Development and implementation of smart maintenance activities for machine tools

Analyzing and revising current machine tools with regard to their maintenance-friendliness, servicing and inspection activities leads to a split-up between production and maintenance responsibilities. The illustrated algorithm allows for the identification of collateral components which require replacing when adjoining components are replaced even though their own service life is not yet exceeded. A modularization approach was elaborated for the application of this method reducing the design of a machine tool to maintenance-relevant parameters. The respective routines were programmed in a software environment for an easy and quick implementation and launched for an exemplary machine tool.