Methods and apparatus to generate an asset workscope operation

US10949813B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Vijay John · Sharonville, US
• Gregory Jon Chiaramonte · Sharonville, US
• Mark Banks · Millis, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 10, 2017
• Grant date: Mar 16, 2021
• Expiry date: Jul 7, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F05D2220/32
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to generate workscope tasks. An example apparatus includes a workscope task generator and a workscope task processor. The example workscope task generator is to process an asset health quantifier and a next mission criterion for a target asset according to a workscope transfer function to generate a set of workscope tasks for maintenance of the asset at a desired health state to satisfy the next mission criterion, the workscope tasks involving a location, a resource, and a time for maintenance of the engine. When the generated set of workscope tasks does not satisfy a lifecycle expectation for the asset, the generated set of workscope tasks is modified by the workscope task processor to generate a set of targeted, forecast workscope tasks from the modified set of workscope tasks to trigger maintenance of the engine.