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to detect early signs of potential failure and of improving operational efficiency. A
rectify matters before it impacts service recent study by Oliver Wyman in the MRO
delivery,” Espen Olsen, who is responsible space found that more than half of the
for Business Development and Sales in A&D companies surveyed are planning more
at IFS, says. Picking out the relevant data investment in predictive maintenance over
patterns being fed back out of the myriad the next five years. Lufthansa Technik (LHT)
of information produced through Internet has launched an independent platform,
of Things-enabled parts, will allow the true Condition Analytics to precisely predict
benefit of scheduled maintenance to be when components should be replaced. The
extended into every aspect of the MRO platform will be available to customers
support chain. Predictive maintenance from the first quarter of 2017. The new and
draws from both Big Data and the IoT highly intelligent platform allows airlines to
predict precisely when components should
Investments Galore in PM be replaced and recommends measures
“Predictive Maintenance” and “Prognostic to be taken to avoid failures before they
Health Monitoring” methods are the next actually happen. Among other advantages,
natural evolution for aircraft monitoring. the company claims, operators benefit from
They expand the scope to the prediction reduced fuel consumption, optimised use of
of condition events in advance of an expendable parts and enhanced safety.
occurrence. With the current price of jet-fuel “Airlines around the globe are seeking
indicating that current generation aircraft ways to maximise the reliability, availability
Predictive maintenance should remain flying, fleet operators and and safety of their fleets while reducing
allows specific maintenance
operations to be triggered airline MROs are now looking seriously at costs. With Condition Analytics, one platform
only when actually needed predictive maintenance as the best way combines MRO experience with condition
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