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that is causing problems. Show what could be done there, and
then measure that improvement, " he said.
A Future of Flexibility
The ultimate goal is to give operators flexibility based on their
sophistication.
" Some operators may just want the alerts. They may just want
to pass that directly on to their team, and let the mechanics use
those alerts within their existing system. Others may want more
of a platform where they could start to build in some of their own
advanced algorithms, and do some of their own analytics. A lot
of airlines are hiring data scientists on their staff today.
" Our goal is to give them analytics, tools and platforms where
we can provide them a baseline of these alerts and a baseline
of the predictive algorithms. They can use those, and they can
continue improving them themselves, as well, for their specific
operation, or adding other types of advanced machine learning
algorithms related to their operation that they'd like to do, as
well, " Klooster said.
One point of emphasis is to select a program or software
that can easily integrate into whatever the rest of maintenance
operation system is.
" Whether they're using tablets to provide the fault isolation
to their mechanics, or if they're using other types of systems
to be scheduling those maintenance
activities. The key
to us is that it integrates well
with those existing systems
so that it's integrated to
their existing operation and
doesn't require them to have
to change a lot of things that
they're doing, " he added.
Right now, the technology
is still somewhat in the early
stages, but the future is looking
bright for these kinds of data collection and analysis techniques,
said Klooster.
" It's definitely growing. I think the question is how fast
is it growing? I think COVID, in my view, is definitely going
to accelerate the adoption of predictive maintenance
technologies. We just last year joined the digital alliance with
Airbus and Delta. That was kind of an industry first. Three large
companies, two OEMs, software companies, and a big airline,
an MRO, joining forces to combine the predictive maintenance
capabilities that we all have into a single platform, and seeing
a lot of really good momentum there, and a lot of interest from
airlines, " he said.
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