47 min
What is Predictive Maintenance? The Building Technology Podcast
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"What is Predictive Maintenance?"
Guests: Tim Darrah - Intelligent Systems and Rick Bennet - National Facilities Solutions
Tim served 7 years in the U.S. Army as an airborne infantryman and later as an avionics maintenance technician. In 2017, Tim graduated from Tennessee State University with a bachelor’s of science in computer science prior to entering the Ph.D. program at Vanderbilt University. His focus at Vanderbilt is on extending the current state-of-the-art in health management technologies for cyber-physical systems to include system-level prognostics, predictive maintenance, and decision making.
In 2019 he started his company, Intelligent Systems, and has been working with National Facility Solutions to develop their flagship product, Facility Coach, which gives Facility Managers the predictive edge when it comes to maintenance and indoor air quality. In 2020 he was awarded a prestigious NASA Fellowship to support his thesis research and is working towards embedding the technology behind Facility Coach into iPerformance (National Facility Solutions product), so that he can focus on finishing his degree.
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Rick has over 25 years of experience in the HVAC industry as a service technician, supervisor, instructor, designer and Commissioning Engineer. His areas of expertise include high- and low-pressure chillers, large DX systems, DDC controls, pneumatics, hydronics, air makeup, computer room systems, process equipment, steam high and low pressure, and frequency drives.
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0:00 - Intro
10:48 - What is predictive maintenance and how does it work?
13:27 - What are the benefits of predictive maintenance?
19:20 - Are fault detection and predictive maintenance the same thing?
19:46 - Many facility managers have concerns about this being a replacement for their services. What would you tell someone with this concern?
24:10 - What does it look like to implement a solution like this?
30:48 - How do you evaluate a service partner in the predictive maintenance field?
36:56 - Can the time horizon of the notifications be adjusted to meet the needs of your customer?
39:31 - Tim discusses the false positive rate of predictive maintenance programs.
42:16 - Rick discusses the importance of establishing baseline metrics before implementing predictive maintenance program.
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Helpful links on the topic:
IAQ Tools for Schools: Preventive Maintenance Guide
Condition Based Maintenance Plus (DoD Guide Book)
How AI can save money, spare lives, and reduce downtime
NAVSEA’s Condition Based Maintenance Plus (CBM+) Initiative
https://youtu.be/XScmISsB8Ns
"What is Predictive Maintenance?"
Guests: Tim Darrah - Intelligent Systems and Rick Bennet - National Facilities Solutions
Tim served 7 years in the U.S. Army as an airborne infantryman and later as an avionics maintenance technician. In 2017, Tim graduated from Tennessee State University with a bachelor’s of science in computer science prior to entering the Ph.D. program at Vanderbilt University. His focus at Vanderbilt is on extending the current state-of-the-art in health management technologies for cyber-physical systems to include system-level prognostics, predictive maintenance, and decision making.
In 2019 he started his company, Intelligent Systems, and has been working with National Facility Solutions to develop their flagship product, Facility Coach, which gives Facility Managers the predictive edge when it comes to maintenance and indoor air quality. In 2020 he was awarded a prestigious NASA Fellowship to support his thesis research and is working towards embedding the technology behind Facility Coach into iPerformance (National Facility Solutions product), so that he can focus on finishing his degree.
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Rick has over 25 years of experience in the HVAC industry as a service technician, supervisor, instructor, designer and Commissioning Engineer. His areas of expertise include high- and low-pressure chillers, large DX systems, DDC controls, pneumatics, hydronics, air makeup, computer room systems, process equipment, steam high and low pressure, and frequency drives.
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0:00 - Intro
10:48 - What is predictive maintenance and how does it work?
13:27 - What are the benefits of predictive maintenance?
19:20 - Are fault detection and predictive maintenance the same thing?
19:46 - Many facility managers have concerns about this being a replacement for their services. What would you tell someone with this concern?
24:10 - What does it look like to implement a solution like this?
30:48 - How do you evaluate a service partner in the predictive maintenance field?
36:56 - Can the time horizon of the notifications be adjusted to meet the needs of your customer?
39:31 - Tim discusses the false positive rate of predictive maintenance programs.
42:16 - Rick discusses the importance of establishing baseline metrics before implementing predictive maintenance program.
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Helpful links on the topic:
IAQ Tools for Schools: Preventive Maintenance Guide
Condition Based Maintenance Plus (DoD Guide Book)
How AI can save money, spare lives, and reduce downtime
NAVSEA’s Condition Based Maintenance Plus (CBM+) Initiative
https://youtu.be/XScmISsB8Ns
47 min