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Method of managing maintenance and maintenance managing apparatus

  • US 7,117,123 B2
  • Filed: 12/16/2004
  • Issued: 10/03/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of managing maintenance for a plant, comprising the steps of:

  • (a) grouping structural members of the plant on the basis of a likeness criterion of a predetermined operation status into a plurality of groups; and

    (b) installing an index member to be inspected at at least a part of at least one of the structural members belonging to each group, the index member having a higher degradation tendency than the other structural members in the group, wherein the step (b) comprises steps of;

    predicting degradation of the structural members belonging to each group to estimate degradation tendencies; and

    selecting the at least one of the structural members among a part of the structural members having large degradation tendencies on the basis of the result of predicting the degradation.

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