From the activities developed within the SERENA project, it became clearer the relation between the accuracy and good performance of a CMM machine and the good functioning of the air bearings system. It was proved or confirmed by TRIMEK’s machine operators and personnel that airflow or pressure inputs and values out of the defined threshold directly affects the machine accuracy. This outcome was possible from the correlation made with the datasets collected from the sensors installed in the machine axes and the use of the tetrahedron artifact to make a verification of the accuracy of the machine, thanks to the remote real-time monitoring system deployed for TRIMEK’s pilot. This has helped to reflect the importance of a cost and time-effective maintenance approach and the need to be able to monitor critical parameters of the machine, both for TRIMEK as a company and for the client’s perspective.
Another lesson learned throughout the project development is related to the AI maintenance-based techniques, as it is required multiple large datasets besides the requirement of having failure data to develop accurate algorithms; and based on that CMM machine are usually very stable this makes difficult to develop algorithms for a fully predictive maintenance approach in metrology sector, at least with a short period for collection and assessment.
In another sense, it became visible that an operator’s support system is a valuable tool for TRIMEK’s personnel, mainly the operators (and new operators), as an intuitive and interacting guide for performing maintenance task that can be more exploited by adding more workflows to other maintenance activities apart from the air bearings system. Additionally, a more customized scheduler could also represent a useful tool for daily use with customers.
As with any software service or package of software, it needs to be learned to implement it and use it, however, TRIMEK’s personnel is accustomed to managing digital tools.
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From the activities developed within the SERENA project, it became clearer the relation between the accuracy and good performance of a CMM machine and the good functioning of the air bearings system. It was proved or confirmed by TRIMEK’s machine operators and personnel that airflow or pressure inputs and values out of the defined threshold directly affects the machine accuracy. This outcome was possible from the correlation made with the datasets collected from the sensors installed in the machine axes and the use of the tetrahedron artifact to make a verification of the accuracy of the machine, thanks to the remote real-time monitoring system deployed for TRIMEK’s pilot. This has helped to reflect the importance of a cost and time-effective maintenance approach and the need to be able to monitor critical parameters of the machine, both for TRIMEK as a company and for the client’s perspective.
Another lesson learned throughout the project development is related to the AI maintenance-based techniques, as it is required multiple large datasets besides the requirement of having failure data to develop accurate algorithms; and based on that CMM machine are usually very stable this makes difficult to develop algorithms for a fully predictive maintenance approach in metrology sector, at least with a short period for collection and assessment.
In another sense, it became visible that an operator’s support system is a valuable tool for TRIMEK’s personnel, mainly the operators (and new operators), as an intuitive and interacting guide for performing maintenance task that can be more exploited by adding more workflows to other maintenance activities apart from the air bearings system. Additionally, a more customized scheduler could also represent a useful tool for daily use with customers.
As with any software service or package of software, it needs to be learned to implement it and use it, however, TRIMEK’s personnel is accustomed to managing digital tools.