Assessment of industrial machines

A process for assessing an industrial machine, the process comprising:

• a protocol generator of a backend server of an assessment system obtaining a selectable industrial machine schematic that includes selectable sections;
• the protocol generator obtaining a protocol structure for the assessment process from an existing assessment process protocol, the protocol structure including a hierarchical structure of the sections and the parts of the industrial machine and correlating each of the selectable sections with the sections of the hierarchical structure, and wherein the protocol generator modifies the hierarchical structure to match the structure of the industrial machine;
• the protocol generator obtaining engineering instructions from the existing assessment process protocol including identifying measurements of the parts to be taken by an assessor and modifying the engineering instructions for the industrial machine;
• the protocol generator obtaining part grading instructions including part grading parameters, selecting an image for each of the grading levels, which grading characterizations are needed for each part and which grading levels should be used for each part from the existing assessment process protocol and modifying the part grading instructions for the industrial machine;
• the protocol generator reassigning some of the engineering instruction and the part grading instruction to parts within the hierarchical structure;
• an assessment overviewer of an assessment device of the assessment system displaying an assessment overview dashboard in a user interface of the assessment device, the assessment overview dashboard including the selectable industrial machine schematic, wherein a state of completion of each selectable section is indicated by an appearance of each of the selectable sections;
• a part assessor of the assessment device displaying a part assessment interface for the selected part to the assessor in the user interface, the part assessment interface including the engineering instructions and a part grading user interface, the part grading user interface provides the part grading parameters, the grading characterizations and the grading levels for a selected part along with the images selected for each of the grading levels, wherein the part assessor receives inputs from the assessor including measurements of the selected part requested by the engineering instructions the part assessor receives a part grade selection from the assessor and
• an assessment report generator of the assessment system generating an assessment report after the assessment of each section of the industrial machine is completed, the assessment report generator uses the measurements and the part grade selection received from the assessor, the assessment report generator determining recommendations on whether to replace the parts assessed in the assessment report.

An assessment system for assessing an industrial machine, the assessment system comprising:

• a backend server including a protocol generator
• that obtains a selectable industrial machine schematic that includes selectable sections,
• that generates a protocol structure for the assessment process, the protocol structure including a hierarchical structure of the sections and the parts of the industrial machine and correlating each of the selectable sections with the sections of the hierarchical structure,
• that creates engineering instructions for each of the parts including identifying measurements of the parts to be taken by an assessor,
• that creates part grading instructions for each of the parts including establishing part grading parameters, which grading characterizations are needed for each part and which grading levels should be used for each part,
• that creates a protocol to provide a part grading user interface, the part grading user interface including a part image window that displays an image of the selected part, grading comparison images that illustrate the grading levels for the selected part, and grading level identifiers that identify the grading level of each of the grading comparison images, wherein a part grade selection is determined by the assessor comparing the image of the selected part with the grading comparison images, and
• that assigns each of the engineering instructions and each of the part grading instructions to one of the parts within the hierarchical structure;
• an assessment device including
• a user interface,
• an assessment overviewer that displays an assessment overview dashboard in a user interface of the assessment device, the assessment overview dashboard including the selectable industrial machine schematic, wherein a state of completion of each selectable section is indicated by an appearance of each of the selectable sections, and
• a part assessor that displays a part assessment interface for a selected part to the assessor in the user interface, the part assessment interface including the engineering instructions and the part grading user interface, the part grading user interface provides the part grading parameters, the grading characterizations and the grading levels for the selected part, wherein the part assessor receives inputs from the assessor including the part grade selection and measurements of the selected part requested by the engineering instructions;
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• an assessment report generator that generates an assessment report after the assessment of each of the sections of the industrial machine is completed, the assessment report generator using the measurements and the part grade selection received from the assessor to generate the assessment report, the assessment report generator determining recommendations on whether to replace the parts assessed in the assessment report.