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Managing maintenance for an item of equipment

  • US 7,124,059 B2
  • Filed: 03/12/2004
  • Issued: 10/17/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of managing maintenance activities for at least one item of equipment, the method comprising:

  • determining a configuration maintenance requirements for maintaining a target configuration of an item of equipment;

    including establishing the target configuration of the item of equipment based on a design objective of the item of equipment, wherein the design objective includes safety, reliability, and performance, or a combination thereof;

    evaluating an actual configuration of the item of equipment;

    determining if the actual configuration complies with the target configuration;

    determining a predictive maintenance requirements for the item of equipment based on a longevity estimate, a probability of failure, a financial analysis, or a combination thereof;

    planning for the availability of at least one of resources and a component for performing maintenance consistent with the configuration maintenance requirements and the predictive maintenance requirement;

    including planning an upgrade requirement for upgrading the actual configuration to the target configuration if the actual configuration is noncompliant; and

    coordinating the upgrade requirement and the predictive maintenance requirement into a combined maintenance schedule for both the upgrade requirement and the predictive maintenance requirement.

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