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Asset performance management

Multiple pressures drive the need for improved industrial asset productivity, predictability and life

cycles. ABB’s new asset performance management (APM) suite takes advantage of cutting-edge
analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) embedded in the ABB Ability™ Genix Suite to meet these needs.

by Narasimham Parimi, ABB India and Christian Johansson, ABB Sweden

he world of industrial production is journey from individual point solutions to a comprehensive suite of APM solutions is empowered
experiencing significant fluctuation, as by the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), cloud connectivity, “big data” analytics and artificial
Tpopular just-in-time practices prove intelligence (AI) algorithms which help to identify data trends and automatically take actions to
unable to address supply chain challenges maximise asset efficiency and value.
in pandemic-impacted economies. The ABB Ability Genix APM Suite consolidates a portfolio of previous condition monitoring
Furthermore, increasing efforts to lower offerings from ABB into a new, pan-industry, future-proof platform which is agnostic with regards
carbon emissions are affecting every aspect to the original equipment manufacturer (OEM). Genix APM enables users to evolve from reactive
of industrial production. and preventive maintenance to predictive and prescriptive maintenance. Genix APM also allows
Fundamental to improving production users to choose in advance how they want to manage asset life cycles (for instance extend
predictability, meeting sustainability targets maintenance frequencies or calculate replacement schedules). The suite further helps users to
and achieving other strategic outcomes, discover hidden interdependencies which can be harnessed to optimise productivity (Figure 1).
are the production assets themselves. How Genix APM accomplishes this by collecting, contextualising and analysing data from multiple
these assets perform dictate if customer sources, and providing the software tools to perform the most useful asset interactions. The
demand is met, if needed goods such as suite is composed of several modules (Figure 2).
power, food, water and medicine get to
the people who need them, if a production ABB Ability Genix APM Predict
facility continues to be a “going concern” APM Predict is a fully integrated condition monitoring system which gathers data from plant
and if the enterprise itself survives. assets and process equipment and analyses that data through prebuilt asset models which
All these factors make strong asset identify early indicators of asset degradation and track degradation progress. The early
management critical. In today’s fast- recognition and tracking of asset health predictive indicators by APM Predict helps operators
moving, digitalised, non-stop production make the transition from wasteful preventative maintenance activities to an optimised predictive
environment, keeping assets performing, maintenance strategy. It provides near real-time, status-based condition monitoring on the
avoiding unplanned downtime due to asset “edge” of the cloud.
failure and extending asset life as much
as possible, makes APM an important and
essential practice for industrial producers,
power generators, water purifiers and cargo
transporters.
To get the best out of their assets,
owners and operators must not only
perform condition monitoring, but also
attain a complete view of the asset from
performance, maintenance, reliability and
integrity aspects. The parties concerned
also need to develop optimal strategies
which minimise asset failures and maximise
asset life.

ABB Ability Genix APM Suite
Maintenance and reliability practitioners
have long focused on condition monitoring
of assets to make operational and Figure 1: Genix APM – addressing tactical and strategic needs of customers
maintenance decisions. Rapidly changing
market dynamics demand a more
comprehensive, integrated view of asset
performance, integrity and reliability in
order to attain maximum productivity. The Figure 2: ABB Ability Genix APM suite

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