computer based system and method for administering replaceable components for equipment having a plurality of components, and method used for monitoring the condition of remote equipment having at least one wear component

摘要

"computer based system and method for administering replaceable components for equipment having a plurality of components, and method and data structure used to monitor the condition of remote equipment having at least one wear component." a system for administering equipment replacement components having a plurality of components each having a limited life has a computer with a processor. The system includes a computer program module for defining a service profile including a plurality of use cases for the equipment, each use case involving two or more of the plurality of components and specified operating conditions assumed to be experienced by the components involved during the operation. execution of each use case. There is also a computing program module for determining a theoretical service life for each component involved in a service profile, the theoretical service life being based on component life data under the specified operating conditions; and sensors for determining and monitoring the occurrence of equipment operation corresponding to a use case and measuring the current operating conditions experienced in the operation and the number of such operations. An additional computing program module computes an adjusted theoretical lifetime for a component that has experienced one or more operations, based on a comparison of current operating conditions to assumed operating conditions to be experienced in the use case operation.