Smart Maintenance - Monitoring and Analysis

From Isolated Solutions to Holistic Concepts

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Predictive maintenance, condition monitoring, and context-sensitive assistance can help you keep your machines running smoothly and reliably.

Retrofit, design, and construction of measurement chains, as well as IoT system architecture and process modeling, can help you develop the right tools for the job. Dashboard development can help you keep track of your progress and find areas for improvement.

Modern industrial production is precision work in more than one respect. Products are manufactured to exacting standards, requiring machine tools' mechanics to operate reliably and with uncompromising accuracy – unwanted vibrations for example can cause flaws in the required product geometry and lead to expensive waste. Similarly, manufacturing processes usually follow a tight schedule. Disruptions or machine breakdowns lead to losing time and, potentially, incurring contractual penalties upon failing to deliver before deadline.

Smart and predictive maintenance is meant to recognize any signs of damage or wear and tear in machine components at the earliest possible time in order to avoid unplanned and unexpected failures. Sensors fitted to machines keep track of active operations and measure temperature, vibration, energy consumption, and many other parameters. Whenever there are deviations from the norm or signs of potentially problematic trends, the system triggers an alarm so that operators can start countermeasures. However, most commercially available monitoring systems remain isolated proprietary solutions that only track the condition of individual components.

Fraunhofer IPK pursues solutions that integrate machine monitoring into holistic fleet maintenance concepts. A comprehensive approach of this type reaches from sensors capturing the condition of components and pinpointing even tiny signs of wear or damage, to predicting critical conditions with virtual machine twins, and supporting service technicians on site with the maintenance and repair work that may be required.

Smart Maintenance explainer

An entertaining animated film explains the technology behind our Smart Maintenance system.

 

Interactive 3D Model

The Fraunhofer IPK Smart Maintenance Testbed visualizes the monitoring principle.

 

Context Is Everything

Article on Smart Maintenance with the aid of AI in our customer magazine FUTUR

The solution is interesting for these industries:

  • Mechanical and plant engineering
  • Automotive
  • Rail
  • Aviation
  • Plant operators

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