Patent ID: 7058544
Filing Date: 2006-06-06
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for tailoring inspections and maintenance of component-sections of facilities that may incorporate components and systems, at least one said component-section incorporated in at least one said component, said component sections having an established life cycle, comprising: linking to at least one database of at least one engineering management system (EMS), wherein said linking provides at least one identifier and at least one parameter for each said component-section; establishing at least one type of condition survey inspection; establishing at least one criterion for inspection of said component-sections during said life cycle, wherein at least one said criterion may be established from data collected during said condition survey inspections; establishing at least one component-section condition index (CSCI) having discrete values for said component-sections; employing at least one algorithm to establish a relationship between said values of said condition index and time over said life cycle of each said component-section, wherein said algorithm may use said data from at least one of said condition survey inspections and at least one of said criteria to at least partially establish said relationship, and wherein said relationship may be displayed as a curve on a graph; defining at least one zone within said relationship by applying at least one of said criteria, wherein within each said zone, both said types of condition survey inspections and the frequency of conducting said condition survey inspections are optimized by at least applying said criteria; and wherein said method enables said condition survey inspections to be tailored based on the life cycle of said component-section.