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#1313 From: Göran Wikingson <gwiking@...>
Date: Fri Mar 21, 2008 11:10 am
Subject: 2008 Maintenance & Reliability Conference April 14-17, 2008 Chicago 		gwikingson
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http://www.martsconference.com/

 

2008 Maintenance & Reliability Conference April 14-17, 2008 

 

http://www.martsconference.com/about.cfm

 

http://www.martsconference.com/sessions.cfm

 

Where: Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, 5555 North River Road, Rosemont, IL 60018.

Minutes from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Nearby hotels are offering special rates, and most offer complimentary transportation to/from the airport. But make your reservations soon. Other conventions
in the area are scheduled for the same time period.

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Göran Wikingson
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#1312 From: "CBM-SWEDEN" <cbm-sweden-owner@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Fri Mar 21, 2008 10:55 am
Subject: OEE = 89% och OTD=97% = "Best-in-Class" 		cbm-sweden-owner@yahoogroups.com
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Research Confirms Value Of Global Manufacturing Operations Management For "Best-In-Class" Performance
2/29/2008 

Apriso, a provider of adaptive software solutions for global manufacturing operations management, recently confirmed the need for an integrated Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) platform to achieve Best-in-Class performance, as demonstrated by research recently released by Aberdeen, a Harte-Hanks Company. With MOM solutions, "Best-in-Class" manufacturers are realizing an average of 97% On Time Delivery (OTD), 89% Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and 97% raw material yield.

The research highlighted four critical guidelines where industry leaders outperform the competition:

  1. Standardized processes - consistent business processes, throughout the enterprise
  2. Knowledge management - automated data collection, used for actionable intelligence
  3. Technology - software leveraged for operational excellence
  4. Performance management - operations performance linked to financial metrics

Manufacturers can achieve Best-in-Class performance with an Apriso FlexNet solution, which delivers each of the above benefits within a single, unified solution. Representing much more than just a Manufacturing Execution System (MES), Apriso FlexNet comprises several applications that enable standardized business processes to be established and globally managed across production, quality, maintenance, labor and supply chain visibility processes.

"To efficiently manage manufacturing operations, it is critical to standardize business processes across the enterprise," writes Matthew Littlefield, Manufacturing Research Analyst, Aberdeen Group. "One area that clearly differentiates Best-in-Class performance is when key performance indicator measurement is standardized, letting senior executives equitably compare performance across the enterprise."

Consistent with the benefits of implementing an Apriso FlexNet MOM solution, the research confirmed that collaboration across multiple functions such as production, quality, maintenance and engineering is a major theme underlying Best-in-Class performance. FlexNet makes it is easier to collect, analyze and display operations performance KPIs from across global operations in real-time, allowing for immediate corrective action.

"Automated data collection is not enough to realize higher manufacturing performance - it is also necessary to act on that data and use it to drive efficiency across manufacturing operations," continues Littlefield. "Best-in-Class are three-times more likely than Laggards to optimize production in real-time, perhaps also contributing to how the Best-in-Class are able to realize 97% raw material yield."

"Aberdeen's research clearly validates the value proposition our customers can achieve when implementing an Apriso FlexNet solution for manufacturing operations excellence," commented Jim Henderson, CEO and president, Apriso. "Adopting a technology platform capable of connecting all aspects of manufacturing operations enables our customers to attain improved performance from collaboration across their enterprise."

To listen to a podcast summarizing the results from this research or access a complimentary copy of Aberdeen Group's "Manufacturing Operations Management: The Next Generation of Manufacturing Systems", please either click here, or go to www.apriso.com.

About Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company
Aberdeen is a leading provider of fact-based research and market intelligence that delivers demonstrable results. Having benchmarked more than 30,000 companies in the past two years, Aberdeen is uniquely positioned to educate users to action: driving market awareness, creating demand, enabling sales, and delivering meaningful return-on-investment analysis. As the trusted advisor to the global technology markets, corporations turn to Aberdeen for insights that drive decisions. For more information, please go to www.aberdeen.com.

About Apriso
Apriso Corporation is a software company dedicated to providing competitive advantage for its customers. It does so by enabling organizations to adapt quickly and easily to market changes and unexpected events. Apriso's FlexNet platform provides visibility, adaptability and real-time control of manufacturing operations across the enterprise and supply chain network. This is accomplished by integrating planning, execution and control, increasing operational efficiency and eliminating errors in the production process. Apriso serves more than 160 customers in 40 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia, powering more than 600 installations worldwide. Its customers include General Motors, Lear, Honeywell, Microsoft, L'Oreal, Trixell, Lockheed Martin, Becton Dickinson, Saint-Gobain, Novelis and Essilor. For more information, please go to www.apriso.com.

SOURCE: Apriso Corporation

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Göran Wikingson
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#1311 From: "CBM-SWEDEN" <cbm-sweden-owner@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Fri Mar 21, 2008 10:44 am
Subject: IntelliStick Intelligent Dipstick - Condition monitoring of oil. 		cbm-sweden-owner@yahoogroups.com
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03/12/2008
IntelliStick offers condition-based preventive maintenance by providing an onboard, real-time oil quality sensor monitoring the true condition of lube oil. It can also detect coolant or fuel intrusion.
  
This provides the ability to determine, almost exactly, when it is time to change oil or add an oil additive. Preventive maintenance is thus based on real-time information rather than recommended change intervals or remote analysis.
   IntelliStick's unique sensor technology was developed by Professor Robert Kauffman, an oil chemist at the University of Dayton Research Institute. Kauffman was contacted by the U.S. military to develop a sensor for use in the Joint Strike Fighter Jet and Humvee. The IntelliStick sensor, created out of this research, allows the Army to determine when to change the engine oil based on oil condition.
   IntelliStick's simple and compact single electrode conductivity test applies a low voltage across two sensor arrays. The system measures the electrochemical changes caused by additive package depletion and impurities that form in the oil over time.
   The sensor curve, displayed to the user through a Windows-based PDA, Smart Phone, or Laptop, indicates the remaining useful life of the engine oil. As the oil condition depletes, the IntelliStick readings begin to decline and eventually will stabilize in a flat line, which indicates that the oil is ready for change. The oil has reached its "Critical Point" when it no longer has the ability to lubricate properly. As the antioxidants deplete, the IntelliStick will detect a sharp increase of viscosity and acid number before the critical point. If the oil has passed the critical point the Kauffman Curve will begin to rise. In this case, the conductance reading increases, indicating that oil oxidation is occurring. The oil change recommendation takes place when the Kauffman Curve reading is flat, which is after the loss of additives and before oil oxidation.
   For more info: www.intellistick.com
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#1310 From: "CBM-SWEDEN" <cbm-sweden-owner@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Fri Feb 22, 2008 7:55 pm
Subject: Humanoid Robot HR-2 		cbm-sweden-owner@yahoogroups.com
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Humanoid Robot HR-2

The HR-2 robot was constructed during a period of three months at Chalmers University in Sweden. It has 22 degrees of freedom which enables it to easily move around imitating human motions. The robot is also equipped with stereovision giving it possibilities to perform hand-eye coordination. For that task an artificial neural network is evolved. Furthermore, the artificial brain is capable of tracking faces as well as recognising them. The HR-2 is also able to speak.

Most of the body parts and electronics were constructed at Chalmers Association: E-sektionens Teletekniska Avdelning.

 

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#1309 From: "CBM-SWEDEN" <cbm-sweden-owner@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Fri Feb 22, 2008 7:32 pm
Subject: RSAF, Eurocopter and EADS to cooperate in R&D project on Condition-Based Maintenance 		cbm-sweden-owner@yahoogroups.com
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RSAF, Eurocopter and EADS to cooperate in R&D project on Condition-Based Maintenance

The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) and EADS parties, represented by EADS Singapore Research and Technology Centre (EADS SRTC), Eurocopter (EC) and its Singaporean subsidiary Eurocopter South East Asia (ESEA), jointly announced a 3-year collaborative research programme addressing Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM).

The respective signatories of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) are as follows:

  • Colonel Francis Cheong Han Kwok, Deputy Head Air Logistics (Engineering) - RSAF,
  • Mr. Simon Bradley, Vice President - EADS Singapore,
  • Dr. Mathieu Glade - Head of Research in Maintenance and Diagnostics - Eurocopter
  • Mr. Gerard Maitrepierre - President of ESEA.

The main goal of this research program is to develop and to demonstrate new capabilities of advanced technologies / methodologies required to enable Condition-based Maintenance (CBM) for RSAF AS332 military helicopter fleet. The key benefits of this international collaboration, involving centres of excellence in research and advanced technology development based in both Singapore and Europe, are aircraft availability, maintenance effort reduction, and cost savings.

This CBM concept is based on decision support techniques that could alleviate maintenance burden by triggering necessary maintenance tasks more efficiently. EuroHUMS™, an advanced health and usage monitoring system (HUMS), will be used to extract and manage relevant data for establishing a condition-based maintenance plan while ensuring continued airworthiness.

The RSAF operates a fleet of AS332 Super Puma aircraft installed with EuroHUMS™. The RSAF was the first military operators in the world to integrate HUMS technology for enhancing safety and maintainability of aircraft.

"A state-of-the-art diagnostic and prognostic maintenance system, supported by advanced sensors, is the goal of this research program. This is part of our continuing effort to leverage on the industry through joint collaboration to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes. Besides helping local research centres to move up the value chain through participation in technology development with international partners, it offers the RSAF an excellent opportunity to enhance our engineering capability” said Colonel Francis Cheong Han Kwok, Deputy Head Air Logistics (Engineering) of the RSAF.

Mr. Gerard Maitrepierre, President of ESEA elaborates: “This project shows the strong will of all the partners to achieve a major breakthrough in the implementation of a full scale “end-to-end” CBM environment for helicopters. And more importantly, the project will showcase and strengthen Singapore’s position as the centre of excellence for aerospace research and add value to the thriving local MRO hub.” He added: “This collaboration is a concrete example of how the industry and military organisation can partner effectively to translate a promising research concept into state-of-the-art helicopter maintenance practices.”

This CBM concept is based on decision support techniques that could alleviate maintenance burden by triggering necessary maintenance tasks more efficiently. EuroHUMS™, an advanced health and usage monitoring system (HUMS), will be used to extract and manage relevant data for establishing a condition-based maintenance plan while ensuring continued airworthiness.

The RSAF operates a fleet of AS332 Super Puma aircraft installed with EuroHUMS™. The RSAF was the first military operators in the world to integrate HUMS technology for enhancing safety and maintainability of aircraft.

"A state-of-the-art diagnostic and prognostic maintenance system, supported by advanced sensors, is the goal of this research program. This is part of our continuing effort to leverage on the industry through joint collaboration to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes. Besides helping local research centres to move up the value chain through participation in technology development with international partners, it offers the RSAF an excellent opportunity to enhance our engineering capability” said Colonel Francis Cheong Han Kwok, Deputy Head Air Logistics (Engineering) of the RSAF.

Mr. Gerard Maitrepierre, President of ESEA elaborates: “This project shows the strong will of all the partners to achieve a major breakthrough in the implementation of a full scale “end-to-end” CBM environment for helicopters. And more importantly, the project will showcase and strengthen Singapore’s position as the centre of excellence for aerospace research and add value to the thriving local MRO hub.” He added: “This collaboration is a concrete example of how the industry and military organisation can partner effectively to translate a promising research concept into state-of-the-art helicopter maintenance practices.”

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Göran Wikingson
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#1308 From: "CBM-SWEDEN" <cbm-sweden-owner@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sat Feb 16, 2008 8:16 am
Subject: "Nobelpris i underhåll och produktion" = Shingo Prize 		cbm-sweden-owner@yahoogroups.com
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"Nobelpris i underhåll och produktion" = Shingo Prize
 
Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing
 
LOGAN, Utah — The Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing — deemed the Nobel Prize for manufacturing by Business Week — recognized 17 government entities that achieved dramatic performance improvements with the 2007 Shingo Prize Public Sector Award.
 
The recipients — evaluated by on-site examiners and recognized as either Platinum, Gold, Silver, or Bronze — are scored in the following areas: cost improvement; leadership; empowerment; vision and strategy; innovation and development; partnering practices with suppliers and customers; environmental practices; quality and results; and consistent improvement in each of those areas.
 
The 2007 Platinum recipients are:
  • None 

The 2007 Gold recipients are:

  • Fleet Readiness Center (FRC) East, H-1 Helicopter Line, MCAS Cherry Point, NC
  • Red River Army Depot, High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence, Texarkana, TX
  • Rock Island Arsenal, Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center, Forward Repair System (FRS) Value Stream, Rock Island, IL
  • Tobyhanna Army Depot, Antenna Transceiver Group, Tobyhanna, PA

The 2007 Silver recipients are:

  • Anniston Army Depot, Vehicle Value Stream, Tracked Systems Division, Anniston, AL
  • Hill Air Force Base, 574th Aircraft Structural Repair Squadron, Ogden, UT
  • Letterkenny Army Depot, Tactical Wheeled Vehicles – HMMWV, Chambersburg, PA
  • Naval Sea System Command, Port Hueneme Division (PHD), RAM Value Stream, Port Hueneme, CA
  • Red River Army Depot (RRAD), Bradley Fighting Vehicle System (BFVS) Power Train Processes, Texarkana, TX
  • Red River Army Depot, Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence, Texarkana, TX
  • Rock Island Arsenal, Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center, Shop Equipment Contact Maintenance (SECM) System Value Stream, Rock Island, IL

The 2007 Bronze recipients are:

  • Anniston Army Depot, Turbine Value Stream, Anniston, AL
  • Aviation Center Logistics Command and Army Fleet Support, TH-67 C20J Engine Project, Ft. Rucker, AL
  • Corpus Christi Army Depot (CCAD), H-60 Pavehawk Joint Depot Level Maintenance (JDLM) Program, Corpus Christi, TX
  • Letterkenny Army Depot (LEAD), Power Generation Equipment, Chambersburg, PA
  • Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE), EA-6B Value Stream, Jacksonville, FL
  • Robins Air Force Base, 572nd Commodities Maintenance Squadron, F-15 Wing Flight, Warner Robins, GA

The Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing recognizes world-class organizations throughout the year with three types of prizes: the Business Prize, the Research Prize, and the Public Sector Prize.

The Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing is administered by Utah State University’s College of Business. Public Sector awards will be presented at the 3rd Annual Shingo Prize Public Sector Awards Ceremony to be held October 11, 2007, at the Hyatt Crystal City in Washington, D.C. For more information, visit www.shingoprize.org.

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Härliga nyheter kring TPS (Toyota Production System) eller det som man ibland kallar LEAN eller 6Sigma.

 
Göran Wikingson
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#1307 From: "CBM-SWEDEN" <cbm-sweden-owner@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sat Feb 16, 2008 7:16 am
Subject: 4th IET Railway Condition Monitoring - 18 - 20 June 2008 		cbm-sweden-owner@yahoogroups.com
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The 4th IET International Conference on
Railway Condition Monitoring
RCM 2008
18 - 20 June 2008, Derby Conference Centre, Derby, UK

Welcome to the 4th IET International Conference on Railway Condition Monitoring!
RCM 2008

Following the success of the 3rd IET International Conference on Railway Condition Monitoring held in Birmingham in 2006 we are pleased to announce RCM 2008 to be held in Derby, UK.

As demand on the railway system increases, efficient asset management is crucial to maintaining a well performing and cost effective railway. To meet the demands of the business, modern asset management techniques are becoming increasingly reliant upon effective and reliable condition monitoring equipment.

For the latest technology developments to be successfully implemented in the commercial environment, it is crucial research and industry come together to discuss the practical applications of the technology and techniques. As the fourth in a successful series this event aims to provide a unique forum to showcase current research, product development and practical experience from academics, railway operators and railway system suppliers. Join us for this conference that focuses exclusively on condition monitoring for the global railway industry. All interested parties are invited to submit papers around this subject. Please visit Call for Papers>

Organised by The Institution of Engineering and Technology Railway Network
Supported by the University of Birmingham and Railway Research UK

Industrial Sessions

Suggestions for industrially focussed technical sessions are also invited. Ideally these sessions should be led by either an existing consortium or collaboration and be of a practical technical nature, perhaps focussing on particular project or strategy. There would be no obligation for the participant to write a full technical paper if presenting in these sessions.

Topics Include:

  • Condition monitoring technology of all railway sub-systems
  • Intelligent infrastructure and asset management strategies
  • Event recording and data logging
  • Predictive analysis tools and techniques
  • State-of-the-art sensing techniques and non-destructive testing
  • Data management, standards, modelling and presentation
  • Condition-based maintenance and reliability-centred maintenance
  • System management and cost benefit analysis

Prospective authors wishing to present in the invited technical sessions please contact: Clive Roberts, the Conference Chair on + 44 (0) 121 414 4306 or email C.ROBERTS.20@... for further information.

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#1306 From: "CBM-SWEDEN" <cbm-sweden-owner@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sat Feb 16, 2008 7:20 am
Subject: RCM-2008 - March 18-20, 2008 - Las Vegas Nevada 		cbm-sweden-owner@yahoogroups.com
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RCM-2008
The Reliability Centered Maintenance Managers' Forum
March 18-20, 2008
Orleans Hotel and Casino - Las Vegas Nevada
 
RCM-2008 
  • Learn everything you need to build a world class Reliability Centered Maintenance Program
  • Discover exciting new ideas and learn helpful techniques to jumpstart your Reliability Centered Maintenance program
  • Learn how Maintenance & Reliability Professionals just like you are creating results with RCM
  • Meet leading RCM service providers
  • Learn how to track the results of your RCM program
  • Attend EAM-2008 and MTrain-2008 sessions at no extra cost
  • Internationally Endorsed by Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance (JIPM) and Korea Standards Association (KSA)
  • Free Membership in the new Reliabilityweb.com Roundtable

Please join us for RCM-2008 the Reliability Centered Maintenance Managers' Forum, March 18-20, 2008 in exciting Las Vegas. 

The Reliability Centered Maintenance Managers' Forum is a focused RCM event where maintenance and reliability professionals learn from each other through a series of informative learning sessions, short courses, networking opportunities and optional full day workshops.

Participants will discover exciting new ideas and learn helpful techniques for implementing or improving reliability centered maintenance.

This year RCM-2008 offers session for RCM Beginners and RCM Advanced Practitioners!

What to expect at RCM-2008 

We will cut through the marketing hype and promotional fog of each major RCM process to highlight the methodology by presenting actual case studies and reporting on short and long term RCM program results.  

There will be  real world "how we did it" RCM Case studies and several full and half day RCM workshops.  There are plenty of opportunities to network with people who have to solve the same issues you face on a daily basis.  

RCM-2008 the Reliability Centered Maintenance Managers' Forum is brought to you by the same group that brings you Reliabilityweb.com, Uptime Magazine and Maintenance-Tips.  Here is what they said about our last conference

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#1305 From: "CBM-SWEDEN" <cbm-sweden-owner@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:53 am
Subject: The 10th NASA-ESA Workshop on Product Data Exchange (PDE 2008) 26 - 28 March 2008 		cbm-sweden-owner@yahoogroups.com
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The 10th NASA-ESA Workshop on Product Data Exchange (PDE 2008)

26 - 28 March 2008

ESA/ESTEC
Noordwijk, The Netherlands
 
2008 Theme:
High quality exchange and sharing of data between all engineering disciplines

The Workshop for Open Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
Also known in previous years as "The STEP for Aerospace Workshop" and "The Aerospace Product Data Exchange (APDE) Workshop". For information and download of presentations from previous workshops please visit http://step.nasa.gov

You are invited to participate in the 10th NASA-ESA Product Data Exchange (PDE) Workshop, which is jointly organized by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the European Space Agency (ESA) and an international advisory panel. This year the workshop returns to ESTEC – the European Space Research and Technology Centre of ESA – where the workshop was also held in 2002.

We build further on the heritage of nine highly successful annual workshops, alternating between the US and Europe. Over the years the workshop scope has evolved from focussing on a number of ISO 10303 / STEP (related) data exchange standards to a broad range of data exchange and data sharing technologies and standards that enable efficient and effective product life cycles (PLM) for complex systems and facilitate collaboration between organisations and disciplines.

The programme will be similar to previous PDE workshops: an opening evening reception followed by three days of presentations, plenary keynotes and discussions, networking opportunities, and "birds of a feather" meetings.
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#1304 From: "CBM-SWEDEN" <cbm-sweden-owner@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:19 am
Subject: Underhåll 2008 - 1-4 april 2008 		cbm-sweden-owner@yahoogroups.com
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Underhåll 2008

1-4 april 2008

Göteborg, Svenskamässan

Den enda nordiska fackmässan med konferenser om industriellt underhåll, driftsäkerhet samt fastighetsunderhåll. 2008 års tema är Lean Maintenance.

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#1303 From: Göran Wikingson <gwiking@...>
Date: Fri Feb 15, 2008 1:11 pm
Subject: Information Fusion from Databases, Sensors and Simulations Annual Report 2006 		gwikingson
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Information Fusion
from Databases, Sensors and Simulations
Annual Report 2006

Technical Report HS-IKI-TR-07-007
December 2007
Sten F. Andler (Ed.), Program Director (sten.f.andler@...)
Marcus Brohede (Ed.), Program Administrator (marcus.brohede@...)
University of Skövde, P.O. Box 408, SE-54128 Skövde, Sweden
www.infofusion.se

Activity Report
The activity report is a statement of the development of the research
program with respect to the
following aspects:
1) Scientific quality and the relation to the expressed university
profile
2) National and international competitive situation of the research
program
3) University collaboration and opportunities for cooperation
4) Influence on graduate and undergraduate and graduate education
5) Industrial relevance
6) Commercial motivation of participating companies
7) Growth potential for the research program
8) Opportunity for continued funding
9) Information and marketing activities
a. Workshop
b. Press exposure
c. Guest lectures and courses
10) Scenarios and projects
a. Scenarios
b. New / ongoing / finished projects during the year
c. Summary of all projects carried out so far
11) Company and other partners for each project during the year
12) Publications
a. International journal with referee procedure
b. Theses
c. Conference contributions
d. Internal reports
e. Other
13) Patents filed and/or granted during the year
14) Personnel
15) A calendar of communication activities during the year
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Härlit forskning
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#1302 From: "CBM-SWEDEN" <cbm-sweden-owner@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sun Feb 10, 2008 6:28 pm
Subject: Real-time degradation modeling and residual life prediction for component maintenance and replacement 		cbm-sweden-owner@yahoogroups.com
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Nagi Gebraeel

Date: 2003
Advisor: Mark A. Lawley

Abstract

Condition based maintenance (CBM) policies and degradation modeling approaches play a proactive role in maintenance and rely on the current state of the device using sensory information from condition monitoring of components. Condition monitoring (CM), an inherent component of CBM, is the process of collecting real-time sensory information from a functioning device in order to reason about the health of the device and predict its future performance. To effectively use CM information, it is useful to characterize a component degradation signal, which is a characteristic pattern in the sensor information that evolves with respect to component's operating time and condition.

Our approach considers monitoring a single component, a thrust ball bearing, which is an inherent component in every type of rotational mechanical assembly. The goal of this research is to develop decision support models that use real-time condition monitoring information and degradation signals to improve maintenance and replacement decisions. We develop Neural Network models that utilize vibration-based sensory information to estimate failure times of partially degraded thrust bearings at various points in their service life. Empirical Bayes and Maximum Likelihood Estimation approaches are then used to compute bearing residual life distributions, which are continuously updated with every data acquisition. We also develop a random coefficients model that combines degradation characteristics of the bearing's population along with real-time vibration information from a specific bearing with the objective of computing remaining life distributions. Bayesian updating is then used to revise residual life distributions with each new sensory acquisition from a partially degraded bearing.

The remaining life distributions computed using the neural network models and the Bayesian degradation models are used in conjunction with a simple age replacement model developed in Renewal Theory to compute optimal replacement times that correspond to the minimum long-run average replacement cost per unit time. Results from the replacement model change according to the updated remaining life distributions with each data acquisition process.

We believe the major contribution of this research will be in decision making under large scale condition monitoring to support maintenance, replacement, and inventory policies when hundreds of components are being monitored simultaneously.

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Date: Sun Feb 3, 2008 10:45 am
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Titta och njut av seriös hantering av CBM.
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#1300 From: Göran Wikingson <gwiking@...>
Date: Sun Feb 3, 2008 10:40 am
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The University of South Carolina (USC) has supported the U.S. Army by
conducting research to support a timely and cost effective aircraft
maintenance program. Research emphasis has been to collect and
warehouse data, and formulate requirements for a move toward
Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) for the U.S. Armed Forces.

A critical pre-requisite of CBM is to have a well established
baseline of historical data by which to measure and compare
performance, usage, wear and failure of helicopter performance. Our
data on logistics, usage, maintenance, supply, mission, and training
procedure provides a valuable building block in creating a baseline
for CBM. This information is historical, accessible, and compatible
with various electronic formats.
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Objectives of Conditions-Based maintenance:

- Reduce unscheduled maintenance and maintenance workload.
- Decrease maintenance and logistics footprints.
- Perform and integrate advanced engineering, maintenance, and
information technologies.
- Maintenance only upon evidence of need.
- Improve diagnosis and prognosis capabilities.
- Use real-time assessments of material condition obtained from
embedded sensors and/or external tests and measurements using
portable equipment.
- Increase operational availability.

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#1299 From: Göran Wikingson <gwiking@...>
Date: Sun Feb 3, 2008 10:33 am
Subject: Condition Based Maintenance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 		gwikingson
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Overview
Breakdowns in industrial manufacturing systems can have significant
impact on the profitability of a business. Expensive production
equipment is idled, labor is no longer optimized, and the ratio of
fixed costs to product output is negatively affected. Rapid repair of
down equipment is critical to business success; the process of
addressing equipment breakdowns after occurrence is known as
Corrective Maintenance and exists in some form in all manufacturing
companies. However, when equipment breakdowns occur the cost can go
well beyond the period of repair. Often process lines require
significant run-time after startup to begin producing quality
product, and the manufactured goods in process at breakdown as well
as the goods manufactured for a period after breakdown may either be
usable or of less value. Because of the impact both during and beyond
the immediate downtime, businesses have sought to prevent equipment
breakdown by a process known as Preventative Maintenance. With
preventative maintenance equipment is routinely inspected and
serviced in an effort to prevent breakdowns from occurring. Such
inspections are based on either calendar periods or equipment process
time, and generally include recorded data that can be compared over
time to determine if negative shifts indicate an imminent equipment
problem.

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#1298 From: Göran Wikingson <gwiking@...>
Date: Sun Feb 3, 2008 9:53 am
Subject: Konferensen Konkurrenskraft 08 		gwikingson
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http://www.konkurrenskraft.com/
http://www.eurostep.com/

Huvudtemat för konferensen Konkurrenskraft 08 är hur svenska
tillverkande företag lyckats behålla sin produktion och stärka sin
position med hjälp av PLM. Ett antal goda exempel kommer att
presenteras.

Röda tråden under eftermiddagens är "Fördel Sverige": Hur specifika
svenska företeelser i kombination med PLM gör att svenska företag
hävdar sig väl i den globala konkurrensen.
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Ett lämpligt konferans kring Industriell IT.
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#1297 From: "CBM-SWEDEN" <cbm-sweden-owner@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:38 pm
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CMMS Vendors

     This page features links to websites for a large number of companies that produce Computerized Maintenance Management Software and Computerized Maintenance Management Tools. It is provided as a reader service and TWI Press does not endorse any specific software manufacturer or product. If you are a CMMS provider and your company or product is not listed here, e-mail details  to info@... and we'll be happy to add you to this list.
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En bra lista med många underhållssystem
 
 
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#1296 From: "CBM-SWEDEN" <cbm-sweden-owner@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:33 pm
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New maintenance strategy delivers many benefits

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Using proven methodologies, specialist companies can now help process industry companies achieve optimized asset management by reducing time, money and manpower for repairs and maintenance. One example is the biggest oil refinery in Bulgaria.

Many industrial companies want to reduce time, money and manpower for repairs and maintenance, but don’t want to jeopardize equipment reliability and safety or endanger the environment. For many companies, it is a complex task, requiring experience and expertise that they do not possess in-house. They need help from an outside specialist company.

One example is the situation at the biggest refinery in Bulgaria. This company has an annual capacity of seven million tonnes of crude oil – more than 140,000 barrels a day.

Despite its undoubted success, the refinery has a 10-year plan that includes several programs to improve performance. One of the programs will sound familiar: They want to improve reliability, safety, health and environmental issues while at the same time lowering maintenance and repair costs.

Lacking the specialist expertise
Knowing they lacked the special expertise to develop a maintenance strategy with such seemingly contradictory objectives, the refinery management invited proposals from two companies with experience in the field. They asked the companies to put forward ideas for a limited-scale pilot operation for planning and implementing a maintenance strategy on one of the refinery’s four atmospheric distillation units. They compared the two proposals and then chose SKF Bulgaria as the company to carry through the pilot project.
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Date: Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:16 pm
Subject: On-Line Intelligent Self-Diagnostic Monitoring System for Next Generation Nuclear Power Plants 		cbm-sweden-owner@yahoogroups.com
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Från 2003.
On-Line Intelligent Self-Diagnostic Monitoring System for Next Generation Nuclear Power Plants

Final Project Report

Summary

The estimated life cycle costs that can be saved with this type of diagnostics are substantial. This study determined that $48 billion and $208 trillion dollars could be saved by the nuclear industry and the companies of the major manufacturing industries (see Appendix H, Nuclear Industry and Major Manufacturing Summary) based on a 6% discount rate and a life of 40 years.

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#1294 From: Göran Wikingson <gwiking@...>
Date: Thu Jan 17, 2008 5:47 pm
Subject: Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM 2008) 30 june - 2 july 		gwikingson
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Welcome
The 18th International Conference on Flexible Automation and
Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM 2008) focuses on current research,
best practices and future trends within the areas of global
competitiveness and rapidly advancing technologies in flexible
automation, information management, and intelligent manufacturing.

Conference theme
The FAIM 2008 conference theme is "Decision making in manufacturing,
services & logistics". Whilst the list of potential topics is fairly
wide, we would like to encourage authors to focus their papers and
presentations on this theme.

Conference topics
FAIM 2008 topics include, but are not limited to:

- Bio-Engineering
- Business Process Re-Engineering (BPR)
- CAD/ CAM
- Change Management
- Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM)
- Concurrent Engineering
- E-manufacturing
- Engineering for Sustainability
- Environmental Engineering
- Flexible Manufacturing
- Global Manufacturing
- Health and Safety
- Human Factors and Human Resources in Manufacturing
- Industrial Automation and Process Control
- Industrial Engineering and Operations Management
- IT and Internet Applications
- Lean & Agile Manufacturing
- Manufacturing Education and Training
- Manufacturing Processes and Technology
- Manufacturing Systems
- Materials Technology
- Modelling & Simulation
- Product Design/ Design for Manufacture/ Assembly (DFM/DFA)
- Product Development
- Quality Control
- Quality Management and Total Quality Management (TQM)
- Rapid Prototyping
- Service & Maintenance Strategies
- Supply Chain Strategies and Management
- Other Related Topics including Special Tracks (see below)
- The conference provides a forum for both researchers and
practitioners in these fields to share the latest research,
developments and practices.

Special Tracks
(Click the desired track link to access call for papers in pdf)
Special track on Artificial Intelligence (Link)
Special track on Outsourced Supply Chains (Link)

RAP Special Track for industrial PhD student (Link)

Special track on applied probability and statistics in manufacturing,
services & logistics (Link)

Special track on intelligent manufacturing systems (IMS) (Link)

Proposals for special tracks and sessions and how these are to be
organised can be sent to the General Chair, Professor Leo J. De Vin,
the Co-Chair, Dr Amos H.C. Ng or the Honorary Co-Chairs, Professors
William Sullivan and Munir Ahmad.

Abstracts/papers for special tracks will normally be invited by the
special track coordinator; please select the name of the special
track as first topic for your abstract (e.g., RAP Special Track for
industrial PhD student papers invited by Dimiter Driankov)


News
Abstract Submission
Closed:
December 11, 2007
Social program and Committees updated:
November 29, 2007
Notification of acceptance
extended to:
December 23, 2007
Abstract submission deadline extended to:
December 7, 2007


Sponsors and supporting
organizations
Institution of Mechanical Engineers
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#1293 From: Göran Wikingson <gwiking@...>
Date: Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:14 pm
Subject: Artificiella neurala nätverk - projekt CrySSMEx 		gwikingson
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Nyligen disputerade Henrik Jacobsson från Högskolan i Skövde vid
University of Sheffield inom området artificiella neurala nätverk.
Disputationen föll väl ut och Henrik kan nu titulera sig som doktor.
Hans forskning handlar om metoder för att skapa logiska beskrivningar
av återkopplade neurala nätverk.

Neurala nätverk
Avhandlingen tar upp artificiella neurala nätverk. Artificiella
neurala nätverk är abstrakta förenklade modeller av verkliga neurala
nätverk man finner i naturen (till exempel den mänskliga hjärnan).
Nätverken har fördelen att man kan träna dem att lösa olika slags
problem vilket passar särskilt bra när man inte känner till problemet
väl nog för att själv designa en lösning. Bristen på mänsklig
hantering under träningsfasen leder dock ofta till att nätverket i
sig kan vara svårt att förstå. Nätverket blir en "svart låda",
ogenomträngligt för mänskligt intellekt och analysförmåga.

CrySSMEx
I avhandlingen har Henrik beskrivit tidigare tillvägagångssätt samt
tagit fram en egen metod. Metoden kom till slut att få namnet
CrySSMEx (the Crystallizing Substochastic Sequential Machine
Extractor) och går i stort sett ut på att se nätverket som ett
observerbart system utifrån vilket man kan träna upp modeller att
efterhärma det, ungefär som nätverket i sig tränats på ett visst
problem som också det lämpade sig för en tränad modell.

http://www.his.se/templates/vanligwebbsida1.aspx?id=27715

The Crystallizing Substochastic Sequential Machine Extractor,
CrySSMEx, is an algorithm for extracting Finite State Machines from
Recurrent Neural Networks. Input: sequential data generated from
RNNs. Output: (stochastic) FSMs and state space quantizers.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/cryssmex
http://cryssmex.sourceforge.net/


http://www.dfki.de/cosy/www/index.html

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#1292 From: Göran Wikingson <gwiking@...>
Date: Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:57 pm
Subject: Viktiga standardarbeten kring CBM området 		gwikingson
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• ANSI/ASME B5 Machine Tools (Member)

• ANSI/ASME B5/TC52 Machining & Turning Centers (Secretariat)

• ANSI/ASME B5/TC56 Information Technology for Machine Tools (Chair
and Secretariat)

• ANSI/ASME B89.3.4 Axes of Rotation

• ISO TC 39 Machine Tools

• ISO TC 39/SC2 Test Conditions for Machine Tools

   – ISO TC 39/SC2/WG1 Geometric Accuracy of machine tools

   – ISO TC 39/SC2/WG3 Test Conditions for Machining Centers

   – ISO TC 39/SC2/WG6 Thermal Effects on Machine Tools

   – ISO TC39/SC2/WG7 Reliability, capability and availability of
machine tools

   – ISO TC39/SC2/WG8 Vibration of machine tools

• ISO TC 184/SC 1/WG 7 Data modeling for integration of physical
devices

• ISO TC 184/SC 1/WG 8 Distributed installation in industrial
applications

• ISO TC 184/SC4 Industrial Data

• ISO TC 108/SC 5/WG 6 Data Processing and Analysis Procedures for
Condition Monitoring and Diagnostics of machines, Including Formats
and Methods for Communicating, Presenting and Displaying Relevant
Information and Data

• ANSI/ASME B5 Machine Tools - Components, Elements, Performance, and
Equipment

• Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG11

• ISO/IEC JTC1/SC32 Information Technology Data Management and
Interchange

• ISO TC184/SC4 Industrial automation/Industrial data

• ISO TC 184/SC1/WG7 Industrial automation systems and integration/
Physical device control

• ISO TC184/SC5/WG4 Manufacturing Programming Environments

• I++ Group

• OASIS

• Object Management Group

• Open Applications Group

• SISO/IEEE

• US PRO

• W3C Semantic Web

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#1291 From: Göran Wikingson <gwiking@...>
Date: Sun Dec 23, 2007 11:52 am
Subject: OEE - Overall Equipment Effectiveness 		gwikingson
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God Jul och Gott Nytt År!
Marry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Marry Christmas und ein Glücklich Neue Jahr!
Bon noël et bon nouveau l'année!
Bouno natale e bouno nuovo anno!
In de echt verbinden Kerstfeest en binnen Gelukkig Nieuw Jaar!

CBM-Sweden Condition Based Maintenance
OEE - Overall Equipment Effectiveness

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Date: Sun Jun 24, 2007 7:28 pm
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Reliability performance and maintenance

- A survey of failures in wind power systems

Master Thesis

by Johan Ribrant

Abstract

The wind power industry has expanded during the past few years and the growth has mainly focused on a growing market and the development of larger wind turbines. Different designs have emerged and the technical knowledge makes it possible to put wind turbines off shore. The fast expansion of the wind power market has also come with some problems.

The new designs are not always fully tested, and the designed lifetime of 20 years is typically never achieved until the next generation of turbines is erected.

The extreme conditions and the high loads that a wind turbine is exposed to makes the coordination of maintenance an interesting issue. How much maintenance is needed? Are there any ways of minimizing the maintenance and yet have a good availability for the wind turbine? The technical availability of wind turbines is high, around 98%, but this is due to fast and frequent service and not just because of good reliability or maintenance management.

The problem area for this thesis work, performed within the RCAM group at KTH School of Electrical Engineering, is focused on the reliability for the components of the wind power system. If the most critical components for the system can be identified, it will show in what areas to focus when planning the maintenance for the system. If the condition of these critical components can be supervised, the maintenance can be planned even further.

Investigations of failure statistics from four different sources reveal the reliability performance of the different components within the wind turbine. The gearbox is found to be the most critical as the downtime per failure is high in comparison to the other components in the wind power turbine. The statistical data presented also show trends of higher and even increasing failure frequency for bigger turbines compared to small turbines which have a decreasing failure rate over the operational years.

Causes for failures to the gearbox are discussed and one of the major contributors to the failure is alignment. If the alignment is incorrect the wear on the gear and the bearings will be excessive and the lifetime of the gearbox will be reduced. To reduce the risk of a failure, the monitoring of the gearbox is required. One way of monitoring the performance of the gearbox is by using a condition monitoring system.

A Condition Monitoring System, CMS, is a tool for telling in what condition the components in a system are. CMS are used today in many other applications but in the wind power industry the CMS is relatively new. With CMS a prediction of impending failure is given for each component, and therefore maintenance and repairs can then be better scheduled. The CMS for the gearbox primarily measures vibrations but a supervision of the oil is also necessary. The CMS used today are capable of detecting failures well in time prior to a failure and they are even able to predict which component inside the gearbox is defective.

As a conclusion of this thesis work, it has been found that the gearbox is one of the most critical components when it comes to which component that influences the downtime the most. It is also shown that condition monitoring systems of today are able to supervise the gearbox adequately. The theoretical implications of using condition based maintenance together with condition monitoring systems shows great benefits and the overall conclusion is that the use of CMS is beneficial when it comes to reducing the amount of failures of the gearbox and also when it comes to scheduling the preventive maintenance.

Sammanfattning

De senaste åren har vindkraftsindustrin expanderat och tillväxten har främst varit inriktad mot en växande marknad samt mot utvecklingen av större vindturbiner. Olika typer av design har utvecklats och det tekniska kunnandet gör det nu möjligt att placera vindkraftverken till havs, offshore. Den snabba utvecklingen av vindkraften har även bidragit med en del problem. De nya turbinerna är inte alltid fullt testade och den förväntade livslängden på 20 år är aldrig uppfylld innan nästa generation vindkraftverk är installerade.

De extrema förhållandena och de höga laster som ett vindkraftverk är utsatt för gör samordningen av underhållet till en intressant fråga. Hur mycket underhåll behövs? Finns det möjligheter att minimera underhållet och ändå ha en god tillgänglighet för vindkraftverket?

Den tekniska tillgängligheten för vindkraftverk är hög, omkring 98%, men detta är främst beroende på snabbt och frekvent underhåll och inte på grund av bra tillförlitlighet eller bra underhållsplanering.

Problemområdet för detta examensarbete, som är utfört inom RCAM-gruppen vid KTH skolan för Elektroteknik, fokuserar på tillförlitligheten hos komponenter inom vindkraftsystem. Om de mest känsliga kritiska komponenterna för systemet kan identifieras, visar detta inom vilket område som underhållet behöver fokuseras. Om tillståndet för dessa kritiska komponenter kan övervakas, kan det förebyggande underhållet planeras ytterligare.

En undersökning av felstatistik från fyra olika källor avslöjar tillförlitligheten hos de olika komponenterna i vindkraftverket. Växellådan visar sig vara den mest kritiska komponenten då hindertiden vid varje fel är hög i jämförelse med the andra komponenterna i vindkraftsystemet. De statistiska data som presenteras visar också på trender av högre och ökande felfrekvens för större turbiner jämfört med mindre turbiner som istället har minskande felfrekvens över driftåren.

Orsaker till fel på växellådan diskuteras och ett av de stora bidragen till fel är upprikting, dvs. att alla komponenter är injusterade mot varandra. Om uppriktningen är felaktig kommer slitaget på växellåda och lager bli mer än förväntat och livslängden på växellådan blir förkortad. För att förhindra risken för fel behövs övervakning av växellådan. Ett sätt att övervaka växellådan är att använda ett tillståndsbaserat övervakningssystem, CMS (Condition Monitoring System).

Ett tillståndsbaserat övervakningssystem, CMS, är ett verktyg för att avgöra i vilket tillstånd komponenterna i systemet befinner sig i. CMS används idag inom flera områden men är relativt ny inom vindkraft. CMS gör det möjligt att förutsäga när och vilken komponent som är på väg att fela och därmed kan underhållet planeras bättre. CMS för växellådan mäter huvudsakligen vibrationer men övervakning av växellådeoljan är minst lika viktig. De CMS som används i dag är kapabla att detektera fel i god tid och de kan även förutsäga vilken komponent i växellådan som är defekt.

Sammanfattningsvis har detta examensarbete funnit att växellådan är en av de mest kritiska komponenterna när det gäller vilken komponent som påverkar hindertiden mest. Det har också visats att dagens tillståndsövervakningssystem kan övervaka en växellåda. De teoretiska resonemangen av att använda tillståndsbaserat underhåll tillsammans med dagens övervakningssystem visar på stora fördelar och den sammanfattande slutsatsen är att användandet av CMS är fördelaktigt när det gäller att reducera antalet hindertimmar för växellådor samt när det gäller att planera det förebyggande underhållet.

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Jag skulle kalla det för CBM (Condtion Based Maintenance) och inte CMS (Condition Monitoring System).

 
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Date: Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:00 pm
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New KPI measures plants' overall labor effectiveness

Author: RP news wires

In the spirit of knowing that you can’t manage what you don’t measure, Kronos Incorporated has announced a new key performance indicator (KPI) that allows manufacturers to measure the effectiveness of their workforce. This new KPI, Overall Labor Effectiveness (OLE), measures the utilization, performance, and quality of the workforce and its impact on productive output. With its industry-specific solutions, Kronos for Manufacturing is uniquely positioned to help organizations reach operational excellence through the measurement of OLE.

Kronos for Manufacturing is a comprehensive offering of software and services designed to improve business productivity and profitability, increase resource utilization, and improve compliance. This comprehensive, integrated suite addresses the challenges of managing the workforce in manufacturing with solutions for time and attendance, scheduling, absence management, analytics, labor tracking, and shop-floor data collection. The solution is supported by a focused team of manufacturing experts who deliver deep domain knowledge and industry best practices, which are critical to the successful implementation of continuous improvement projects such as lean and Six Sigma.

“Labor is the next critical manufacturing element to optimize in today’s demand-driven world. Savvy managers have realized that their workforce can be the engine that drives supply chains and manufacturing in the quest to move to the next level of performance,” said Dave Caruso, principal at David Caruso and Associates Inc. “Kronos is leading the innovation in this area by enabling manufacturers to reach operational excellence by optimizing their workforce. Introduction of OLE is a testament to Kronos’ innovative approach to managing the workforce.”

Leveraging best practices from OEE
Similar to Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), OLE measures availability, performance and quality. A manufacturer can improve shop-floor productivity, and therefore the level of profitability, by understanding the interdependency and trade-off of these factors and managing them in real time.

·     Availability — There are many factors that influence workforce availability and, therefore, the potential output of equipment and the plant. OLE goes beyond simple coverage to help manufacturers ensure they have the person with the right skills available at the right time. OLE also accounts for labor utilization. Understanding where downtime losses are coming from and the impact they have on production can reveal root causes, which can include machine downtime, material delays or absenteeism that delays a line startup.

·     Performance — When employees cannot perform their work within standard times, performance suffers. Effective training can increase performance by improving the skills that directly impact the quality of output. A skilled operator knows how to measure work, understands the impacts of variability, and knows to stop production for corrective actions when quality falls below specified limits. Accurately measuring this metric can pinpoint performance improvement opportunities down to the individual level.

·     Quality — A number of drivers contribute to quality, but too often the effort to improve quality can result in a lowering of labor performance. When making the correlation between the workforce and quality it is important to take certain factors into consideration including the training and skills of employees, if they have access to the right tools to follow procedures, and their understanding of how their roles drive and impact quality.

“While almost every manufacturing organization measures availability, performance and quality, very few are measuring the interdependencies between them. OLE, supported by Kronos for Manufacturing, allows organizations to reach the next frontier in overall manufacturing performance,” said Gregg Gordon, global practice leader for manufacturing at Kronos. “OLE can show how assets and employees come together to drive great performance. It also provides actionable insight at all levels of the organization. The true power of OLE is its ability to demonstrate how investment in the workforce can impact overall performance, and most importantly, profitability.”

For more information, visit www.kronos.com.

 
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Date: Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:21 pm
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För den tynga verkstads- och fordonsindustri finns det många signifikanta fördelar med en tillståndsbaserat underhållsstrategi. Desto högre värdet är på maskinen och kostnaderna för ett avbrott är, desto mer tjänar slutanvändaren av maskinen tjänar på utökad tillgänglighet, förlängd livslängd och en reducering av underhållskostnaderna. För underhållsorganisationen betyder tillståndsbaserat underhåll (TBU) bättre marginaler på sina tjänster och högre kundnöjdhet.

Tyvärr har det visat sig svårt att verkligen få ut den fulla potentialen av en tillståndsbaserat underhållsstrategi. Underhåll schemalagd på fasta tider kan orsaka mera skada eller kostnader än den är tänkt att förebygga. Som en illustration kan nämnas att forskning från United Airlines kommer fram till att bara 11% av alla komponenter visar ett typisk slitagemönster efter en viss livslängd, medan 72% av komponenterna visar ett mönster med barnsjukdomar.  

Tillståndsbaserat underhåll

Ett effektivare tillvägagångssätt är Tillståndsbaserat Underhåll som använder realtidsdata för att prioritera och optimera underhållsresurser. Processen börjar med att bedöma maskinens, eller komponentens hälsotillstånd och fortsätter med att beräkna fördelen med att utföra underhåll nu eller senare. Informationen och underhållsreglerna som tas fram i den tillståndsbaserade underhållsprocessen ger ovärderlig input till Designavdelningen som kan förbättra produktens design för kvalitet och tillgänglighet. En översikt av en intelligent TBU lösning visas härnere:

Signifikant Expect forskningsprojekt

I januari 2007 startade Signifikant Expect en forsknings och utvecklingsprojekt för Tillståndsbaserat Underhåll som kommer att komplementera Assert, vårt verktyg för integration, redigering och publicering av eftermarknadsinformation. Signifikant bjuder in företag i verkstads- och fordonsindustri till projektet. För en industriell partner är detta en perfekt möjlighet att börja med tillståndsbaserat underhåll med delade kostnader och lägre risk. För Signifikant är detta ett steg i förverkligandet av vår vision att utöka vårt erbjudande till eftermarknaden.  

Tillståndsbaserat Underhåll - ett forskningsområde för underhållsprocessen för tillverkningsindustri.  

"The cost of the maintenance process can be reduced and the machine reliability increased by taking better care of all information that is gathered during the machine's life time. Please call me if you would like to participate in our research on condition based maintenance."

Ruud de Bruijckere

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#1287 From: "CBM-SWEDEN" <cbm-sweden-owner@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:13 pm
Subject: Society for Machinery Failure Prevention Technology 		cbm-sweden-owner@yahoogroups.com
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#1286 From: "CBM-SWEDEN" <cbm-sweden-owner@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Wed Jun 6, 2007 9:17 am
Subject: Satellite monitoring protects the Queen Mary II 		cbm-sweden-owner@yahoogroups.com
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Satellite monitoring protects the Queen Mary II

An innovative satellite-based condition monitoring system, developed by SKF, is playing a vital role in the successful operation of the Queen Mary II cruise ship.

Fitted to each of the vessel's four powerful pod propulsion systems, the condition monitoring system provides continuous feedback on levels of vibration, temperature and oil quality, with data being fed directly and in real time to both on-board and on-shore monitoring and control stations.

The Queen Mary II (QMII) stands 72 metres high, has 17 decks, carries up to 3,000 passengers and cost 800 million dollars to build. Although the ship has many innovative and features, perhaps the most unusual is the use of four Rolls-Royce Mermaid pod propulsion systems.

These replace the conventional arrangement, where diesel engines drive one or more propellers, with pods mounted externally on each side of the vessel. Each of the pods contains an electric motor, driven via a generator from the ship's diesel engines, and connected via a shaft to a fixed pitch propeller.

Two of the pods are static and two rotate through 360 degrees; combined, the four pods are capable of producing speeds of up to 30 knots, yet produce lower levels of noise and vibration throughout the vessel, and give better fuel efficiency than conventional propulsion systems. In addition, the pods eliminate the need for rudders and stern thrusters providing far greater manoeuvrability than has previously been possible for vessels of this size.

For the ship's operators, the Cunard Line, it is essential to maximise the operating life of the QMII and to minimise the time that the vessel is unavailable due to maintenance or repair. As a result, the ship's engineers have incorporated sophisticated condition monitoring technology in the propulsion pods, based around SKF's MasCon48 system.

The MasCon48 system is designed to measure the level and pattern of vibration from the various shafts and bearings used in each pod, plus the temperature of motor windings and bearings, and the quality and changing condition of lubricating oils using sensors and particle counters mounted in each oil sump. The MasCon48 system relays data and any anomalies to maintenance personnel on-board, together with advice for correcting existing or impending conditions. The data is also simultaneously relayed via satellite to both the SKF Condition Monitoring and the Rolls-Royce Control Centres in Sweden. Alarms are presented as plain text messages to maintenance crews highlighting, for example, problems such as unbalanced shafts, cavitation, bearing condition or electrical faults.

The MasCon48 system was especially modified to meet the demands of the unique operating environment on the QMII. In particular, special rule-based diagnostics were incorporated to prevent false alarms being generated during complicated ship manoeuvres; these can create unusual vibration patterns that vary from normal cruising conditions and can take time to settle. The diagnostics are therefore set to monitor ship speed, shaft speed and steering angle and to compare this data with standard readings before deciding when to resume normal monitoring conditions.

The QMII regularly sails across the Atlantic from London to New York and, in 2007, is embarking its first round the world cruise taking 81 days to sail from Fort Lauderdale in Florida before finally returning to Southampton in the UK. Throughout the voyage the SKF condition monitoring technology will be playing a continuous role to ensure that key ship's systems operate to optimum levels of efficiency and reliability.

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OBS MasCon48 är gamla Nåiden produkter från Luleå !!!! Svenskar är duktiga på CBM teknik!!
 
 
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#1285 From: "CBM-SWEDEN" <cbm-sweden-owner@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Wed Jun 6, 2007 9:09 am
Subject: SKF `the UK`s largest` in condition monitoring 		cbm-sweden-owner@yahoogroups.com
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UK news: February 2000

Scottish deal makes SKF `the UK`s largest` in condition monitoring

SKF has bought the Aberdeen-based maintenance engineering consultancy, Development Engineering International (DEI), for an undisclosed sum.

The acquisition is part of SKF`s plan to expand from selling bearings and seals, to offering services such as maintenance and condition monitoring. According to Phil Knights, president of SKF`s service division, the deal makes SKF the largest condition monitoring service company in the UK.

DEI, which employs 70 people and has a turnover of around £6m, was a pioneer in condition-based maintenance for the offshore oil and gas industries. Dr Brian Murray, who founded the company in 1981, will continue to run the business. He predicts that DEI "will benefit from the resources, credibility and contacts that come from being part of a large global organisation".

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Hoppsan hoppsan - SKF är på gång.....

 
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#1284 From: "CBM-SWEDEN" <cbm-sweden-owner@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Wed Jun 6, 2007 8:55 am
Subject: Bombardier Launches ORBITA Rail Maintenance Solution in North America 		cbm-sweden-owner@yahoogroups.com
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Jun 05, 2007 10:00 ET

Bombardier Launches ORBITA Rail Maintenance Solution in North America

New Rail Maintenance Tool Helps Identify and Address Equipment Issues Before They Occur

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - June 5, 2007) - Bombardier Transportation announced today the North American launch of the ORBITA rail maintenance solution, a ground-breaking innovation in rail services, at the American Public Transportation Association's 2007 Rail Conference in Toronto. Bombardier's rail services business in North America is now marketing the ORBITA system as a new feature available within the third-party fleet maintenance portfolio it offers to rail transit operators.

Launched internationally by Bombardier in 2006, the ORBITA solution is currently deployed with First ScotRail in the United Kingdom, which operates long and short-distance regional rail services in Scotland, as well as overnight service to London. Since implementing this new solution, First ScotRail has experienced substantial reductions in maintenance costs and significant improvements in fleet on-time performance.

The ORBITA solution is rooted in the principles of condition-based maintenance (CBM), an approach used extensively in the aerospace industry. CBM involves closely measuring the condition of rail equipment and analyzing performance trends to predict when future failures are likely to occur. Knowledge is then used to identify and address issues before they can impact transit service. The ORBITA system is designed to help rail transit operators increase on-time performance, improve reliability, reduce in-service failures, maximize equipment utilization and cost-effectively maintain rail assets.

"Our ORBITA solution offers a very compelling combination of human expertise, advanced data analysis and leading-edge information management technology," said William Spurr, President, Bombardier Transportation -- North America. "It is already providing demonstrated value in a live rail network environment in the United Kingdom, and we are pleased to offer it to our customers here in North America."

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Bombardier developed the ORBITA solution as a tool to gather, analyze and interpret equipment performance data more effectively. It combines advanced data filtering and visualization capabilities, automated alerts and advisories, and teams of Bombardier rail experts to turn high volumes of raw data into useful knowledge that can help maintenance teams better understand equipment performance trends and anticipate failures before they impact train operation. The ORBITA solution transfers data remotely from vehicles to wayside control centers in real time, where teams of Bombardier experts analyze it, coordinate with maintenance centers, and cross-reference information from Bombardier's extensive database of global rail fleet information to establish patterns of equipment performance. This allows teams to diagnose and identify potential issues more effectively, and ensure they are addressed pro-actively.

About Bombardier Transportation

Bombardier Transportation has its global headquarters in Berlin, Germany with a presence in over 60 countries. It has an installed base of over 100,000 vehicles worldwide. The Group offers the broadest product portfolio and is recognized as the leader in the global rail sector.

About Bombardier

A world-leading manufacturer of innovative transportation solutions, from regional aircraft and business jets to rail transportation equipment, systems and services, Bombardier Inc. is a global corporation headquartered in Canada. Its revenues for the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 2007, were $14.8 billion US, and its shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (BBD). News and information are available at www.bombardier.com.

Bombardier and ORBITA are trademarks of Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries.
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