EASE-R3 Integrated framework for a cost-effective and ease of Repair, Renovation and Re-use of machine tools within modern factory

Summary

EASE-R3 focuses on the selection of the best maintenance strategy, including decommissioning, such as renovation, repair, re-use, according to the minimization of Life Cycle Cost (LCC) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) related parameters.

Once the selection is performed, EASE-R3 then investigates different technologies supporting maintenance tasks such as Augmented Reality (AR)-based, Virtual Reality (VR), Condition monitoring, etc.

Current maintenance policies can be useful in answering effectiveness questions such as “How can this particular machine be operated more efficiently?”,

EASE-R3 answers to the 5 top questions of effectiveness:. How can reliability, repair and EOL be included in a robust and integrated Life Cycle Cost and Life Cycle Assessment model of the factory?

PLATFORM A: Integrated Life Cycle Cost and Life Cycle Assessment platform based on Reliability & Maintainability simulations model and techniques Which are the most cost-effective and optimal Repair strategies we should tailor for sets of components/machines of the factory?

PLATFORM B: Repair Decision Support System platform for optimal cost-effective maintenance strategy selection Which machine and/or components should we improve and how can we reduce repair time and cost?

PLATFORM C: Seamless approach to reduce Repair time and cost of machines and components Which are the most environmental-effective EOL strategies we should tailor for sets of components/machines of the factory?

PLATFORM D: Decommissioning Decision Support System (DDSS) platform to select optimal and environmental effective EOL strategies How can we assess the remaining life of Re-usable components and which are most valuable Renovation technologies for the machine tools?

PLATFORM E: Enabling technologies for energy & cost effective Re-use and Renovation of machine tools

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Web resources:	http://www.easer3.eu/ https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/608771
Start date:	01-07-2013
End date:	30-06-2016
Total budget - Public funding:	6 212 662,00 Euro - 4 429 989,00 Euro

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The current maintenance policies, including e.g. RCM (Reliability Centred Maintenance) and TPM (Total Productive Maintenance), can be generally useful in answering questions such as “how much maintenance should be done on this machine?” “How frequently should this part be replaced?” “How many spare parts should be kept in stock?” “How should the shutdown be scheduled?” It is generally accepted that the vast majority of maintenance models are aimed at answering efficiency questions, i.e. questions of the form “How can this particular machine be operated more efficiently?” and NOT effectiveness questions (the top 5 ones!), like:

 Q1: “How can reliability, repair and EOL be included in a robust and integrated Life Cycle Cost (LCC) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) model of the factory (to be used for decision making along factory life cycle)?”
 Q2: “Which are the most cost-effective and optimal Repair strategies we should tailor for sets of components/machines of the factory?”
 Q3: “Which machine and/or components should we improve and how can we reduce repair time and cost?”
 Q4: “Which are the most environmental-effective EOL strategies we should tailor for sets of components/machines of the factory?”
 Q5: “How can we assess the remaining life of Re-usable components and which are most valuable Renovation technologies for the machine tools?”

the EASE-R3 project aims at developing a novel Integrated framework
for a cost-effective and easy Repair, Renovation and Re-use of machine tools within modern Factory (machining shop floor), oriented both to SME and large OEM/end-users, and covering the entire life cycle of the system (from design stage throughout operative life).