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“Knowing what to replace before it breaks”
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Based on XAffinity®, Exclusive Ore’s database enabled software for identifying affinities or patterns in data, XAAM is ideal for companies that maintain transportation equipment or equipment in chemical refining and processing plants, enabling them to reduce the costs associated with unanticipated downtime.
“The cost of unplanned down-time for an airplane or a
chemical plant can be astronomical,” said Dr.
By analyzing historical
repair records, XAAM is able to find pairs or larger clusters of repairs that
appear to be related, principally because their likelihood of occurring within
a short time of each other is larger than would otherwise be expected. XAAM
uses this information to generate repair rules.
When equipment is
being repaired, these rules are used to identify other repairs that should be
considered because of future likelihood of failure. When costs are available
the selection can be based on minimizing overall costs of repair and downtime.
Anticipatory
Maintenance reduces the probability of unexpected equipment breakdowns, making
XAAM especially valuable for large or complicated equipment, such as airplanes
and oil refineries, where the cost of unanticipated downtime is quite large.
Because XAAM identifies failure “surprises” it can also help to discover repair procedures that may inadvertently be contributing to future breakdowns. Dr. Gerritsen indicated that “XAAM compares the independent probability of failure to the conditional probability. Continuing the previous example, if the independent probability of pump failure is only 2%, but if that probability climbs to 40% for the six months after a valve failure, then the probability of failure has increased by a factor of 80. This can be called the ‘surprise’ factor. XAAM can sort conditional failures by this surprise factor drawing attention to the most surprising related failures. In the case of the valve-pump repair this might lead to the discovery that the valve repair is frequently causing contamination leading to subsequent pump failure.”
The deployment software that is included with XAAM allows user-friendly shop-floor access to rules through a web browser like Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. Because they have easy access to rules prioritized by expected probability or cost reduction, it makes it easy for repair/maintenance managers to make on-the-spot decisions to reduce overall maintenance and down-time costs.
The XAAM package includes 5 analysis software licenses, unlimited deployment licenses and up to five days of on-site consulting to ensure proper installation, conversion of data files and design and execution of a deployment plan.
XAAM will make its debut with live demonstrations at the
Aviation Services and Suppliers Supershow (AS3) in
For additional information about XAffinity® for Anticipatory Maintenance, please contact
About Exclusive Ore
Exclusive Ore Inc. was founded in 1997 as a consulting and software services company whose sole emphasis was the delivery of quality data mining solutions. Since that time, Exclusive Ore has successfully implemented solutions in a wide variety of industries including Transportation, Energy, Telco, Retail, Finance, and Consumer Packaged Goods. For further information please visit the Exclusive Ore web site at www.exclusiveore.com.
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