Patent ID: 7283914

Claim:
A system for controlling and monitoring machinery in a process of an enterprise, comprising: (a.) a data collector for collecting vibration data from a machine in the enterprise; (b.) a vibration work station connected to the data collector to receive the vibration data, the vibration work station comprising: a first computer; a diagnostic software system running on the first computer, said diagnostic software system being operable to generate a condition diagnosis of the machine based on the vibration data collected from the machine; a web server running on the first computer and operable to generate a web page containing the condition diagnosis; (c.) a process automation system for monitoring and controlling the process, the process automation system being connected to the vibration work station, the process automation system including: a controller having a microprocessor that runs a control routine for controlling at least a portion of the process; a second computer; a monitor connected to the second computer; an asset monitoring system running on the second computer and being communicably connected to the diagnostic software system to receive the condition diagnosis therefrom, the asset monitoring system being operable to generate and transmit an electronic asset condition document when the condition diagnosis of the machine changes; a human system interface (HSI) running on the second computer and communicably connected to the web server and the asset monitoring system to receive asset condition documents therefrom, the HSI being operable to generate and display on the monitor a plurality of views comprising: a first view comprising dynamic elements that can be manipulated by an operator to change control parameters for the process; a second view comprising the web page containing the condition diagnosis; a third view from which an operator may initiate a transmittal of an electronic fault report when an asset condition document indicates that the condition diagnosis is for an abnormal condition; and (d.) a maintenance management system connected to the process automation system to receive fault reports therefrom, the maintenance management system comprising a third computer and a maintenance application running on the third computer, the maintenance application being operable to generate an electronic work order when the maintenance application receives a fault report, the work order including a description of work that needs to be done to the machine to remedy the abnormal condition.