UPTIME_FMECA
Risk Assessment Module
Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) is one of the analytical approaches to system design that is used to assess failure impacts. UPTIME_FMECA adds definition and estimation of the occurrence probability of each failure mode that can occur in a system and provides an evaluation of its consequences.
CRITTICAL FAILURES ANALYSIS
UPTIME_FMECA starts from the identification of the failure modes (i.e. how something can break down or fail) associated to each component of an equipment and analyse the impact of such failures on the whole system according to its physical and logical design. Failure occurrence probability is then estimated on the basis of simulations or historical records. The combination of these two elements gives feedback on the reliability of the chosen design identifying weak elements for which improvements are needed.
Target of this analysis is to reduce the consequences of critical failures. This is not only applicable to physical systems but also to processes as well. Effects to be evaluated go from local effect (i.e. related to the component itself and its functionality) to impacts on asset and production, people’s safety, environment and Company’s reputation, including potential domino effects.
OBJECTIVE
The main objective of UPTIME_FMECA analysis is to reduce the consequences of critical failures. This is applicable not only to physical systems but also to any processes. Effects to be evaluated go from local effect (i.e. related to the component itself and its functionality) to impacts on asset and production, people’s safety, environment and company’s reputation, including potential domino effects.
UPTIME Other Modules :
UPTIME_DETECT aims to identify the topical state/condition of technical equipment by continuously observing sensor data streams. UPTIME_PREDICT includes abnormal behaviour of technical equipment and accordingly the classification of the condition state (simple example could be traffic light indication such as green, yellow red state). This is done by the possibility to orchestrate so‐called calculation flows based on diagnosis and prediction algorithms that are already built in the algorithmic framework of the tool or that are built on purpose by implementing a simple programming interface.
UPTIME_ANALYZE is a data analytics engine driven by the need to leverage manufacturers’ legacy data and operational data related to maintenance, and to extract and correlate relevant knowledge. The ANALYZE component is designed to handle data‐at‐rest which signify data collected from various sources and physically stored across different manufacturers’ information systems.
UPTIME_SENSE serves as modular data acquisition and manipulation components of the UPTIME Platform. The SENSE component captures data from a high variety of sources and cloud environments. It can connect to both analogue and digital data sources via numerous protocols, acquire data from these heterogeneous data sources, and integrate them towards a configurable data set. It is also capable of storing and intelligently handling and filtering the data acquired and can provide it to other subsequent UPTIME components in the form of sensor data streams for further analysis and processing. Moreover, it brings configurable diagnosis capabilities on the Edge, e.g. for real-time or off-the-grid applications.
On the basis of (near) real-time predictions about future failures that lay outside the “normal states space”, DECIDE is enacted online in order to generate proactive action recommendations, i.e. recommendations about optimal (perfect or imperfect) maintenance actions and the optimal times of proactive action implementation. To do this, it estimates when the Expected Maintenance Loss will be minimized.
UPTIME_VISUALIZE provides configurable visualization to save time analysing data and getting insights, to support decision making and develop new solutions.