Scheduling the Maintenance of Operational Equipment
First Claim
1. A method of scheduling the maintenance of operational equipment distributed over a plurality of locations, comprising the steps of:
- receiving operational data relating to use of operational equipment;
receiving operational equipment failure data;
analysing said operational data in combination with said operational equipment failure data to determine performance information relating extent of use of said operational equipment to rates of failure of operational equipment; and
processing new operational data and operational equipment failure data in combination with said relationship information to produce knowledge-based output alerts and maintenance schedules.
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Abstract
The scheduling of maintenance for operational equipment is disclosed in which the operational equipment is distributed over many locations. Operational data relating to the use of operational equipment is received, along with equipment failure data. Stored operational data (501) is analysed (503) in combination with stored operational equipment failure data (502) to determine performance information (504) relating to extensive use of the operational equipment to rates of failure of operational equipment. New operational data is processed (505) along with equipment failure data in combination with the relationship information (504) to produce knowledge based output alert (506 to 509) and maintenance schedules (510).
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20 Claims
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1. A method of scheduling the maintenance of operational equipment distributed over a plurality of locations, comprising the steps of:
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receiving operational data relating to use of operational equipment; receiving operational equipment failure data; analysing said operational data in combination with said operational equipment failure data to determine performance information relating extent of use of said operational equipment to rates of failure of operational equipment; and processing new operational data and operational equipment failure data in combination with said relationship information to produce knowledge-based output alerts and maintenance schedules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus for scheduling the maintenance of operational equipment distributed over a plurality of locations, comprising:
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first storage for storing operational data identifying use of operational equipment; second storage for storing equipment failure data for said operational equipment; and at feast one data analysis processor configured to analyse said operational data in combination with said equipment failure data to determine performance information relating extent of use of said operational equipment to rates of failure of said operational equipment; third storage for said performance information; and at least one data monitoring processor configured to monitor new operational data and new equipment failure data with reference to said performance data to produce knowledge-based output alerts and maintenance schedules. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A maintenance schedule identifying work intervals, geographical locations within said work intervals and operational equipment to be maintained within each said geographical locations, wherein said maintenance schedule is produced periodically by performing the steps of:
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reviewing stored operational data indicating operations performed by said operational equipment; calculating an extent of use for an item of operational equipment; and identifying the next work interval during which a maintenance activity will be required. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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