JP2001249717A - Remote control center and wide area facility maintenance control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize the unitary control of the facility maintenance information of each user, and to establish an integral facility maintenance plan from wide area facility maintenance information. SOLUTION: This remote control center is provided with an information unitary controlling means for collecting individual facility maintenance information including the failure history of facility equipment in a plant within the control range of each user through a network 1 and for realizing the unitary control of the information, an integral facility maintenance plan preparing means 26 for preparing an integral facility maintenance plan based on the collected individual facility maintenance information of plural users, and an integral facility maintenance plan information distributing means 27 for distributing the prepared integral facility maintenance plan information to each user as service information for an individual facility maintenance plan to be planned by each user.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a remote management center and a wide-area facility maintenance management system used for facility maintenance management of various plants such as water and sewage plants.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional equipment maintenance management system includes an equipment maintenance management device 51 for creating operation states and equipment maintenance plans of equipment in each plant for each of users A, B,.
Is installed. For example, in the equipment maintenance management device 51 of the user A as shown in FIG. 11, the equipment maintenance information is applied to the equipment of the plant which is within the jurisdiction of the user A, for example, the plant A to the plant C. To manage.

The equipment maintenance management device 51 is, specifically, a failure history creating means 52 for creating a failure history which is an operation state of the target equipment related to the A to C stations within the jurisdiction range, and within the jurisdiction range. An equipment maintenance plan creating means 53 for creating equipment maintenance plan information of the plants A to C is provided, and the equipment maintenance information created by each creating means 52, 53 is stored in a database 54 and managed. I have.

Therefore, in this equipment maintenance management system,
Equipment maintenance management work represented by equipment maintenance planning work is managed based on information within the jurisdiction of each user A and B as shown in FIG.

[0005]

By the way, in the above facility maintenance planning work, deterioration of plant equipment and the like are predicted in advance, and a failure in plant operation or a decrease in production efficiency is suppressed as much as possible. From the viewpoint of, for example, improving production efficiency, maintenance plans such as renewal, improvement, repair, and replacement are drafted, and the plans are implemented at appropriate times. These renewals, improvements, repairs, and replacements are based on the definition of terms defined in the Sewerage Law, and renewal means, for example, the rebuilding or replacement of a "target facility" that has reached a "standard service life." The term "improvement" means, for example, the rebuilding or replacement of a "target facility" that has not reached the "standard service life", and "repair" means, for example, replacement of a part of the "target facility". . This facility includes some equipment of the plant.

[0006] By the way, various information is required for equipment maintenance planning work such as updating, improvement, repair, and replacement as described above, but as described above, only management of plant equipment within its own jurisdiction is required. Therefore, there is a problem that not only the amount of information is small, but also it is not possible to prepare an appropriate equipment maintenance plan because effective information cannot be obtained.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a remote management center that centrally manages equipment maintenance information of a plant controlled by a plurality of users and provides a service of information required by each user. It is in.

Another object of the present invention is to periodically collect equipment maintenance information managed by each user, create wide-area equipment maintenance information, and distribute it to each user, which is effective for, for example, equipment maintenance planning work. And to provide a wide-area equipment maintenance management system that can be used for mobile phones.

[0009]

Means for Solving the Problems (1) In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a remote management center according to the present invention transmits individual equipment maintenance information including a failure history relating to equipment of a plant within a jurisdiction of each user to a network. Information management system that collects and centrally manages information via the network, manages the failure history information of plant equipment and equipment from these individual equipment maintenance information, and collects the failure information of plant equipment and equipment sent from each user. Failure history management means for registering the relevant individual equipment maintenance information and distributing the failure information to a user other than the user who manages the plant having the failed equipment, and for promoting maintenance management of the same or similar equipment; It is a configuration provided with.

[0010] According to the present invention, when a failure occurs in a facility device of a plant to which a certain user has control, the failure information is transmitted from the user to a remote management center. The center registers the failure information of the plant equipment in the individual equipment maintenance information of the corresponding user, and distributes the failure information to other users other than the user who manages the plant having the failure equipment, so that the center Then, by performing preventive maintenance of similar equipment based on the failure information, the failure occurrence rate can be significantly reduced.

(2) The remote management center according to the present invention collects, via a network, individual equipment maintenance information including a failure history relating to equipment of a plant within a jurisdiction of each user via a network, and integrally manages the information. An integrated facility maintenance plan creating means for creating an integrated facility maintenance plan based on the collected individual facility maintenance information of a plurality of users, and an integrated facility maintenance plan information created by the creating means. An integrated facility maintenance plan information distribution means for delivering to each user as service information for the facility maintenance plan.

According to the present invention, an integrated equipment maintenance plan is created from individual equipment maintenance information of all users and distributed to each user by employing the above-described configuration. A maintenance plan can be prepared, and the remote management center can also perform equipment maintenance management work for each user.

(3) In the wide area equipment maintenance management system according to the present invention, the equipment maintenance management device of each user is connected to a remote management center via a network, and the equipment maintenance management device of each user is controlled by each user. Failure history creating means for creating a failure history of equipment in a plant within a range, and a maintenance plan for creating an individual equipment maintenance plan based on integrated equipment maintenance information described later distributed from the remote management center via the network. Creation means, wherein the remote management center collects individual equipment maintenance information including a failure history of equipment in a plant within the jurisdiction of each user via a network, and centrally manages the information. Integrated equipment maintenance plan creation for creating the integrated equipment maintenance plan based on the collected individual equipment maintenance information of a plurality of users And an integrated facility maintenance plan information distribution means for distributing the integrated facility maintenance plan information created by the creation means to each user as service information for the individual facility maintenance plan prepared by each user. It is.

According to the present invention, with the above-described configuration, the equipment maintenance management device of each user creates a failure history of the equipment of the plant within each user's jurisdiction, and distributes the failure history from the remote management center. A highly reliable individual equipment maintenance plan can be created based on incoming integrated equipment maintenance information.
In addition, the remote management center can collect individual equipment maintenance information, including the failure history of equipment at plants within the jurisdiction of each user, via the network and centrally manage it.
In addition, since an integrated facility maintenance plan is created based on the individual facility maintenance information of multiple users and distributed to each user, a highly reliable integrated facility maintenance plan can be created, and the facility maintenance management work for each user can be performed. It is possible and it is possible to appropriately perform the role assignment processing.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a wide-area equipment maintenance management system using a remote management center according to the present invention.

In this system, a plurality of users A, B,... And a remote management center 2 are connected to a network 1.

The network 1 generally uses the Internet, but may be, for example, an intranet or a dedicated line.

Each of the users A, B,... Has its own equipment maintenance management device 11 as in the prior art, and each user's equipment maintenance management device 11 has a Are the equipment to be managed.

Each facility maintenance management device 11 includes a failure history creating means 13 for creating a failure history file 12 as shown in FIG. 2, for example, as shown in FIG. An equipment maintenance plan creating means 15 for creating an equipment maintenance plan file 14 as shown in FIG. 3, for example, of the plant is provided, and the individual equipment maintenance information created by the creating means 13 and 15 is stored in an individual equipment maintenance information database 16 respectively. It is configured to be saved and managed. Conventionally, the format of the failure history file 12 and the facility maintenance plan file 14 may be different for each user. However, in this system, the files 12, 14 in a unified format as shown in FIGS. Create

The failure history file 12 is shown in FIG.
As shown in (b), information such as a user name, equipment classification, use, series, and unit number is described on the upper side of the screen, and information on one column of plant equipment is described on the lower side of the screen.
As shown in FIG. 6, the history treatment status and the like regarding the failure of each device are described. Therefore, after the screen shown in FIG. 2A is displayed, if a specific device is clicked from the device column, the history treatment status relating to the clicked device failure shown in FIG. 3B is displayed.

The equipment maintenance plan file 14 is provided with a user name, a device name, and a maintenance item registration type {renovation (update, improvement), repair, and inspection} buttons on the upper side of the screen. If you click on, a detailed screen of the relevant type is displayed, for example, as shown in the lower part of the screen. Therefore, the equipment maintenance management device 11 of each user stores and manages the above-described series of information in the database 16.

The remote management center 2 has a case of realizing a failure history management function as shown in FIG. 4 and a case of realizing a facility maintenance planning function as shown in FIG.

The remote management center 2 shown in FIG.
In the case where each user is a WWW server, a browser is installed, and the facility maintenance information stored in the database 16 of the facility maintenance management device 11 of each user is fetched via the communication control means 21 and temporarily stored in the buffer memory. 22 is stored and displayed, or when each user is not a WWW server, each user is designated periodically or based on an operator's readout instruction and similarly stored in the database 16 via the communication control means 21. Centralized information for taking in information, storing it in the buffer memory 21 in the same manner, displaying and editing the equipment maintenance information stored in the buffer memory 22 as necessary, and storing and managing it in the wide area equipment maintenance information database 23. The management unit 24 fetches information on the failure of the plant equipment randomly sent from each user, and While registered in the user of the failure history file, information about the failure of the plant equipment, and the failure history management unit 25 to be delivered to the user side other than the user to manage the plant with a fault equipment is provided.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4, the remote management center 2 shown in FIG. 5 collects these data in addition to the communication control means 21, the buffer memory 22, the wide area equipment maintenance information database 23 and the information central management means 24. Integrated equipment maintenance plan creating means 26 for creating an integrated equipment maintenance plan based on individual equipment maintenance information of a plurality of users, and individual equipment maintenance plans for each user to create the integrated equipment maintenance plan information created by the creating means 26 Facility maintenance plan information distribution means 27 for distributing to each user as service information for
Is provided.

Next, the operation of the above system will be described.

(1) Regarding the system shown in FIG.

The remote management center 2 executes the centralized information management means 24 periodically or based on an operator's instruction, and stores a failure history file 12 relating to equipment of a plant within the jurisdiction of each user A, B,. The facility maintenance information such as the plan file 14 is fetched on the basis of a browser or a user's designation, edited or the like as needed, and stored and managed in the wide area facility maintenance information database 23.
At this time, if the equipment maintenance plan file 14 or the like has not been created, only the failure history file 12 is fetched and stored in the database 23 for management.

In the above state, the user, for example, C
When a failure occurs in the plant equipment managed by
1) After the user C registers the information on the failed device in the failure history file 12 of the equipment maintenance information database 16 of the user C (S2), the user C remotely manages the failure content information of the device including the user name, classification, classification, and the like. The data is transmitted to the center 2 (S3).

Here, the failure history management means 25 of the remote management center 2 determines that a failure has occurred from the failure content information transmitted from the user C as shown in FIG. 6 (S4).
Based on the failure content information, a failure history file with the corresponding user name in the wide area facility maintenance information database 23 is searched (S5), and failure content information is sequentially registered at the corresponding location in the failure history file (S6). Thereafter, the failure content information is sequentially delivered to users other than the user C (S7).

Therefore, according to the embodiment of the system as shown in FIG. 4, when a failure occurs in equipment within a certain user's jurisdiction, the remote management center 2 side displays the contents of the failure sent from the user side. Since the failure is confirmed from the information and registered in the failure history file of the corresponding user name in the wide area equipment maintenance information database 23, the failure can be quickly confirmed on the remote management center 2 side, and searched and registered in the corresponding failure history file. The failure information of each user can be managed collectively. In addition, after confirming the failure from the user side, the failure content information is sequentially delivered to users other than the user concerned, so that other users can ensure thorough preventive maintenance for similar equipment, and a similar failure occurrence rate Can be greatly reduced.

(2) Regarding the system shown in FIG.

The remote management center 2 executes the centralized information management means 24 periodically or based on an instruction from the operator, and stores the failure history file 12 relating to the equipment of the plant within the jurisdiction of each user A, B,. The facility maintenance information such as the plan file 14 is fetched on the basis of a browser or a user's designation, edited or the like as needed, and stored and managed in the wide area facility maintenance information database 23.
At this time, if the equipment maintenance plan file 14 or the like has not been created, only the failure history file 12 is fetched and stored in the database 23 for management.

In this state, when preparing an integrated facility maintenance plan, the integrated facility maintenance plan creating means 26 is executed in response to an instruction from the operator. The integrated facility maintenance plan creating means 26 drafts a facility maintenance plan based on facility maintenance information from each user stored in the wide area facility maintenance information database 23. Here, the draft of the equipment maintenance plan is
For example, create a column for failure of each device of each user plant, create a column for repair of a plurality of users, or provide a column for information that is easy for each user to make a facility maintenance plan, such as remodeling and repair. It is created and stored in the wide area facility maintenance information database 23.

After preparing the equipment maintenance plan, the distribution means 27 stores the integrated equipment maintenance plan information stored in the wide area equipment maintenance information database 23 or the integrated equipment maintenance plan information created by the integrated equipment maintenance plan creation means 26 to each user. Distribute sequentially.

Therefore, according to the above-described embodiment, a facility maintenance plan can be drafted from a wide-area viewpoint using facility maintenance information within the scope of each user, and a more reliable facility maintenance management operation can be performed. Can be performed. Further, it is also possible for the remote management center 2 to perform the equipment maintenance management work conventionally performed by each user.

In addition, the present invention can be variously modified and implemented without departing from the gist thereof.

For example, when a failure has occurred in a facility device by each user, the failure content information is transmitted to the remote management center 2 after being registered in its own database 16. The remote control center 2 may transmit the file itself to the remote management center 2, and the remote management center 2 may confirm the failure from the file.

[0039]

As described above, according to the present invention, equipment maintenance information of each user is centrally managed, and when equipment equipment within a certain user's jurisdiction fails, failure content information is sequentially delivered to other users. Preventive maintenance for equipment failure by each user can be appropriately performed, which can greatly contribute to reduction of equipment failure.

Further, if the equipment maintenance information of each user is centrally managed, an integrated equipment maintenance plan is made from these wide area equipment maintenance information, and provided to each user, a more reliable individual equipment maintenance plan is made. I can do it.

Further, if the remote management center performs the equipment maintenance management work on behalf, the burden of each user on the work can be greatly reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a wide-area equipment maintenance management system using a remote management center according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a failure history file screen.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an equipment maintenance plan file screen.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram illustrating an embodiment of a remote management center according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram illustrating another embodiment of the remote management center according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a view for explaining the operation procedure of the system shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram of a conventional system.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a facility maintenance plan for a plant within a jurisdiction is drafted for each user.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Network 2 ... Remote management center 11 ... Equipment maintenance management apparatus 13 ... Failure history creation means 15 ... Equipment maintenance plan creation means 16 ... Equipment maintenance information database 20 ... Wide area equipment maintenance management apparatus 23 ... Wide area equipment maintenance information database 24 ... Integrated information management means 25 ... Failure history management means 26 ... Integrated equipment maintenance plan creation means 27 ... Distribution means

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An information centralized management means for collecting individual equipment maintenance information including a failure history regarding equipment of a plant within a jurisdiction of each user via a network and centrally managing the information, and a plant from the individual equipment maintenance information. Manages the failure history information of the equipment and registers the failure information of the plant equipment sent from each user in the corresponding individual equipment maintenance information, and manages the failure information with the plant that has the failure equipment A failure history management means for distributing to a user other than the user performing the maintenance and for promoting the maintenance management of the same or similar equipment. 2. An integrated information management means for collecting individual equipment maintenance information including a failure history regarding equipment of a plant within a jurisdiction of each user via a network, and integrally managing the information, and individual equipment of a plurality of collected users. An integrated facility maintenance plan creating means for creating an integrated facility maintenance plan based on the maintenance information, and the integrated facility maintenance plan information created by the creating means are used as service information for an individual facility maintenance plan created by each user. A remote management center, comprising: integrated facility maintenance plan information delivery means for delivering to a user. 3. The equipment maintenance management device of each user is connected to the remote management center via a network, and the equipment maintenance management device of each user generates a failure history of equipment of a plant within a range of each user. Creating means, and maintenance plan creating means for creating an individual equipment maintenance plan based on integrated equipment maintenance information described below, which is distributed from the remote management center via the network, Information centralized management means that collects individual equipment maintenance information including a failure history of equipment in a plant within a user's jurisdiction via a network and centrally manages the information, and based on these collected individual equipment maintenance information of a plurality of users, An integrated facility maintenance plan creating means for creating an integrated facility maintenance plan, and an integrated facility maintenance plan created by the creating means Regional equipment maintenance management system characterized by having a multi-address, and integrated equipment maintenance planning information distribution means for distributing to each user as a service information for the individual equipment maintenance plan by each user to plan.