Maintenance management software
Complete asset history for condition-based analyses with ADASMA.
ADASMA helps maintenance personnel, maintenance companies, and service providers manage assets, maintenance, inspections, repairs, and technical documentation in a structured manner.
What does maintenance actually mean?
In general, maintenance refers to all measures necessary to maintain the technical components of a system. The aim is to maintain the functional condition of a technical unit or - in the event of a previous failure - to return it to an operational state. According to DIN 31051, there are four different basic maintenance measures:
Maintenance
This includes all measures that contribute to ensuring the target condition or to delaying the progressive degree of wear - such as changing an oil filter.
Inspection
The term inspection covers all activities that serve to determine and assess the actual condition, including determining the causes of wear and tear and deriving the necessary consequences for future use (e.g. measuring the exhaust gas temperature).
Repair
Repair measures ensure a return to a functional condition. The level of this state is the same as before a failure, i.e. without improvements (e.g. replacement of a component in the same design).
Improvement
The improvement includes all measures to increase the functional safety of a machine without changing the function required of it (e.g. by changing the design of the motor control wiring).
What are the objectives of maintenance?
All of the basic measures listed above are intended to achieve the primary maintenance objectives listed below:
Security
Availability
Reliability
Value retention
The goal of safety means that the asset itself must not pose any danger. A key prerequisite for this is compliance with the maintenance instructions provided by the asset manufacturer, which ensure the aforementioned target condition. An asset is considered available if it can resume operation at any time. Various repair measures ensure that the asset can be restored to an operational state at any time.
The goal of reliability is defined as ensuring that the asset operates with as few (long-term) disruptions as possible. Finally, the goal of maintaining asset value is to ensure that the assets have a long remaining service life.
Find out which functions of the ADASMA maintenance software optimally support you in pursuing your goals.
To the function overviewThe maintenance strategies
Time and performance-based maintenance strategy
Under time- and performance-based maintenance, maintenance activities are performed at regular intervals. These intervals may be based, for example, on a traditional calendar schedule, the number of operating hours of the equipment, or the distance traveled. Maintenance measures are thus carried out proactively and before a technical unit loses its functionality, thereby ensuring maximum plant availability.
A classic example is replacing the oil filter on a gas engine after 2,000 operating hours.
Condition-based maintenance strategy
Based on the assumption that failures do not occur randomly or suddenly, but develop over a period of time, regular diagnoses are carried out as part of the condition-based maintenance strategy, which lead to the determination of maintenance requirements. Inspections are used to check and assess the condition (e.g. wear) of the technical unit and, depending on the result, a maintenance measure is ordered.
Compared to the time- and performance-based strategy, this means that components are replaced only when their technical condition requires it, rather than at a predetermined, premature maintenance interval. This approach allows for cost savings while simultaneously minimizing downtime and the resulting damage as much as possible.
A practical example is the replacement of a cylinder head on an internal combustion engine, where wear is determined by measuring valve clearance. The replacement then depends on the respective condition.
Failure-based maintenance strategy
For maintenance tasks that cannot be planned in advance, a failure-based maintenance strategy is followed. Under this approach, maintenance tasks are initiated only in response to a loss of functionality or performance in a technical unit. By consistently avoiding interim maintenance, only the part that is actually defective is replaced.
In contrast to the two preventive strategies described earlier, malfunctions and damage are deliberately accepted, thereby saving on inspection and spare parts resources.
Nevertheless, there is a risk of unforeseeable consequential damage to the overall system, which can outweigh the resources saved depending on the extent of the damage. In addition, this maintenance strategy involves long downtimes in combination with reduced reliability of the technical machines.
Which maintenance strategy is the best?
In conclusion, it can be said that there is no universal maintenance strategy. The purpose pursued with a strategy depends too much on external factors. The strategy selection should be significantly influenced by the conditions of the technical Asset. In the case of technically complex systems, the strategy even depends on the respective components of the asset (see the practical examples given).
In addition, the asset operator’s maintenance policy and strategic direction, as well as the relevance of the technical assets to the overall system (e.g., public electricity supply via a combined heat and power plant), are taken into account in the overall assessment. As a result, only a combination of the various maintenance strategies leads to the best possible approach and the associated economic optimum.
What tasks does maintenance software perform?
Maintenance planner for interval-based maintenance strategies
In unserer Wartungs- und Instandhaltungssoftware ADASMA erinnert Sie der integrierte Wartungsplaner rechtzeitig an leistungs- oder zeitbasierte Wartungsintervalle. Angefangen bei der jährlichen Wartung bis hin zu Regelwartungen bspw. alle 2.000 Betriebsstunden (in Abhängigkeit vom Auslastungsgrad) werden vollautomatisch Wartungserinnerungen innerhalb des Ticketsystems generiert. Do both apply to you? No problem.
Simply set the condition that maintenance must be performed at least once a year, or at the latest every 4,000 Bh. Depending on which event occurs first, you will receive a corresponding maintenance ticket. A graphical display shows the time remaining until the next maintenance. With ADASMA, you always have all upcoming maintenance appointments under control.
Seamless Asset history for condition-based analyses
The clear asset history provides a complete overview of all work performed on the asset. In addition, you can view measurement trends to better assess the current status of the entire asset or individual components. The system also alerts you to measurement reports submitted by service technicians where values have fallen below the upper and lower limits. This allows you to respond promptly and take appropriate action.
ADASMA as maintenance software
for maintenance, servicing and service companies
In addition to the features mentioned above, ADASMA offers many other useful functions that will significantly simplify your day-to-day operations as a maintenance and repair company. This includes, for example A structured and clear Asset Management or Asset Management function. You can also carry out helpful evaluations on the dashboard based on the system data. These serve as a sound basis for important strategic decisions.
ADASMA provides an intuitive scheduling board for operation planners, which allows them to coordinate field service technicians quickly and efficiently—including route optimization. The range of functions is rounded off by a high-performance and easy-to-use service technician app. This puts you in a position to fully digitize your entire maintenance process and exploit all the potential offered by today's technologies.
ADASMA maintenance software is industry-agnostic and is primarily intended for maintenance and service companies that perform service work on their customers' properties. Find out here in which areas ADASMA is already being used and where its operation is particularly suitable.