based on the alarm value and the scheduled maintenance timeframe.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of scheduling maintenance on mechanical equipment, the method comprising:
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monitoring the mechanical equipment with a sensor; collecting diagnostic information provided by the sensor with a local controller associated with the mechanical equipment, the diagnostic information relating to an operational characteristic of the mechanical equipment; generating an alarm with the local controller in response to the collected diagnostic information; transferring the alarm from the local controller to a remote monitoring system; assigning an alarm value to the alarm using one of the local controller and the remote monitoring system; referencing a maintenance schedule for the mechanical equipment to ascertain a scheduled maintenance timeframe; and one of generating a work order and not generating the work order for the mechanical equipment based on the alarm value and the scheduled maintenance timeframe. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for scheduling maintenance on mechanical equipment, the system comprising:
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at least one sensor monitoring the mechanical equipment and outputting diagnostic information relating to an operational characteristic of the mechanical equipment; a local controller in communication with the sensor for collecting the diagnostic information and generating an alarm in response to the collected diagnostic information; and a remote monitoring system in communication with the local controller for receiving the alarm, wherein the remote monitoring system is configured to assign an alarm value to the alarm and reference a maintenance schedule for the mechanical equipment to ascertain a scheduled maintenance timeframe, and wherein the remote monitoring system is configured to one of generate a work order and not generate the work order for the mechanical equipment based on the alarm value and the scheduled maintenance timeframe.
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20. A method of scheduling maintenance on mechanical equipment, the method comprising:
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monitoring the mechanical equipment with a sensor; collecting diagnostic information provided by the sensor with a local controller associated with the mechanical equipment, the diagnostic information relating to an operational characteristic of the mechanical equipment; generating an alarm with the local controller in response to the collected diagnostic information; transferring the alarm from the local controller to a remote monitoring system; assigning an alarm value to the alarm using one of the local controller and the remote monitoring system; referencing a maintenance schedule for the mechanical equipment to ascertain a scheduled maintenance timeframe; generating a work order for the mechanical equipment when the alarm value is outside a predetermined range of alarm values for the mechanical equipment; and not generating the work order for the mechanical equipment when the alarm value is inside the predetermined range of alarm values for the mechanical equipment.
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