Abstract
The growing interest to improve the overall efficiency of
production and the simultaneous technical development of
sensors, analysis equipment and especially wireless
technology has led to the great interest in
e-Maintenance. In general terms e-Maintenance is
understood as the technology that makes the needed
information available for the maintenance engineer and
enables him to communicate with the supporting system
irrespective where the machine under inspection or
maintenance actions is located. Based on the findings of
large European research project Dynamite (Dynamic
Decisions in Maintenance) the paper discusses the roles
of various actors in this e-Maintenance scheme. First the
needs of a maintenance engineer are covered both from the
worker point of view and the company point of view.
Following the description of the needs the roles of
various pieces of hardware and software are covered
taking into account the expected development trends. The
paper also highlights some of the problem areas i.e. what
are the challenges in developing fully functional and
economically optimised e-Maintenance support for modern
production environments.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 5th International Conference on Condition Monitoring and Machinery Failure Prevention Technologies, CM2008 / MFPT2008, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, 15-18 July, 2008 |
| Place of Publication | Oxford, UK |
| Pages | 666-677 |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
| Event | 5th International Conference on Condition Monitoring and Machinery Failure Prevention Technologies, CM2008/MFPT2008 - Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: 15 Jul 2008 → 18 Jul 2008 |
Conference
| Conference | 5th International Conference on Condition Monitoring and Machinery Failure Prevention Technologies, CM2008/MFPT2008 |
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| Abbreviated title | CM2008/MFPT2008 |
| Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
| City | Edinburgh |
| Period | 15/07/08 → 18/07/08 |
Keywords
- e-Maintenance
- Smart Tags
- Smart Sensors
- Web Services
- OSA-CDM
- PDA