Maintworld Issue3 2016

ASSET MANAGEMENT
Smart
Maintenance
Management
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a way to connect devices, collect data, transform
it to information and distribute it through the organization via internet (cloud)
technology. How can we incorporate and make the best use of IoT in our day-today
maintenance and asset management activities? Moreover, how can we link
machines, technology and humans together to create an innovative and intelligent
maintenance system?
EVELIENE
LANGEDIJK,
Manager Business
development, UVS
Industry Solutions bv
The Netherlands,
info@uvs-is.nl
DUE TO THE Internet of Things, business
models will change. Ageing assets, relocating
production facilities, a shortage of
qualified technical personnel and changing
customer demands. For example,
one-piece production or paying for the
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use of machines instead of paying for
the whole machine. This, combined with
increasing technological innovations,
will shift the way equipment suppliers,
production facilities and end-users
interact. It raises more awareness on
efficiency, ease of use, flexibility, maintenance
needs and, of course, quality of the
equipment.
The biggest shift to be seen in maintenance
models in the coming years will be
the change from corrective to predictive
and condition-based maintenance. And
even in the maturity level of predictive
maintenance there will be a shift from
fixed time-based maintenance to adaptive
maintenance based on real-time and
historical data.
Intelligent maintenance &
asset management system
Due to new technologies and easy access
to the Internet or working in the
Cloud, accessing and remotely monitoring
machines can be done anytime and
anyplace. This asks for reliable remote
monitoring and access. Safety issues also
play a big role in adopting new technologies
using the Cloud or Internet connections.