UT and Netherlands Defence Academy expand research into smart maintenance

Previous article Next article Using data to predict the best moments to perform maintenance on systems and machines, that is -smart maintenance-. Smart maintenance can drastically reduce maintenance costs and make systems more reliable. In several research projects, the University of Twente and the Netherlands Defence Academy are going to expand their joint smart maintenance research substantially. Prof. Tiedo Tinga, professor at both UT and the Netherlands Defence Academy, explains. -We have been researching this subject for a long time, for application in wind turbines, railways and the manufacturing industry. The focus in the new projects is on the maritime sector in particular, on maintenance in both the navy and merchant shipping. Developing new methods of converting data into usable information should make it possible to predict future breakdowns in ships.