Apparatus And Method For Repair Of Industrial Machines
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsSteven Lewis Curd, Vijay John, Mikhail Krivenko, Kris Hanna
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Abstract
An initial customized electronic work scope is created for an individual industrial asset. The initial electronic work scope is created according to the set of rules defined in the tree-like data structure and uses the determined condition of the asset. The initial customized electronic work scope is not necessarily the same as other work scopes of other industrial assets the same asset type. The initial customized electronic work scope defines an ordered sequence for removing a plurality of individual mechanical parts of the individual asset.
Claims18
A method of repairing an industrial asset at a repair facility, the method comprising:
- obtaining an image of an asset that is entering a repair facility, the image being analyzed to determine a condition of the asset;
- storing a tree-like data structure in a database, the tree-like data structure defining a set of rules that define parent-child mechanical placement relationships between individual mechanical parts that have been assembled to form a type of industrial asset, selected ones of the mechanical parts having associated with them acceptable repair actions that can be performed on the part;
- creating at an electronic interface and using a cloud-based application an initial customized electronic work scope for an individual industrial asset of the type of industrial entering a repair facility for repairs, the initial electronic work scope being created according to the set of rules defined in the tree-like data structure and using the determined condition of the asset, the initial customized electronic work scope not necessarily being the same as other work scopes of other industrial assets the same asset type, the initial customized electronic work scope defining an ordered sequence for removing a plurality of individual mechanical parts of the individual asset;
- transmitting the initial customized electronic work scope to a technician or a robot that are disposed at the repair facility;
- wherein the technician or robot utilizes the initial customized work scope to perform at least an initial examination of the asset.
A system for repairing an industrial asset at a repair facility, the system comprising:
- a camera for obtaining an image of an asset that is entering a repair facility, the image being analyzed to determine a condition of the asset;
- a database that is configured to store a tree-like data structure, the tree-like data structure defining a set of rules that define parent-child mechanical placement relationships as between individual mechanical parts that have been assembled to form a type of industrial asset, selected ones of the mechanical parts having associated with them acceptable repair actions that can be performed on the part;
- a cloud-based application utilized at a first electronic interface to create an initial customized electronic work scope for an individual industrial asset of the asset type entering a repair facility for repairs according to the set of rules and the determined condition of the asset, the initial customized electronic work scope not necessarily being the same as other work scopes of other industrial assets the same asset type, the initial customized electronic work scope defining an ordered sequence for removing a plurality of individual mechanical parts of the individual asset;
- a robot disposed at the repair facility;
- wherein the application is configured to transmit the initial customized electronic work scope from the first electronic interface to a second electronic interface disposed at the repair facility via an electronic communication network, the second electronic interface being associated with a technician at the repair facility or the robot;
- wherein the technician or robot utilizes the initial customized work scope to perform at least an initial examination of the asset.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.