The Virtual Engineer - Maintenance and Operational Management program for future food packaging

牛奶是一种常见的产品，在英国几乎每个家庭都有。每年有超过130亿升的瓶装水，其中大部分由大型超市购买。Stork是一家设计、制造和维护价值超过一百万英镑的牛奶灌装机的公司。一个单独的故障可能会使奶牛场损失超过5万英镑，其中包括劳动力和维修零件，还包括牛奶产量的损失。该联盟将开发一个原型来分析牛奶灌装机的任何早期故障迹象，以便在预定时间内进行任何必要的维护工作。此外，它将提供要采取的行动的详细建议，并自动订购备件，以便机器可以以最小的麻烦进行维修。

Milk is a common product found in nearly every household in the UK. Over 13 billion litres of it is bottled every year and the majority of it is purchased by the large supermarkets. Stork is a company which designs, manufactures and maintains milk filling machines worth over a million pounds. An individual breakdown can cost dairies over £50,000 which includes labour and parts for repairs but also lost production of milk.This consortium will develop a prototype to analyse the milk filling machines for any early fault signs so that any maintenance work needed can be undertaken during scheduled hours. In addition, it will provide detailed recommendations of actions to be taken and automatically order spare parts so the machines can be repaired with the minimum of fuss.