ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses how the availability and reliability of production machinery installed at the Duisburg Compressor Factory of Siemens AG, in Germany, can be improved by the integration of the Production harmonizEd Reconfiguration of Flexible Robots and Machinery (PERFoRM) Middleware on the one hand, and by implementing PERFoRM-compliant tools, on the other. It summarizes the innovation work realized to respond to two major industrial requirements defined for this use case: (1) Raised machine availability through improved condition knowledge and maintenance activities and (2) better planning and scheduling of necessary downtimes of machinery for maintenance in order to reduce negative impacts on production figures (e.g., completion dates, downtimes, or schedule deviations).
