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CONDITION BASED MAINTENANCE SUPPORT SCHEDULE MANAGEMENT

  • US 20110301992A1
  • Filed: 06/06/2011
  • Published: 12/08/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for supporting maintenance on a fleet of deployed equipment units, each unit comprising one or more components and each unit being provided with an on-board data processing module and a data storage module, comprising the steps of:

  • a) repeatedly generating, in a local service platform system associated with an equipment unit, condition based operational status data for each component in a selection of one or more components of said equipment unit, comprising;

    i) receiving equipment operational status data for each of said components;

    ii) receiving environmental status data;

    iii) calculating weighting parameters dependent on an experience based status data collection and environmental status data and dependent on predetermined relations between said experience based status data collection and said environmental status data;

    iv) adjusting equipment operational status data dependent on said weighting parameters and dependent on predetermined relations between said equipment operational status data and said weighting parameters into condition based operational status data;

    b) storing said condition based operational status data in a status log;

    c) storing a set of maintenance tasks in said local service platform system;

    d) determining repeatedly a maintenance need status dependent on a selection of said condition based operational status data and a set of maintenance condition rules, wherein said maintenance condition rules depend on a selection of the degree of urgency and the conditions for performing a task;

    e) selecting repeatedly a maintenance task from said set of maintenance tasks dependent on said maintenance need status;

    f) determining repeatedly, from said selected maintenance tasks, a collection of current maintenance tasks for a maintenance schedule dependent on said maintenance need status and predetermined scheduling rules;

    g) generating a maintenance schedule comprising operator directives for said current maintenance tasks.

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