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Increase the reliability of your equipment with Industry 4.0 technologies Reduce equipment maintenance costs 20+% of profits will be donated to support Ukraine Dear friends, We have 20 years of experience in business process automation at enterprises using innovative technologies. Many of our projects…

On February 24, ALL UKRAINE woke up from explosions, and the lives of many of our colleagues, employees, and friends were changed forever. At 5:10 am, Russia launched a full-scale war against Ukraine, announcing a military operation ostensibly to “demilitarize…

When we talk about protecting the environment in the context of industry, we most often think of initiatives to reduce emissions into the atmosphere, recycle industrial waste and use natural resources carefully. These issues indeed receive a lot of attention…

First of all, the enterprise is faced with equipment downtime and a decrease in productivity, which, according to ISA, can range from 5% to 20%. In some industries, this decline is equivalent to losing millions of dollars in profits. In…

The coefficient of technical readiness (KTG) displays the availability of equipment in a given period of time. Low CTG may indicate an inefficient maintenance plan, incompetence of individual performers or services, errors in the organization of the workflow, or even…

Maintenance practices are evolving in sync with the challenges facing the industry. For example, at first, the production needed effective means of dealing with accidents. So, reactive maintenance became preventive. Later the focus shifted to asset health monitoring. This made…

The industry is gradually recovering from the effects of the pandemic, analyzing mistakes in risk management and looking for new mechanisms to counter the impending challenges. And there are enough of them: experts predict an increase in the deficit of…

According to McKinsey, equipment maintenance accounts for 10 to 25% of all operating costs. And these funds are not always spent rationally. Regardless of whether the enterprise implements maintenance and repair on its own or outsourcing, everyone encounters examples of…

The ability of specialists to identify and fix breakdowns before key production systems fail can be considered a sign of effective maintenance and repair. The most common tool for managing these risks is Vibration Analysis (VA). Diagnostics of this parameter…

The development of industry and the introduction of technologies of the Industry 4.0 class leads to a reduction in the total number of operations in production. At the same time, the complexity and variability of the processes, on the contrary,…

QR (Quick Response) technology allows you to create a code that contains from 1 to 2000 encrypted characters. This can be not only textual information, but also geographic coordinates, visual content, an application link, or a dynamic URL. Originally QR…

Industry 4.0 technologies are changing the way MRO data is collected and processed. They help to monitor and predict the technical condition of assets in real time. And they create more cost-effective and efficient service models that focus on reliability….

In the next few years, we will witness global changes in the industry. Digital solutions are rapidly being adopted, there is a massive shift to automated control systems and more cost-effective maintenance methods are being launched. For large enterprises, this…

Spare Part Inventory Management is a headache for management and responsible departments. Owners and top management rarely see direct economic value in organizing a department’s work. Therefore, the processes here suffer from a lack of administration, technical means and resources…

The main task of the maintenance service is to maintain an efficient and safe mode of operation of key production assets. This list can include both pieces of equipment and infrastructure facilities. And for each asset of the enterprise there…

The COVID-19 crisis has changed the attitude towards equipment maintenance and repair (MRO). Some companies were forced to survive in the face of a shortage of qualified personnel, resources and capital to renew their technical fleet. This has led to…

Maintenance and repair (MRO) affects many production and management departments of the enterprise. Therefore, in the planning process, attention should be paid to the comprehensive coordination of their activities. The first steps in this direction involve the creation of a…

Optimizing energy consumption is always an effective method of reducing costs. The efficiency of which is greatly enhanced by the use of Industry 4.0 technologies. Information systems that combine manufacturing assets, controls, and analytics into a single ecosystem enable enterprises…

Digital Twin is a technology that allows you to create a virtual duplicate of physical assets and processes. The copy is used to collect data throughout the entire life cycle. Therefore, it contains comprehensive information about the characteristics of the…

The technical condition of the equipment, its workload, the availability of materials, space and human resources – all these factors affect economic performance on a daily basis. Also, do not forget about “ghostly assets” – funds and objects that are…

How can you reduce downtime and increase equipment productivity? In 2017, ServiceMax, Vanson Bourne, and Aberdeen Research conducted extensive research into the impact of downtime on company performance. Thus, 82% of 450 surveyed companies had problems with unplanned downtime and…

Actual problems of maintenance and repair – search for effective solutions Maintenance and repair (MRO) is traditionally considered one of the largest items of budgetary expenditures. According to various estimates, it ranges from 25 to 50% of the estimate. But…

Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) is a reliability-focused maintenance strategy. According to this concept, efforts should be focused on extending the life and preventing downtime of key assets, as well as minimizing repair and maintenance costs. The RCM philosophy recognizes that not…

Manufacturing data monitoring is not a new management method, but the nature of the process has changed significantly over the past decade. There are three main trends: Digitalization. The ubiquitous digital transformation is a significant step towards unification of production…

Asset Lifecycle Management (ALM) or, in other words, asset lifecycle management are activities aimed at maximizing the value of an asset. They cover all stages – from assessing the need for an asset to its operation and subsequent replacement or…

According to Plant Engineering research, 35% of businesses spend more than 10% of their operating budget to keep equipment running. For another 34%, maintenance costs fluctuate between 5 and 10%. A competent preventive maintenance program can help reduce this figure….

Asset Management is the most important process for an enterprise. Its main goal is to ensure the efficiency and predictability of the use of physical assets throughout their entire life cycle. Leaders must not only know how much and what…

In the professional environment, it is customary to say that the world is on the verge of large-scale changes in production. And the one who quickly adapts to the new reality will secure a confident position in the market. In…

The trend of recent years is the transition of modern industries from reactive methods of dealing with breakdowns to predictive maintenance. This approach has already proven its effectiveness in preventing emergency situations and saving on repairs. But what if we…

When repairing equipment, they do not always fix the problem on time: somewhere they forgot to drain the oil, somewhere they did not change the fuel filter, and somewhere prematurely put the “left” spare part. This is how small grains…

A big road starts with small steps, and big losses start with small unforeseen breakdowns. Avoiding this and at the same time producing more helps machine vision (Machine Vision) – a technology in the concept of Industry 4.0. Machine vision…

Since 2013, the United States Air Force has lost 224 pilots and $ 12 billion to aircraft design and equipment problems. The National Military Aviation Safety Commission investigated the causes of these disruptions. Along with the psychology of the pilot…

There is a myth among production managers and ordinary workers that says: “Automation of factories will send all workers to retirement.” In this article, we’ll explain why automation doesn’t affect layoffs in any way, and how Industry 4.0 principles –…

Is it worth considering the specifics of the industry when implementing the EAM system? There is only one answer – it does not matter whether it is pharmaceuticals, or aviation or energy, the approaches to equipment maintenance are the same….

Production workers and their managers often perceive equipment downtime as inevitable, rather than an opportunity to find and solve a problem. After all, the unit has a service life, within which breakdowns will still occur. “Well now, attach a surveillance…

Equipment maintenance approaches have gone a thorny path from reactive to predictive in the Industry 4.0 concept. This term means the fourth industrial revolution, which is not left from the lips of engineers of giants like Toyota, Siemens and General…

While Eastern Europe is still on track for modern approaches like Predictive Maintenance, Western countries have made significant headway in both strategies and implementation of Industry 4.0 concepts. The world’s best practices in asset management (such as Enterprise Asset Management…

One of the key advances in the IT sector in the industry is the reduction of equipment maintenance costs. Technologies such as Predictive Maintenance are already well established in many areas and can reduce downtime, increase unit productivity and optimize…

As promised in the previous article, we will tell you what priority tasks for the management of regulatory and reference information we plan to implement and what economic effect Astarta plans to obtain. Priority tasks for managing the reference data…

Dear colleagues and partners! Happy New Year to you! May the new year bring good luck to all of us, open up new opportunities and prospects! We wish you the implementation of all plans, projects and new joint successes! Warmth…

A project to automate business processes for managing fixed production assets at ASTARTA enterprises has started. Astarta-Kiev is one of the largest vertically integrated agro-industrial holdings in Ukraine. Among the main activities: – Agriculture: more than 230 thousand hectares under…

The modern technology of predictive maintenance of equipment – Predictive Maintenance – has replaced traditional approaches to equipment maintenance. Predictive maintenance can help reduce costs, reduce disruptions and improve equipment availability in both conventional and innovative manufacturing. The implementation of…

The First Industry 4.0 Forum in Eastern Europe – Trans4mation week 2020 was held from 23 to 27 November. This year dictated completely new broadcasting formats, so the event took place online for 5 days. Key figures: more than 1200…

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) connects machines, cloud computing, analytics, and employees to improve the efficiency of industrial processes. With IIoT, industrial companies can digitize processes, modify business models, and improve productivity and efficiency while reducing costs. Historically, equipment…

The first Industry 4.0 Forum in Eastern Europe will take place on November 23-27. As a partner, we invite you to join this event online! Trans4mation is an Industry 4.0 forum for business owners, CEOs and company directors. The forum…

Stalkanat, one of the largest manufacturers of steel ropes and reinforcing strands in Eastern Europe, a leader in the production of hardware products in Ukraine, has chosen the SmartEAM mobile application by IT-Enterprise to track the work of maintenance services involving…

OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) or overall equipment efficiency is a system for analyzing the overall efficiency of equipment, designed to control and improve production efficiency and based on the measurement and processing of specific production indicators. The OEE factors include…

On October 15, under the auspices of the Kiev International Economic Forum and the Industrial Park “Belaya Tserkov”, the Forum of innovative industries will take place. The purpose of the event is the development of manufacturing enterprises in Ukraine through…

The Odeskabel plant specializes in the production of telecommunication cables. The Odessa Cable Plant has mastered and produces a wide range of copper and fiber-optic communication cables, radio frequency, as well as digital or LAN cables that are in demand…

Key requirements for the target model of the maintenance and repair management system: The purpose of the system is to fulfill the production plan within the allocated maintenance and repair budget. Responsibility for the technical condition of the equipment should…

There is no standardized approach to prioritizing MRO on equipment. Decisions to perform work on a specific equipment are made by specialists upon failure / failure detection at meetings with the participation of a large number of specialists. This process…

Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is a step-by-step process for determining the root cause of a problem or event and a plan of action to respond to it. Most organizations tend to focus on one factor or highlight it specifically when…

What does a service manager do? What are their responsibilities? What skills do you need to be a good service manager? How does technology affect their daily workflow? The marketing team needs a marketing manager. A retail store needs a…

Equipment – a set of units, machines, mechanisms and their components, which are arranged and controlled in such a way that they function as a whole to achieve the same goal. Categorization is the process of distributing equipment into categories…

In advanced industrialized countries, the system of organizing repair and maintenance work is called somewhat differently, namely: service system – in Europe, USA, Canada, etc .; conservation system – in Japan, South Korea and other Asian countries. There are no…

How to identify bottleneck in a manufacturing process There are several ways to find a bottleneck in production of different levels of complexity, with the use of special tools and without. Let’s start with simpler observational methods. Queues and congestion…

In this article, we will consider 9 main techniques implemented in the work of Professional equipment maintenance. If we consider the process of any equipment from the point of view of preventing breakdowns, we can imagine it in the form…

“What is the coming day preparing for us”? This question interests everyone. Of the analytical works on this subject, probably the most famous and authoritative is the work of Stanislav Lem Sum of technologies. She came out more than half…

We always monitor incidents in the world associated with equipment failure or malfunction and analyze the causes of any accidents that occurred at enterprises in different industries. A Boeing 737 plane crash occurred on a flight from New York to…

What was the purpose of digitalization of production? In order to avoid the human factor, reduce the number of errors in decision-making due to human fault. And decisions in the modern world for managing complex production assets need to be…

The expanded functionality and capabilities of the SmartEAM mobile application, as well as a video clip of what it consists of and what the interface looks like: 1. Electronic passport of equipment 1.1 General information about the equipment 1.2 factors…

The main thing in any interface is convenience, comfort and ease of use. What the structure of the SmartEAM interface looks like, what the main function consists of – managing the state of production assets. The purpose of this video…

According to statistics, more than 80% of failures are not related to the age of the equipment. Let’s figure it out together, and where this figure came from. Initially, it was believed that the failure rate of equipment increases over…

Last year, SmartEAM introduced its first mobile application for organizing inspections of equipment to monitor important indicators. The mobile application allows you to quickly enter data on the status of the equipment. Below is a video on how this works:…

Now it has become easier and more convenient to use functions for equipment maintenance. All the functionality that is included in the “Maintenance” module is shown in the video below: Characteristics and goals that the service allows to achieve: Implement…

Accidents and breakdowns of the main and auxiliary equipment cause long downtime of the equipment, interruptions in the production process, and in some cases severe injuries to service personnel. To avoid any accident or breakdown, you need to warn her…

Since 2016, the INTERPIPE plants have been introducing an automatic system for maintenance and repair of equipment (PM). The system allows you to monitor equipment operation online, reduce planned and emergency downtime due to preventive diagnostics. To date, data on…

Artificial intelligence is the property of computer systems to perform creative, intellectual tasks. Machine learning is a set of algorithms and statistical models with which computers can solve the problem without using detailed instructions, using templates and logical conclusions. Anomaly…

MECHANITEH is a meeting of technical managers and specialists on improving the efficiency of operation and maintenance services of equipment and internal infrastructure of industrial enterprises, measures to reduce downtime in production facilities and improving the quality of equipment repair…

NFC tags. NFC tags have huge potential. The main advantage of NFC compared to other wireless technologies is its low cost and the ability to use in a wide range of tasks. And taking into account the simplicity of the…

The basis for the automation of business processes in modern methodologies for maintenance and equipment management in EAM systems is QR technology for marking equipment. Any smartphone can now perform a function, for example, as a scanner of QR tags…

On November 19-22, an international industrial forum for equipment manufacturers from various fields was held in Kiev, where SmartEAM presented its solutions at the FANUC stand. FANUC offers the widest range of robots in the world, including more than 100…

SmartEAM passed the selection and plans to participate in DubaiExpo 2020 from Ukraine From October 20, 2020 to April 10, 2021, a large-scale exhibition Expo 2020 will be held in Dubai. This is the place where each country in its…

2019 for SmartEAM is a year of opportunities, innovations, successful partnerships, access to new markets. The year was saturated with the development of new innovative products, the development of a mobile application; participation in global, industrial, world exhibitions, conferences, where…

The first stage of implementation of the SmartEAM system at the Slavic TPP – done! The issue of automation of maintenance and repair processes (MRO) of the Slavyanskaya TPP in 2019 passed into the category of priority tasks of the…

INTERPIPE STEEL: QR codes and online monitoring using sensors The plant began to implement a maintenance system last year. During this time, information was provided on 2 thousand 169 pieces of equipment. There are 23 thousand sensors at INTERPIPE STEEL,…

Dear partners! Happy New Year 2020 and Merry Christmas! Please accept my sincere gratitude for the effective cooperation in the past year; it allowed us to overcome many difficulties and maintain stability. We hope that next year we will have…

SmartEAM system for equipment manufacturers SmartEAM is a software solution that provides equipment manufacturers with complete and remote control over its maintenance. This is an opportunity: – Supervise customer service equipment 27/7 and consult remotely – Receive information on the…

Interpipe NTZ: detailed information and modernization of the diagnostic system in the KPC At Interpipe NTZ, the maintenance system was implemented and launched in 2017. First, in the basic configuration, then many aspects were finalized for the specifics of equipment…

INTERPIPE EXPERIENCE – What are the advantages of the system? Maintenance is a modern tool for organizing the work of the repair service and allows you to perform basic functions in a single information space, such as equipment inspection, maintenance,…

Since 2016, the INTERPIPE plants have been introducing an automatic system for maintenance and repair of equipment (PM). The system allows you to monitor equipment operation online, reduce planned and emergency downtime due to preventive diagnostics. From January 1, 2019,…

SmartEAM 2020 The SmartEAM solution affects the availability of equipment and improves its efficiency., Reduce equipment breakdown time and repair downtime. The interaction of SmartEAM and IIoT can lead to a new level of equipment reliability. What does it give?…

Asset management with innovative devices. An industrial helmet is an important element of industrial safety. Smart device (helmet) RealWear HMT-1 has the capabilities of augmented reality, fully voice-controlled, simple, intuitive interface, allows you to organize communication, including video, provides access…

TPM is one of the lean manufacturing tools and is a management concept for manufacturing equipment aimed at improving the efficiency of maintenance. The purpose of this concept is the complete elimination of all losses associated with equipment failure, the…

Our partner, the industrial company INTERPIPE, for the fourth year in a row has been initiating the festival of science and technology – Interpipe TechFest. This is the country’s main engineering show, a festival of science, technology and modern technology….

In any case, the simple one is “suspension of work caused by the lack of organizational or technical conditions necessary for the work to be performed, by inevitable force or other circumstances” (Article. 34 of the Labor Code of Ukraine)….

September 27 in Zaporozhye, the international IT forum 2019 was held. The event, which brought together business owners, top managers, IT specialists, all who are interested in digitalization, for small, medium and large businesses. World Digital trends, more than 100…

Regular inspection of the equipment allows you to obtain information about its current condition and timely identify incipient failures. Obviously, the more accurate diagnostic methods are used during inspection, the more accurate information they provide to the observer. Accurate diagnostics…

One of the main tasks of the EAM system is the maintenance and repair (MRO) of equipment. It is solved by different methods, depending on the criticality of the failure of a particular production asset for the enterprise. Inexpensive and…

The goal of the universal equipment management system (TPM) is to ensure optimal conditions for the operation and use of equipment. The TPM approach is part of the lean manufacturing concept of lean manufacturing. In fact, we are talking about…

A QR code is placed on each equipment for quick access to the equipment. The task for marking equipment automatically creates a record in the system that a unit of equipment needs to be marked. After determining the contractor who…

The cost of repair and maintenance of equipment is the most important cost item in industrial enterprises, which affects the cost of production. Depending on the scale of the enterprise and the industry to which it relates, these costs can…

Interpipe continues to actively develop the system of technical maintenance and repair of equipment (PM). INTERPIPE STEEL has become a pioneer of innovations, where at present the work of a mobile application from SmartEAM, integrated with PMO, is being introduced….

– What technologies and why are needed today for a manufacturing enterprise? – Every year INTERPIPE introduces new technologies. Do you have plans for the coming years? – How did INTERPIPE solve the problem of staff qualification? – Are there…

Interview of the head of SmartEAM, Kirill Kostanetsky, about the 4th industrial revolution, its cause and meaning, as well as about the trends in the world, what technological solutions will be relevant and in demand in the near future. Internet…

RCM (Reliability Centered Maintenance) – maintenance, aimed at ensuring the reliability of the equipment. The essence of the RCM methodology is reduced to the automated control of the technical efficiency, safety and efficiency of equipment operation after a detailed analysis…

Virtual reality (VR) The term “virtual reality” was first introduced in 1984 by the American researcher Jaron Lanier. He believed that virtuality is an illusory reality generated by computer technology. Since then, there have been many approaches to the definition…

Most large companies have already introduced a unified system of accounting for finances, more or less unified financial policy is being implemented (of course, taking into account the types of business and regional particularities). This policy is usually implemented using…

In the article Chief Engineer and TORO Automation, we said that the department of the chief mechanic (OGM) is usually responsible for carrying out scheduled preventive maintenance at the enterprise. This practice was developed many years ago and was quite…

Why monitor the condition of the equipment ? Industrial equipment is a major investment for any company. Maintaining this equipment in working condition is a priority in terms of business and competition policy. Important for this process is the development…

The American company Google introduced a new generation of its smart Glass Glasses. The model, called Glass Enterprise Edition 2, looks quite customary, but has been updated both hardware and software. It writes about it Телеканал прямий The new product is…

Production management and maintenance are the most important functions in a modern enterprise, which with confidence can be called an achievement in the field of automation of business processes. Those organizations that have already begun to introduce innovative technologies have…

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Nowadays, technologies are developing so fast that not all companies are able to quickly implement the newest ones. This especially applies to large enterprises, the number of equipment in which is very large. Nevertheless, companies are already emerging that technologically…

According to the directory “System maintenance and repair of general industrial equipment,” the organization of maintenance and repair of equipment based on the system of preventive maintenance (PPR) is carried out by the department of the chief mechanic. So it…

HANNOVER MESSE – is the world’s leading trade fair for industrial technology. All key technologies: industrial automation, IT, industrial supply, production technologies and services, energy and mobility technologies – all this can be found at the exhibition. The main slogan of…

RFID-метки. RFID (Radio Frequency Identification — radio frequency identification) is a contactless data exchange technology based on the use of radio frequency electromagnetic radiation. RFID is used to automatically identify and record objects. RFID technologies are used in various business…

In accordance with the definition, the data in GOST 18322—78 (valid in Ukraine on 01/01/22) the system of maintenance and repair of equipment is a set of interrelated means, documentation of maintenance and repair and the performers necessary to maintain…

The planned-preventive maintenance and repair system (MRO) is a complex of organizational and technical measures of a precautionary nature that are carried out in a planned manner in order to ensure constant technical readiness of the equipment for operation and…

SmartEAM became the general sponsor of the Mechanitech Conference Workshop (February 20-21) The annual conference “Mechanitech” introduces modern technologies, scientific and technical developments, tools and materials in the field of mechanical engineering and metallurgy. Important components of the workshop are…

Augmented reality (augmented reality, AR) is the result of introducing any sensory data into the field of perception in order to supplement information about the environment and improve information perception. How does AR technology work The scheme of creating augmented…

Организация осмотров оборудования от SmartEAM Удобный способ контроля важных показателей оборудования на предприятии. Мобильное приложение позволяет оперативно внести данные о состоянии оборудования. Для кого: персонал, который работает с оборудованием: операторы, специалисты по обслуживанию оборудования. Руководитель подразделения также получает сводку итогов…

SmartEAM. Results and achievements of 2018 2018 for SmartEAM can be called a year of active growth, this applies to such components: projects, technologies, methodologies, team and events in which we participated. Top customers: Interpipe Dniprostal, Interpipe Vtormet, Royal Thermo,…

Conference Workshop Mekhaniteh Designed for technical directors, managers of engineering and service centers, heads of repair services, chief engineers, chief mechanics and chief power engineers of industries with a high degree of mechanization. The purpose of the conference is to…

SmartEAM team wishes you a Happy New 2019 Year! Please accept our sincere wishes! May this year only success and prosperity in business await you! We wish you the realization of your projects, strong and fruitful cooperation. Happy New Year!

How to implement a system of asset management (EAM) In our time, it is difficult to find a company that has no competitors. To stay on the market, you need to constantly look for mechanisms to improve competitiveness. One of…

It is no secret to anyone that having a computerized business management system in an enterprise is one of the important components of success. What should a manager take into account when choosing a system? How does a girl choose…

XXV Business Forum IT-Enterprise “Industry 4.0 – The Future is Now” has opened a new era of IT solutions

On November 16, the 3rd Ukrainian Silk Road Forum was held. At the event, IT-Enterprise and the SmartEAM team presented their first developments using augmented reality for industrial enterprises.

Today, production workers, company managers and IT specialists of enterprises already have an idea of ​​what an EAM system is and what its purpose is. But still, for a deeper understanding, let’s look at what is the basis of the…

The EAM system has been implemented on INTERPIPE assets since 2016 During this time, managed: Increase the equipment availability ratio by doubling the load Improve overall equipment efficiency by 10-15% Reduce the cost of maintenance and overhaul by more than…

The Digital Evolution Forum, dedicated to the introduction of modern technologies for a sharp increase in productivity and enterprise value, has come to an end. The organizer of the Forum, Microsoft Ukraine, set out to open new advantages for customers…

Kirill Kostanetsky, SmartEAM project manager, spoke at the XXV IT-Enterprise Business Forum “Industry 4.0 – The Future is Now” with a report on the management of equipment maintenance in Industry 4.0 cases. It is about Predictive Maintenance, or predictive equipment…

The head of SmartEAM, Kirill Kostanetsky, at the Kiev International Economic Forum, demonstrates the latest developments of IT-Enterprise. Namely, augmented reality smart glasses #CoogleGlass, for effective and faster work in enterprises.

Google Glass – an example of using SmartEAM The new application from SmartEAM will allow you to easily create applications for maintenance and repair of equipment, as well as view all the necessary information and all previously created applications for…

OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) The overall efficiency of equipment is an indicator that helps to improve the performance of machines and industrial assets. The process of improving this indicator can be difficult if too much data are collected for monitoring…

EAM (Enterprise asset management) – management of fixed assets of an enterprise is at the same time a concept and software. Let’s take a look at what it is and why EAM is important to the success of each manufacturing…

September 5-16 in the Dnieper, a festival of science, technology and modern technologies. This is a major technical event, a real engineering show of the country, a holiday for all who are interested in Ukrainian industry, modern technologies and science….

Google Glass Partner Development Pack for AR Development In the near future, augmented reality (AR) will be becoming the standard for industrial enterprises – IT-Enterprise purchased smart glasses and joined the Google partner program to use their functionality. In particular,…

Implementing preventive maintenance is a key step toward the ideal predictive maintenance program Preventive maintenance (sometimes called preventative maintenance) is regularly performed on a piece of equipment to reduce the likelihood of failure. Preventive maintenance ensures that anything of value…

The TPM concept was developed in Japan in the late 60s and early 70s at Nippon Dansau, an electrical equipment supplier for Toyota Corporation. The well-known statement of the founder of Toyota “The forces do not come through curing processes,…

Do a hardware risk analysis? Predict the economic effect at the analysis stage? See the effects of risk mitigation actions at the analysis stage? Create a work plan to reduce risks? Risk analysis SmartEAM – will help determine the level…

When searching for computerized maintenance management systems, terms such as Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) and Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) are often understood to mean the same thing. This article will help you figure out what the differences and what…

The small device in the photo is the new Google Glass Enterprise Edition, designed for business tasks. With their help, you can significantly speed up workflows. Points as much as possible simplify access to the information and allow to be…

What is needed for a successful business? The work of any enterprise can be estimated by the following indicators: profitability, profitability, profitability and efficiency. Factors affecting these indicators: level of management; сompetence of management and managers; product competitiveness; the level…

Maintenance of industrial equipment with augmented reality based on SmartEAM (in collaboration with Sensorama) Description: Demonstration of the control of technological equipment parameters in the Online mode using the display in augmented reality. Joint development of SmartEAM SmartEAM and Sensorama…

Smart Glasses – Google Glass, when to expect? In 2012, Google announced plans to release a new format device – smart glasses. In 2014, the device became available to everyone. And less than a year later, the project was closed,…

About how the Technology Conference 4.0 was held in the industry Discussion of the best practices. Panel discussions of integrators. Excursion to Interpipe STEEL, with the opportunity to see the practical experience of automation of production management, planning maintenance and…

How to check that important, expensive parts and components have really been replaced and installed on equipment? The individual number, which is assigned to the node or parts, in the function “history of movement” is displayed as – “repair object…

Instrument “Chain Tool” WHAT IS IT? HOW DOES IT WORK? Chain of Equipment – is designed to simplify the accounting of the operating time of equipment and its main components. When constructing a maintenance plan with the type of control…

How automation helped the Lviv Company with a history of a century and a half Lviv Locomotive Repair Plant (LLRZ) – one of the oldest enterprises in Ukraine – was considered a strategically important object of the state since the…

Why is maintenance in Ukraine ineffective? At the Ukrainian enterprises often there is still the Soviet equipment. The risk of its breakdown is increased, and scheduled repairs prevent breakage only for 20% of cases. The remaining 80% of cases of…

  System management of the basic asset management system (Enterprise asset management system). Yaroslav Pritiskach’s whip on the technical day of automation.  

You, the head of the repair service, the chief engineer, the mechanic, the power engineer, are constantly making efforts to involve all the personnel in the process of efficient equipment maintenance? Accidents take you by surprise? Do they take a…

How to reduce the cost of maintenance of equipment by 40% What is the predictive maintenance of industrial equipment and how does this methodology help to save One of the key KPIs is the reduction of equipment maintenance costs by…

Or how Interpipe undergoes a digital transformation Interview with Denis Morozov, Director for Finance and Economics Interpipe It is said a long time ago about the higher conjuncture and globalization of industrial markets. As well as that this chain “from…

The practice of implementing the EAM – an interview with the head of the direction Smart.EAM Kirill Kostanetsky, head of IT-Enterprise Smart.EAM, gave an interview to APPAU about the latest implementations at Interpipe enterprises. The interview shows the key trends…

The information age or the era of computers – this is how you can characterize our modernity, which concerns not only everyday life, but also business. Today, for any enterprise it is very important to constantly monitor all processes for…

And how this affects the production process Digital technologies are widely used not only in the development of the latest smartphones, but also form the foundation of a modern manufacturing enterprise. Industrial giants of developed countries globally integrate the latest…

And why planes are called the safest mode of transport Despite the fact that aerophobia – the fear of flying – is a fairly well-known and widespread phenomenon, the airplane is rightly considered the safest mode of transport. Back in…