Objective The aim of this project is the enhancement of the on plant machinery set up, maintenance and fault identification in the end user factories by bringing the supplier knowledge and know how to the end user through remote on line multimedia assistance. The core of the project is the integration of the information technologies, namely expert multimedia, expert hypertext and remote on line communication. The improper set up, the lack of maintenance and inefficient fault identification are among the most important causes which produce machine stops which in turn decrease the plant productivity. A preliminary study on the industrial savings using the Remote on Line Multimedia Assistance shows that the machinery setup manpower in the end user can be reduced around a 30%, that the recovery of lost production due to shorter the repair time and increase of production could be 1,6% of the total production and that the savings in travel costs and spare part costs can be reduced to 25% and 10%, respectively. The principal goals of this project are: The integration of multiple sources of information based on the conjunction of knowledge base systems and multimedia in order to achieve a high degree of flexibility for a suitable customization of set up, maintenance and diagnosis problem. The study of three applications (hosiery, plastic injection and textile finishing) A friendly man machine interface to facilitate operator training and information retrieval (i.e. blueprints, lay outs, catalogues,...) and maintenance scheduling. The possibility of the manufacturer to perform remote on line diagnostic and programme updating thus reducing intervention time and cost. All the above objectives will account for an increase of productivity because all necessary data integrated with manufacturer knowledge and on line technical help will be systematically available at plant level thus ensuring faster and more reliable response by the operator and consequently a reduction of machine down time. Fields of science engineering and technologymaterials engineeringtextilessocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economicsproductivity Programme(s) FP4-BRITE/EURAM 3 - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of industrial and materials technologies, 1994-1998 Topic(s) 0101 - Incorporation of new technologies into production systems Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator MANUFACTURAS ANTONIO GASSOL S.A. EU contribution No data Address 68-70,Diputació 68-70 08015 BARCELONA Spain See on map Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all COGNIVISION RESEARCH SL Spain EU contribution No data Address 93,Valencia 93 08029 BARCELONA See on map Total cost No data Construcciones Mecanicas Mares SA Spain EU contribution No data Address 14,C/ Quimica 08110 Montcada I Reixac See on map Total cost No data Fitlene - Texteis Artificiais Lda. Portugal EU contribution No data Address 4761 V.N. Famalicao See on map Total cost No data Officine Meccaniche Riva Srl Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Vignola 7 22048 Oggiono See on map Total cost No data Peguform Ibérica S.A. Spain EU contribution No data Address KM 2,Carretera B-142 a Sentmenat 08213 Polinya See on map Total cost No data
