Products4Automation has
launched ‘PILOT Maintain’,
the latest module in its Felten
PILOT MES platform. The module
makes it possible to plan preventative
maintenance for all devices, systems
and machines relevant for the
production process, and to carry out
the plan in a targeted manner.

The module provides information
about planned, upcoming and
recurring maintenance and
inspection activities.Maintenance
intervals can be set by time,
production volume or machine
runtime. The overall results of
maintenance and repair work are
documented for later analysis. It is
possible to define threshold values: If
the values are exceeded, a warning
message is automatically sent to
specified persons, or the machine or
system areas can be sealed.

The module provides high level
MES integration based on versatile
interfaces to the other modules in
the PILOT MES platform. It enables
control of repair and maintenance
work via a Web system or PDA,
providing automatic notification of
maintenance or repair intervals.