Autor: Lennart Brumby

This article presents a concept for the visualization of maintenance processes in Industry 4.0 using the reference architecture model Industry 4.0, in short RAMI 4.0. The mirroring of maintenance processes is done by transferring relevant maintenance terms from various standards into maintenance assets and the corresponding management shells. Here, the role of the human being has to be considered and the dynamic behaviour of maintenance processes has to be mapped. In this respect, this concept presents different methods of visualizing these issues.

Standards are becoming more and more important in maintenance, particularly as a result of the changes in Industry 4.0. The vision of Smart Maintenance describes a predictive maintenance which, with the help of digital technologies, ensures the availability of the highly automated systems. The collaboration in maintenance of all actors within the asset life cycle (manufactures, operators, service providers, etc.) depends on agreed standards on technological and organizational aspects. And it’s only with a coordinated asset management that the idea of Industry 4.0 will fly.