The IMMS provides the client with the opportunity to plan a maintenance schedule according to the needs of the plant.
“We have been providing the IMMS since the early 2000s; however, the difference with current systems available on the market is that we install the maintenance know-how into the system. We are able to achieve this because, as plant builders, we understand the functioning of plants and the maintenance needs, and we also have wide experience in data evaluation by reliability-centred maintenance (RCM) analysis,” says SMS Siemag technical customer support GM Christoph Häusler.
RCM analysis results identify the maintenance strategy that should be recommended for specific pieces of equipment, and this helps clients improve maintenance costs by reducing unplanned outages.
The decision to evaluate the IMMS came as a result of clients lacking appropriate data analysis capabilities. This led to them not knowing which maintenance plan to use and resulted in unplanned and prolonged maintenance shutdown periods.
“With the IMMS, we have developed a system that assists the maintenance planner to plan the correct maintenance strategy for critical items, which ensures that the plant functions in a reliable manner. The result is the application of the right maintenance strategy for all critical components, leading to higher availability and improved product quality,” says SMS Siemag monitoring systems senior specialist Wolfgang Scheffel.
The unique features of the system include the benefit of designing the data package according to the client’s need.
SMS Siemag designs the system and also packages the data. The system has the
functionality of all the systems related to system applications and products systems. These include decision-making functions, flexible know-how functions capable of identifying when to maintain equip- ment, which equipment to maintain and the extent of maintenance.
The system allows the maintenance planner to determine what needs to be done to ensure maintenance-planned shutdowns. This enables the client to know exactly what is wrong and how to fix it prior to the maintenance shutdown to avoid unexpected work, which may lead to prolonged plant shutdowns and result in financial loss for the client, explains Scheffel.
Meanwhile, Häusler notes that a significant challenge in designing the
IMMS was to bring all the functions into one maintenance system and to standardise it. This is because SMS Siemag had to develop its own analysis system, streamline it and develop the working procedure.
“So far, we have supplied ten systems globally. In South Africa, maintenance data analysis for selected critical equipment has been provided to independent producer of semifinished and fabricated aluminium products Hulamin, in Pietermaritzburg. The contract was completed last year during the 2010 FIFA World Cup,” says Häusler.
See more at: http://www.miningweekly.com/article/maintenance-management-system-introduced-to-reduce-life-cycle-and-costs-2011-10-28
“We have been providing the IMMS since the early 2000s; however, the difference with current systems available on the market is that we install the maintenance know-how into the system. We are able to achieve this because, as plant builders, we understand the functioning of plants and the maintenance needs, and we also have wide experience in data evaluation by reliability-centred maintenance (RCM) analysis,” says SMS Siemag technical customer support GM Christoph Häusler.
RCM analysis results identify the maintenance strategy that should be recommended for specific pieces of equipment, and this helps clients improve maintenance costs by reducing unplanned outages.
The decision to evaluate the IMMS came as a result of clients lacking appropriate data analysis capabilities. This led to them not knowing which maintenance plan to use and resulted in unplanned and prolonged maintenance shutdown periods.
“With the IMMS, we have developed a system that assists the maintenance planner to plan the correct maintenance strategy for critical items, which ensures that the plant functions in a reliable manner. The result is the application of the right maintenance strategy for all critical components, leading to higher availability and improved product quality,” says SMS Siemag monitoring systems senior specialist Wolfgang Scheffel.
The unique features of the system include the benefit of designing the data package according to the client’s need.
SMS Siemag designs the system and also packages the data. The system has the
functionality of all the systems related to system applications and products systems. These include decision-making functions, flexible know-how functions capable of identifying when to maintain equip- ment, which equipment to maintain and the extent of maintenance.
The system allows the maintenance planner to determine what needs to be done to ensure maintenance-planned shutdowns. This enables the client to know exactly what is wrong and how to fix it prior to the maintenance shutdown to avoid unexpected work, which may lead to prolonged plant shutdowns and result in financial loss for the client, explains Scheffel.
Meanwhile, Häusler notes that a significant challenge in designing the
IMMS was to bring all the functions into one maintenance system and to standardise it. This is because SMS Siemag had to develop its own analysis system, streamline it and develop the working procedure.
“So far, we have supplied ten systems globally. In South Africa, maintenance data analysis for selected critical equipment has been provided to independent producer of semifinished and fabricated aluminium products Hulamin, in Pietermaritzburg. The contract was completed last year during the 2010 FIFA World Cup,” says Häusler.
See more at: http://www.miningweekly.com/article/maintenance-management-system-introduced-to-reduce-life-cycle-and-costs-2011-10-28
