收集设备数据很重要,如何对其进行分析和应用可以改善地面操作. 收集设备数据很重要,如何对其进行分析和应用可以改善地面操作.
收集设备数据很重要,如何对其进行分析和应用可以改善地面操作, 收集设备数据很重要,如何对其进行分析和应用可以改善地面操作, 收集设备数据很重要,如何对其进行分析和应用可以改善地面操作. 收集设备数据很重要,如何对其进行分析和应用可以改善地面操作, insights can be realized and operational improvements can be implemented, saving valuable time and money. This is especially true of ground support equipment (GSE) and the way it is used by aviation personnel.
Initially utilized to improve maintenance practices – particularly preventative maintenance (PM), the use of telematics has evolved in the GSE industry, allowing manufacturers, 经理人, and frontline personnel to better understand how equipment is functioning in the field.
JBT product manager Bill Poulsen notes his company’s telematics solution, iOPS, has been in use for more than 10 岁月. 然而, the way collected data is applied continues to change.
“What it has really evolved into is more of a platform for the users to actually control their whole operations much more effectively. It’s not just about maintaining the equipment. It’s about all that data that’s collected and using that to better run their operations out in the field,“ 他说.
“When we talk iOPS, it really means intelligent operations,” Poulsen continues. “Over the last two years, we’ve gone from really just collecting data and using it to do the maintenance, to actually perform the operations better.”
At TLD, the company’s Link system offers an end-to-end solution for GSE fleet management based on telemetry technology, explains Driss Mahjoub, group chief technical officer for the TLD group.
“The Link retrieves and filters data from the ‘heart’ of the machine in order to provide actionable dashboards and alerts to the end-user,“ 他说. “Link 是一种车队监控软件,允许客户定位机器, 了解他们的真实运营状况并优化他们的运营, 检测安全风险, 如果有的话, 并支持故障诊断和维护活动。”
通过客户协作, 远程信息处理以多种方式得到增强.
例如, Mahjoub 指出 Link 的用户体验字段已升级,以改进最终用户界面,使查找相关信息更容易.
“此外, 我们不断增加机器和相关 KPI 的可用数据量. 最后但是同样重要的, 我们提高了数据准确性,Mahjoub 补充道.
Poulsen 表示,通常每月甚至每两周与客户会面,以展示定期集成到 iOPS 中的增量改进和附加功能.
“我们与他们合作,因此我们可以使这个平台变得更加, 好多了,“ 他说.
iOPS 的主要改进是公司的战术仪表板, 它允许对多台设备上的数百个数据点进行分类并有效地呈现给组织的各个级别.
“你如何以对客户有意义的方式呈现它?”波尔森假设. “他们不一定想知道所有的数字. 比如排气温度是多少? 冷却液的温度是多少? Somebody in their organization wants to know, but the management levels don’t really need to know that. They want to know that things are operating, how well they’re performing, how well not just the equipment is performing, but how their operators are performing.
“That’s some of the kinds of things we can address.”
Collecting Data
The range of data that can be collected from GSE assets is vast.
“Link is able to retrieve a goldmine of data such as localization, 速度, trajectory, historical routing, battery state-of-charge, and state-of-health and much more technical data such as including current level, battery and motor temperatures, fault codes, etc.,” Mahjoub says
Many data points can assist with costs savings, environmental goals, and safety initiatives.
Poulsen 指出,地理围栏和速度监控可以确保设备根据其物理位置正确运行.
“iOPS 确实影响操作的安全性,“ 他说. “它提高了效率,也让客户能够真正省钱。”
Poulsen 补充说,监控燃料水平和使用情况很有帮助,因为有时操作员会让设备在两次使用之间闲置. 当这件事发生时, 信息被报告给运营经理, 谁可以解决与地面人员的问题. 相似地, 监测除冰液可以降低运营成本.
“控制燃料的使用和除冰液的使用相结合有助于使事情更环保,”波尔森补充道.
但是每台设备上都有大量数据点, 管理信息似乎令人生畏. 帮助客户使用这些信息, 仪表板对于 GSE 车队管理变得很重要.
“Link 在安全领域有预设的仪表板, 车队监管, 及设备故障诊断,” Mahjoub 解释说, 注意可以创建自定义报告,或者可以通过电子邮件或短信触发特定事件的警报.
Poulsen 将 iOPS 中可用的 JBT 战术仪表板称为“透视图”。可以根据客户正在寻找的数据类型调整界面.
“公司内的每个人对他们每天需要使用的数据都有不同的看法,”波尔森解释说. “你可能有一个公司经理. 他需要知道与金钱和金融有关的事情. 机场的运营经理需要知道他的设备在哪里, 是否启动并运行, 是否准备好出发, 谁现在在使用它, 它是如何被使用的, 和那种东西.
“我们创建了这些不同的视角,基本上只呈现客户公司内特定功能所需的数据,“ 他继续. “公司中的最高级别人员实际上需要知道的关于该设备的具体数据比现场的人要少, 修理那个设备. [服务技术人员] need to know those things – like temperatures and wear information – so they can do their job.”
Since too much data runs the risk of overwhelming new users, the concept of dashboards is designed to declutter data and make information easier to digest.
Applying Data
The purpose of telemetry is not just displaying data, but more importantly analyzing the data. The way data is applied to GSE is important, and Poulsen uses routine maintenance as an example.
“Traditionally, people have gone by usage hours – how many hours have that equipment been used? – to determine a maintenance activity,“ 他说. “What we’re doing now is combining multiple sub-level elements that might look at engine temperatures, might look at engine RPMs, might look at fuel usage. We can look at things like how many times has a joystick been moved back and forth.”
All of these sub-level parameters that contribute to the wear-on of a piece of equipment can be considered when determining exactly when maintenance needs to take place.
“One parameter might tick down quicker than another parameter based on how it’s being operated,” Poulsen says. “That will also trigger things like an email alert.”
Mahjoub points to improved safety and security as a key application of telematics as speeding, parking violations, and vehicle access control can be monitored.
“Also, allocation of GSE equipment can be optimized considering the various missions scheduled for the day vis-a-vis state-of-charge of the battery or pending maintenance,“ 他说.
“Telematics enables efficient opportunity charging in between missions, which is a key for electrification of ramp motorized GSE,” Mahjoub continues. “Another benefit may come from better fleet utilization and lower cost of ownership through pooling across various operators. There are many other use cases.”
During the warranty period, JBT representatives use iOPS to access data remotely and walk customers through troubleshooting and repairs.
“We can actually look at the state of the equipment prior to sending a field service engineer out and have an indication of what the real issue is,” Poulsen says.
Beyond warranty claims, remote access to data offers benefits related to ramp operation safety, 车队监管, operation management, and telediagnosis, according to Mahjoub.
“Monitoring vehicle speed on the ramp, as simple as it sounds, is an effective way of preventing accidents, reducing human injuries and aircraft damage. Obviously, the geo-localization of a unit at any point in time allows, 还有, a much leaner operation all around, reducing down-time and unit transit time between operating zones on the airport,” says Mahjoub.
For the purposes of fleet management, reports are generated daily. Poulsen says this allows people who may not need to look at the dashboard to still have information about the status of equipment, allowing for high-level asset management.
This information can help with staging equipment to ensure on-time departures, reduce movements and lower environmental impacts. All of these factors can be applied to improve efficiencies.
例如, Poulsen notes that while passenger traffic has declined during the pandemic, 货运航空公司的吞吐量有所增加.
“在所有这些情况下, 通过 iOPS, 我们已经能够帮助他们提高实地效率. 效率不仅仅是管理设备的状态. 它更多地与它为他们提供的关于他们自己的操作的信息有关,” Poulsen says.
相似地, Mahjoub 指出,Link 收集的数据用途广泛,被机场当局广泛用于许多大型和小型机场, 航空公司, 地勤人员和 GSE 租赁公司.
鉴于对 GSE 的积极影响, 预计将继续对数据收集及其在地面处理作业中的应用进行进一步改进.
“随着我们前进, we’re finding that data that you didn’t expect to have an impact on certain parts of an operation, actually does,” Poulsen says. “That’s the big thing in general – using data in the right way that’s going to be helpful.”
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