Conditioned-Based Maintenance at USC - Part II:
Implementation of CBM through the Application of Data
Source Integration
Abdel Bayoumi, Nicholas Goodman, Ronak Shah, Les Eisner, Lem Grant,
Jonathan Keller
Condition-Based Maintenance Center
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina
Abstract
The University of South Carolina is currently implementing the procedure presented in the
publication “Integration of Maintenance Management Systems and Health Monitoring
Systems through Historical Data Investigation.” This particular application is attempting to
merge TAMMS-A records with data collected from Intelligent Automation Corporation’s
Vibration Management Unit (VMU), both in use by the South Carolina Army National Guard.
To date, the University has been successful in the development of a single relational database
from which further analysis can be done. Primary linguistic characteristics of TAMMS-A
faults were determined and show a high possibility for successful implementation of natural
language processing. Descriptions of the relational schema used for generic HUMS
importation is also discussed. Future work will focus on the development of the natural
language processor and HUMS metadata tagging. This study concludes possible
improvements in CBM implementation include language standardization by maintenance
crews and open-format data storage for HUMS data.
Presented at the American Helicopter Society Specialists' Meeting on Condition Based Maintenance, Huntsville, AL,
February 12-13, 2008. Copyright © 2008 by the American Helicopter Society International, Inc.
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