Equipment Maintenance Training Research Articles

MRI log file analysis for workflow improvement

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is an important diagnostic scanning tool for the detection and monitoring of specific diseases and conditions. However, the equipment cost, maintenance and specialty training of the technologists make the examination expensive. Consequently, unnecessary scanner time caused by poor scheduling, repeated sequences, aborted sequences, scanner idleness, or capture of non-diagnostic or low-value sequences is an opportunity to reduce costs and increase efficiency. This paper analyzes data collected from log files on 29 scanners over several years. ‘Wasted’ time is defined and key performance indicators (KPIs) are identified. A decrease in exam duration results when actively modifying and monitoring the number of sequences that comprise the exam card for a protocol.

Optimizing Coal Hauling Operations: A Strategic Plan for Increased Productivity at PT Borneo

The purpose of this research is to determine the key operational variables that impact productivity in PT BORNEO and identify optimal targets to improve productivity. A mixed methodology of qualitative and quantitative approaches, supported by process observation, was used to collect data. The study primarily uses existing quantitative data, but interviews may be conducted to capture constraints in the implementation plan process. GPS data also collected via an API to obtain information about truck movements, which can be divided into various activities to identify cycle time and analyze system performance. The study found that reducing loading time and minimizing random stoppages can significantly improve productivity, with average loading time being the most important factor. Stoppage before rest time and stoppage in loaded condition and at major prayer time had little impact on overall productivity. Future research could investigate the impact of other variables such as equipment maintenance and driver training on productivity.

STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING MAINTENANCE OF LABORATORIES EQUIPMENT FOR EFFECTIVE SERVICE DELIVERY IN UNIVERSITIES IN ABIA STATE

This study focused on strategies for improving maintenance of laboratories equipment in universities in Abia State for effective service delivery. The following objectives guided the study; identify the effective preventive maintenance strategies for improving maintenance of laboratories equipment; identify the effective corrective maintenance strategies for improving the maintenance of laboratories equipment among others. Four research questions guided the study; one null hypothesis tested at 0.05 level of significance using T-test was also adopted. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The population was made up of all technical staff of the institutions which is 245. The sample size was the 245 technical staff which was selected for the study. Instrument for data collection was the questionnaire. Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation and t-test statistics. The findings revealed the following seven (7) preventive maintenance and seven (7) effective corrective maintenance strategies among others Recommendations were proffered based on the findings: Competent laboratory attendants should be employed in order to implement maintenance culture in the institutions. All laboratory attendants should be sent for equipment maintenance training through workshops, seminars and conferences periodically.

Development of Virtual disassembly and assembly platform for marine air compressor

The use of virtual reality technology to assist equipment maintenance and skills training has a broad application prospect, but the existing systems are often lack of sense of reality, over-simplified because it’s difficult to establish the disassembly process model, the lack of 3D interaction design, etc. Taking marine air compressor as an example, this paper analyzes the functional requirements of the virtual disassembly and assembly platform, studies the key technologies of multi-source data integration, 3d modeling with high sense of reality and high complexity disassembly process modeling, uses Maya/Unity3D and other software to realize relevant technologies and functions, and gives the development process of the system. The developed system has been applied in many maritime institutions in China. It has been demonstrated with reference value and application prospect.

Practice in Information Technology Support for Fangcang Shelter Hospital during COVID-19 Epidemic in Wuhan, China

In confronting the sudden epidemic of COVID-19, China and other countries have been under great deal of pressure to block virus transmission and reduce death cases. Fangcang shelter hospital, which is converted from large-scale public venue, is proposed and proven to be an effective way for administering medical care and social isolation. This paper presents the practice in information technology support for a Fangcang shelter hospital in Wuhan, China. The experiences include the deployment strategy of IT infrastructure, the redesign of function modules in the hospital information system (HIS), equipment maintenance and medical staff training. The deployment strategy and HIS modules have ensured smoothness and efficiency of clinical work. The team established a quick response mechanism and adhered to the principle of nosocomial infection control. Deployment of network and modification of HIS was finished in the 48 hours before patient admittance. A repair hotline and remote support for equipment and software were available whenever medical workers met with any questions. No engineer ever entered the contaminated areas and no one was infected by the coronavirus during the hospital operation. Up to now, Fangcang shelter hospital is adopted by many regions around the world facing the collapse of their medical systems. This valuable experience in informatization construction and service in Wuhan may help participators involving in Fangcang shelter hospital get better information technology support, and find more practical interventions to fight the epidemic.

Research on Operation, Repair and Simulation Training Method of Electrical Equipment in Substation Based on Virtual Reality Technology

Virtual reality technology is applied to substation training and a substation training system is established. Based on virtual reality technology, this paper studies the methods of substation electrical equipment operation, maintenance and simulation training. The overall structure of the substation training system is given, and the functions of the substation training system, the system software and hardware environment configuration and the object modeling method are introduced. The research results show that the application of virtual reality technology to construct virtual environment for substation simulation system can greatly improve the realism of substation scene. At the same time, the power system simulation software is connected with the virtual substation to simulate the various operating states of the substation, which brings a technological leap to the substation simulation training work.

An integrated tiered service delivery model (ITSDM) based on local CD4 testing demands can improve turn-around times and save costs whilst ensuring accessible and scalable CD4 services across a national programme.

BackgroundThe South African National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) responded to HIV treatment initiatives with two-tiered CD4 laboratory services in 2004. Increasing programmatic burden, as more patients access anti-retroviral therapy (ART), has demanded extending CD4 services to meet increasing clinical needs. The aim of this study was to review existing services and develop a service-model that integrated laboratory-based and point-of-care testing (POCT), to extend national coverage, improve local turn-around/(TAT) and contain programmatic costs.MethodsNHLS Corporate Data Warehouse CD4 data, from 60–70 laboratories and 4756 referring health facilities was reviewed for referral laboratory workload, respective referring facility volumes and related TAT, from 2009–2012.ResultsAn integrated tiered service delivery model (ITSDM) is proposed. Tier-1/POCT delivers CD4 testing at single health-clinics providing ART in hard-to-reach areas (<5 samples/day). Laboratory-based testing is extended with Tier-2/POC-Hubs (processing ≤30–40 CD4 samples/day), consolidating POCT across 8–10 health-clinics with other HIV-related testing and Tier-3/‘community’ laboratories, serving ≤40 health-clinics, processing ≤150 samples/day. Existing Tier-4/‘regional’ laboratories serve ≤100 facilities and process <350 samples/day; Tier-5 are high-volume ‘metro’/centralized laboratories (>350–1500 tests/day, serving ≥200 health-clinics). Tier-6 provides national support for standardisation, harmonization and quality across the organization.ConclusionThe ITSDM offers improved local TAT by extending CD4 services into rural/remote areas with new Tier-3 or Tier-2/POC-Hub services installed in existing community laboratories, most with developed infrastructure. The advantage of lower laboratory CD4 costs and use of existing infrastructure enables subsidization of delivery of more expensive POC services, into hard-to-reach districts without reasonable access to a local CD4 laboratory. Full ITSDM implementation across 5 service tiers (as opposed to widespread implementation of POC testing to extend service) can facilitate sustainable ‘full service coverage’ across South Africa, and save>than R125 million in HIV/AIDS programmatic costs. ITSDM hierarchical parental-support also assures laboratory/POC management, equipment maintenance, quality control and on-going training between tiers.

Research on Design of Virtual Maintenance Training System for Electronic Equipment

In order to better solving the problem of electronic equipment maintenance training, promoting the level of management and usage to electronic equipment. The design method of virtual maintenance training system for electronic equipment is discussed in this paper based on virtual reality technology. Simulation results show that the system can well implement virtual maintenance training for the electronic equipment, and has certain reference value to develop other relevant system.

Design on General Development Platform for Complex Equipment Maintenance and its Simulation Training

Now, aiming at the equipment maintenance and simulation training system development are based on single model equipment , it leads to a situation that a long development cycle of repair and simulation system and high cost for each type of equipment. Starting from the general mode of equipment’s maintaining and simulation training, research on the general methods of the operation of operation and repair realization of equipment maintaining simulation ,the core technology of equipment maintenance and its simulation training, we need to develop a general development platform for different types of equipment, especially for the complex equipment , to enhance the commonality of equipment maintenance simulation training system , reduce the costs, improve the level of equipment maintenance training and its maintenance support ability.

Research on Radio Maintenance Simulation Training

Equipment maintenance training is one of the most important tasks in peacetime and wartime equipment support. Traditional maintenance training is mainly carried out on real equipment. It is subject to many limited conditions. Virtual maintenance training can be an effective solution to the shortcomings of the actual equipment training, but it also needs to be improved in the aspect of offering intuitive image operation interface for trainees. Maintenance simulation training opens up new ideas for equipment maintenance training. The article studies the advantages and disadvantages of the three maintenance training methods. Specific application of simulation maintenance training in radio maintenance training is given. The article has a certain reference value for maintenance training.

Research on Assessment of Equipment Maintenance Training in Machine &amp; Electric Company

To accumulate human resources and strengthen the core competitiveness in an company, the assessment method of maintenance training effectiveness based on cloud models is provided. This method blends together the subjective and objective information. At the same time, the method integrates the fuzzy and random completely, achieves the mutual conversion of qualitative and quantitative assessment, and deals with the uncertainty of the system assessment indexes effectively. On the other hand, the final results of the assessment can provide explicit improvement suggestions to ensure the continuous improvement of the training. Combined with an example, the method is validated finally.

Design and Implementation of Virtual Maintenance Training System Based on Ngrain Aviation Equipment

Virtual maintenance training is playing a more and more important role in aircraft equipment maintenance training. But there are usually some questions such as long period and high cost in the process of virtual maintenance development. It is an effective method to solve above problems by Ngrain during the process of virtual maintenance development. This paper introduces the process of virtual maintenance application development based on Ngrain, and analyses advantages of the software in development. In the end, this paper discusses the key technology and evaluates the method by a case of aircraft virtual maintenance software development.

INTEGRATING YOUR RESPONSE ORGANIZATION INTO EVERYDAY SUPPORT ACTIVITIES – MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK

ABSTRACT In the mid 1990'S, Alaska Clean Seas transformed from a typical oil spill response organization into an organization more involved with day to day operations in member company fields. A typical oil spill response organization is a fire house type organization with a warehouse and personnel which maintain equipment and provide spill response training. Today, ACS personnel are assigned to member company fields and provide other services such as hazardous waste handling, air opacity readings, small spill response services, environmental field sampling, environmental management program maintenance, and environmental inspections. This is combined with the spill response equipment maintenance and spill response team training. The services provided are outline in a Customer Service Agreement which is signed with each operating area. It outlines the services the ACS technicians will provide, which training is provided by ACS, and which training is provided by the member company. The financial obligations are outlined in the Cost Sharing Principles. These principles indicate which services are considered allocated in the normal ACS budget and which services are direct billed back to the member company operating areas. In general, response equipment maintenance and spill response training are allocated services with the remaining being direct billed. The benefits to this type of arrangement are many. The member companies obtain services for every day type activities and build up a better working relationship with the response organization. The spill organization members become acquainted with member company personnel and resources. They also become familiar with the area and with other contract services in the area. During a spill event, this knowledge increases the efficiency of the response and increases the trust between the member company and spill response organization. Also, on day to day spill responses, the spill response organization personnel work hand and hand with regulatory agencies which builds up the trust and familiarization for bigger events. With this arrangement, ACS is also able to sustain a higher number of qualified personnel. This improves ACS'S capability during a spill event and assists the member companies with a higher quality of spill response services. This paper provides information on methods that an Oil Spill Removal Organization (OSRO) can become more involved in member company daily activities for the benefit of both the member company and the OSRO.

Intelligent training systems in industrial environments: Approach and solutions to high risk task training

This paper reports objectives and results of a research project to develop an intelligent tutoring system for an industrial application. The Electrical Equipment Maintenance Training (EEMT) system focuses on recurrent training of technical personnel employed in the maintenance of electrical devices, the target being to sensitize experienced technicians to safety problems. The main features of the EEMT system are presented: the simulator to evaluate the degree of danger, the didactician able to match trainee needs, the diagnosis of the trainee errors, and the human-computer interface based on the artificial reality paradigm.

Simulation in Navy Training: The Cost Effectiveness of the Simulator Component

The use of simulators in Navy training has not been maximized. To a large extent this is because we have not always been able to answer questions concerning their cost effectiveness, nor have we properly integrated them into the training system. The recent introduction of Instructional Systems Development (ISD) methods has provided a tool for correcting the situation. An example of the use of the ISD tool can be found in the developmental proposal for the Class “A” Electronic Equipment Maintenance Training System. “Spin-offs” from the successful development of this system will eventually lead to breakthroughs in our traditional methods of conducting training.

Simulated Maintenance Training

Maintenance training exercises a number of specific individual skills. The ability of the computer to assist in problem solving and stimulate the student by simulation permits practice, thus allowing proficiency to be achieved. The application of the computer for purposes of practical equipment maintenance training requires development of different rules than those required for operational, theoretical or basic instruction. This paper describes how parameters are defined, transformed and weighted, and how the resultant training tasks configured a Training Computer Exerciser. The criteria for hands-on practical exercises are determined and applied to the computer/equipment configuration by priority. Training equipment versus on the job training is traded off by examining related costs, criticality, availability, safety, MTBF and MTTR.