Research Article

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

Table 2

Implementation of maintenance operations management functions in PES.

FunctionsOperationsImplementation in PES

(i) Maintenance definition management(i) Work order management(i) WDMgr added
(ii) Maintenance resource management(ii) Management of resources (equipment, tools, and spaces) for maintenance(ii) In Shop-floor status, EQPMgr and WIPMgr. WIPMgr expanded to RSCMgr
(iii) Detailed maintenance scheduling(iii) Planned/preventive maintenance request(iii) In PlanMgr
(iv) Maintenance dispatching(iv) Maintenance request review, approval, and dispatch(iv) In Pyro-DSP
(v) Maintenance execution(v) Perform maintenance(v) In Pyro-MCS
(vi) Maintenance data collection, Maintenance tracking, and Maintenance analysis(vi) Manage maintenance result(vi) In material-handling history