Bombardier Orbita - predictive maintenance
Attenda Limited, the Always On Managed Services company, today announced that it has been selected by Bombardier Transportation to provide the IT management and support services for a specialist business-critical application, which will form an integral element of Bombardier's pioneering approach to predictive maintenance.
As the global leader in rail equipment manufacturing and servicing, Bombardier offers products ranging from individual passenger vehicles to total transit systems. The company also manufactures locomotives, bogies, propulsion and controls and provides rail control solutions.
Bombardier's commitment to its customers extends to total vehicle life care, and as part of its drive for new innovations, Bombardier has developed a radically new capability, Bombardier Orbita, which can help to improve fleet maintainability and reduce ongoing costs for train operators. With Bombardier Orbita, vehicles' on-board systems can collect performance information and transmit it to Bombardier's Knowledge Control Centres for monitoring and predictive analysis. Attenda has received a contract to supply the infrastructure for this highly specialised service over 3 years. Attenda's custom-designed solution maintains security, manages interfaces and generates key performance indicators for Bombardier's Orbita application on a 24 x 7 basis.
"We have a sophisticated suite of specialist software applications supporting our Orbita business processes which, to be effective, need to run on a fast and reliable database infrastructure. Orbita provides pro-active maintenance management as part of our value-added services to our customers," said Paul Gill, Director UK Orbita operations, Bombardier Transportation. "To this end we're looking for absolute 24/7 reliability from our IT infrastructure plus scalability for the future. We went through a thorough internal audit process which gave us the assurance that Attenda could meet all our requirements."
"We chose Attenda based on reliability and competitive pricing. In addition, they have a market reputation," Paul Gill continued. "We were very impressed by Attenda's approach to quality and service during the tender process. Since the contract began in spring 2006 we've been very pleased with their responsiveness and the high levels of performance they provide. These allow us to concentrate on developing our application and further improving customer service."
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I Sävenäs väljer Västtrafik underhållsleverantör fritt
Tågunderhåll blir en allt mer konkurrensutsatt bransch. I dag är det vanligt att vi hyr ut trafiknära verkstäder till länstrafikhuvudmännen som sedan genom fri upphandling väljer underhållsoperatör. Den nya verkstaden i Sävenäs, som invigdes i oktober 2006, är ett sådant exempel. Vår hyresgäst i Sävenäs blir trafikhuvudmannen Västtrafik som i sin tur upplåter verkstaden till Bombardier Transportation för underhållet av sju Regina-tåg. Kompletta verkstadslösningar Världens modernaste verkstad med tillståndsbaserat underhåll Effekten är att komponenter byts ut endast när de är defekta, vilket minimerar kostnader och ger ett mer effektivt fordonsutnyttjande. Västtrafiks Regina-tåg är det tredje trafiksystemet, det första utanför Storbritannien, som drivs med det nya systemet. Med hjälp av bland annat fjärrövervakning av fordon i realtid, internetbaserat dokumentationssystem, aktiv materialstyrning och arbetsplanering med mera, uppnås i slutändan mer effektiv tågdrift för Västsveriges invånare. Dessutom innebär det nya arbetssättet en helt ny standard för säkerhet, arbetsmiljö och miljövänlighet.
Verkstaden hyrs ut komplett utrustad med kontaktledningar, fordonslyftar, traverser, maskiner, arbetsramper, avisningsutrustning, oljeavskiljare m.m. Kompletta verkstadslösningar är ett av våra erbjudanden för att främja konkurrensen inom tågunderhåll.
Underhållsprocesserna som Bombardier jobbar utifrån utgår ifrån det senaste inom informationsteknik och järnvägsfordonsteknologi. Basen i verksamheten är ett integrerat tillståndsbaserat underhåll, Bombardier Orbita. Ett tillståndsbaserat underhåll bygger på att tåget med sensorer, kopplade direkt till underhållsorganisationen, säger till när en komponent är defekt och behöver bytas. Detta till skillnad mot tidigare arbetssätt som styrdes av den sträcka ett fordon trafikerat.
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Fleet Diagnostic & Maintenance
ORBITA represents a major technical innovation and a significant advancement over existing systems; it is truly the future of maintenance. Through ORBITA, Bombardier can help rail systems operators to improve efficiency, utilization, availability and reliability wherever the are. Through the world-wide ORBITA network of knowledge centres, fleet data is remotely gathered, interpreted and analyzed, facilitating both reactive maintenance:
- providing a rapid response to in-service faults and proactive maintenance:
- analyzing and cross-referencing data, predicting problems, and preventing them before they occur
- Using CBM to reduce material costs and vehicle downtime
- Adding value to the operator’s service by. improving operations, enhancing passenger experience etc.
- Maximum fleet utilization and availability
- Balanced maintenance regimes
- Best-practice processes
- Transfer of technical risk to Bombardier
- Cost optimization
- Specialist technical staff with expert vehicle knowledge
- Materials management – lower material costs, reduced parts stocking and inventory.
- Continuous vehicle and sub-system improvement for optimized performance
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