A Conceptual Framework for Equipment Maintenance Automation under a Pyroprocessing Automation Framework

Figure 9

Maintenance automation procedure in the case of the reaction vessel replacement.

(a) An item of equipment fails

(b) It is transferred to the in-cell maintenance area

(c) A new module is brought into the cell

(d) The failed module is replaced

(e) The repaired equipment is transferred back

(f) The failed module is transferred out