Method of making a replacement part

A method of making a replacement part or of making descriptive or construction data for manufacturing a replacement part replacing an original mechanical machine part of a machine for conveying a medium where the original part has an original mechanical configuration with original part descriptive data, the method comprising the steps of:

• receiving performance data obtained by monitoring the machine during operation with the original machine part with one or more sensors;
• sending the performance data to a modeling server;
• calculating on the modeling server multiple optimized mechanical configurations of the replacement part with one or more modeling algorithms based on different optimization criteria using at least the original part descriptive data or construction data and the received performance data;
• providing a selection of several performance options representing the multiple mechanical configurations of the replacement part;
• receiving an input from a user selecting one of the performance options;
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• providing the replacement part with the final optimized configuration corresponding to the selected performance option or sending optimized part descriptive or construction data for manufacturing the replacement part with the final optimized configuration.