POWER and automation technology group ABB Australia has announced a new and unique Remote Service concept for its customers’ robots that has been designed to identify and even predict problems remotely, and dispatch help automatically.
This Remote Service concept is aimed at extending the mean time between failure of robots and robotic components; shortening the subsequent mean time to repair; and lowering the overall cost of ownership of the robot unit.
An additional beneficiary will be the environment, with fewer service-related call-outs, travelling and fuel costs involved.
The service package centres around the concept of logging a robot’s key performance data and sending this remotely to an ABB service centre via GPRS technology.
The information can then be stored and used for reference, and alarms can be directly monitored. Trends can even be spotted before problems become evident.
With Remote Service, the robot automatically alerts the central database. It triggers an SMS to the on-call service engineer, who can immediately access a detailed data and error log and quickly identify the exact fault.
From that moment, the company can offer support without being physically at a customer’s side — especially important for customers in remote parts of Australia who have no direct representation.
“Shorter Mean Time To Repair offers a clear benefit to many of our customers,” Nicole Ebert, Service Manager at ABB Australia said.
“These companies are heavily dependent on robotisation to meet the just-in-time nature of their businesses, and unplanned stoppages can have dramatic consequences.”
For more information please contact:
Peter Moody
ABB Australia
Email: Peter.Moody@au.abb.com
Website: www.abbaustralia.com.au