The present disclosure provides an Industrial Internet of Things system for intelligent repair of manufacturing equipment and a control method. The Industrial Internet of Things system includes a management platform, a sensor network platform, and an object platform interacting in sequence. The object platform is configured as a plurality of manufacturing equipment arranged in sequence according to a process sequence on the assembly line. The management platform is configured to issue self-repair instructions and failure handling instructions corresponding to the intelligent repair method to the corresponding manufacturing equipment through the sensor network platform, so as to realize the automatic repair of manufacturing equipment, reduce the cost of manual troubleshooting, and ensure the normal production and manufacturing of the assembly line.

Provided is a maintenance operation assistance system comprising: a failure knowledge database wherein failure knowledge data is recorded; a failure knowledge coupling unit for reconstructing partial failure knowledge data into failure knowledge data; and an inspection procedure generation unit for presenting an inspection procedure using the reconstructed failure knowledge data. The failure knowledge coupling unit evaluates and adjusts the relatedness of nodes among different instances of partial failure knowledge data, and connects the different instances of partial failure knowledge data. On the basis of the reconstructed failure knowledge data, the inspection procedure generation unit sets priorities for when presenting the inspection procedure, and presents the inspection procedure to a diagnostic interface unit in accordance with the priorities.

Novel tools and techniques for the automated tracking of services performed on machines by service robots, technicians, and other devices are provided. A system includes a robot fingerprint reader, service tool, and robot fingerprint database. The robot fingerprint reader may be associated with a machine receiving service and configured to receive a robot fingerprint from the service tool. The service tool may be associated with the device performing the service, and include an interface that is configured to allow the robot fingerprint to be obtained by the robot fingerprint reader. The service robot may be configured to register the robot fingerprint with the robot fingerprint database, and the robot fingerprint database may be configured to create an entry associated with the robot fingerprint of the device performing the service.

A machine part number of an industrial machine is scanned when the machine enters a facility for maintenance. The scanned number is associated with components that comprise the machine and with characteristics of the components or machine. Based upon the characteristics of the machine or components, a customized maintenance route is produced for the machine through the facility. The customized maintenance route specifies a sequence of maintenance actions and timing of these actions for the machine that are adjusted in real-time as the characteristics change.

A numerical controller capable of temporarily executing dedicated function software includes a dedicated function software reading unit configured to read, in response to a reading condition being satisfied, the dedicated function software into a primary storage area mainly accessed by a CPU, dedicated function software execution unit configured to execute the dedicated function software as a process in response to an execution condition being satisfied, and a dedicated function software termination unit configured to stop execution of the process of the dedicated function software and delete the dedicated function software from the primary storage area in response to a termination condition being satisfied.

A handheld field maintenance tool includes a training mode. The handheld field maintenance tool has a process communication module operably coupleable to a field device, a user interface, and a controller coupled to the process communication module and the user interface. The controller is configured to interact with a user through the user interface, and is configured to provide a simulation function where at least one characteristic of the field device, indicated through the user interface, is generated by the controller instead of the field device.

An inspection work support device that supports inspection work performed in a plant, includes: a storage that stores an apparatus ledger in which apparatus information of an apparatus installed in the plant is registered, and an inspection list which indicates a list of inspection targets; an indicator that indicates the inspection target to be inspected based on the inspection list; an acquisition part that acquires apparatus specification information which is required for specifying the apparatus; a search part that searches the apparatus ledger based on the apparatus specification information acquired by the acquisition part to obtain the apparatus information; and a display that displays the inspection target indicated by the indicator and the apparatus information obtained by the search part.

A method for replacing a controller on a process device that avoids downtime on a process line. The method may include retrieving data from a first controller on a valve assembly, the data comprising information that defines values for operating parameters on the first controller, removing the first controller from the valve assembly, coupling a second controller to the valve assembly, and storing data on the second controller, the data comprising information that defines the values for operating parameters corresponding with the first controller.

A method for replacing a controller on a process device that avoids downtime on a process line. The method may include retrieving data from a first controller on a valve assembly, the data comprising information that defines values for operating parameters on the first controller, removing the first controller from the valve assembly, coupling a second controller to the valve assembly, and storing data on the second controller, the data comprising information that defines the values for operating parameters corresponding with the first controller.

A method for the maintenance of a used gas turbine includes the at least partially automated steps of: determining the geometry of a flow-guiding component, in particular a rotating blade or a guide vane, of the gas turbine; prognosticating the aerodynamics and/or thermodynamics of the component based on the determined geometry; and classifying the component into one of several predetermined classes based on the prognosticated aerodynamics and/or thermodynamic, where the predetermined classes denote different properties and parameter ranges indicating unusable components to usable components with poor performance.