Patent ID: 6862555
Filing Date: 2005-03-01
Classification: G05B,G06Q,Y02P

Abstract:
1. An enhanced system for use in generating a PM (preventative maintenance) schedule for an automated equipment facility comprising: at least one piece of automated equipment, wherein the at least one piece of automated equipment has a plurality of associated parts; a tool performance tracking system (“TP2”) in operative communication with the at least one piece of automated equipment to monitor, to analyze attrition rate data, and to determine an attrition time associated for each of the plurality of associated parts retrieved from the at least one piece of automated equipment; a PM task database for storing a plurality of PM defined tasks; and a PM system, the PM system in operative communication with the TP2 and in further operative communication with the PM task database, wherein the PM system generates a PM schedule based on the attrition time associated for each of the plurality of associated parts and the plurality of PM defined tasks for performing PM on the plurality of associated parts.