The maintenance of equipment is no longer the age of a screwdriver. Computers are at the core of the maintenance staff's production tools, whether they are the maintenance of machine tools in the factory, the plc control system or the archives of equipment for after-sales services. A well-configured software system that allows for a shift in the location of a malfunction from an “empirical guess” to a “data-checking” and a shift in the flow of work from a “verbal rip” to a “closed loop”. This paper divides the required software into diagnostics, worksheet management, office coordination, physical workflow for equipment maintenanceSystem maintenance, the five main categories of professional tools, each giving a recommended list and a choice proposal to help you avoid the pits of the wrong software。
Equipment maintenance diagnostic type software: fast-track identification of causes of malfunction
Diagnosis is the first step in the maintenance effort, and such software corresponds to the equipment's “digital listener”, which can help you lock problems from complex circuits and programs。
Plc and control system diagnostic
Tia portal is the tool that engineers need to have. It is not only a plc programming software, it is also a sharp instrument for quenching control system failure. When there is a sensor signal anomaly, a procedural error or a communication interruption in the equipment, the hardware connection and the logical analysis of the program can be quickly located whether the hardware is damaged or the program is defective. For maintenance staff, there is no need to master programming, but learning to use it for online monitoring of ladder charts and variable tables can significantly reduce the time spent on searching。
Hardware and equipment-specific diagnosis
Apple diagnostics for self service repair: the apple official self-help repair diagnostic tool suitable for the maintenance of apple equipment such as iphone. Before use, a networked assistive device (mac or pc) is prepared and the equipment serial number is entered to allow remote running diagnostics。
Stcomtools: an old card tool in hard drive maintenance, with an internal f3 interface to support low-level formatting, bad track repair, solidware updating and smart health monitoring, suitable for data recovery and hard drive maintenance。
Odis (online diagnostic and information system): car maintenance industry mapping. It is important to ensure that diagnostic equipment is used in such a way as to stabilize the connection with the vehicle, and it is recommended that the diagnostic device be supplied with its own power rather than with a computer, usb, otherwise it is vulnerable to disruption of communications due to the unstable voltage。
Selective proposal: diagnostic software is highly specialized and “pharmacologically” according to the type of equipment you maintain. Computers choose windows diagnostic tools, machine beds choose plc diagnostic software, cars choose ods, and not expect a software to eat all the scenes。
