Collaborative Research - Predictive Infotronics Agent for Integrated Product Life Cycle Support

这个合作项目将威斯康星-密尔沃基大学和密歇根大学的智能维护系统(IMS)工业/大学合作研究中心(I/UCRC)与柏林工业大学联合起来，研究“用于集成产品生命周期支持的预测性信息代理”。I/UCRC正在开发基于状态的维护，它感知和评估设备的当前状态，以便预测性能和避免可能的停机。柏林理工大学正在开发一个生命周期单元，该单元使用生命周期数据设计生命周期板，该板集成了传感器和数据处理，以启动补救行动以防止故障。基于状态的维护方法既需要功率，也需要显著的计算能力。生命周期单元方法更针对设备，计算与传感器一起封装，通常只需要较低的功率。该项目的目标是让两所大学共同努力，将这两种方法的有益方面合并为一个更多功能的系统。

This collaborative project brings together the Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) for Intelligent Maintenance Systems (IMS) involving the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the University of Michigan with the Technical University Berlin to study "Predictive Infotronics Agent for Integrated Product Life Cycle Support".The I/UCRC is developing condition-based maintenance, which senses and assesses the current state of the equipment in order to predict performance and avoid possible downtime. The Technical University Berlin is developing a life cycle unit, which used life cycle data to design a life cycle board, which integrates sensors and data processing to actuate remedial actions to prevent failure. The condition based maintenance approach requires both power and significant computing capability. The life cycle unit approach is more equipment specific and the computing is encapsulated along with the sensor generally requiring only low power. The project goal is for the universities to work together to merge the beneficial aspects of both approaches into a single more versatile system.