TEMIC: a New Cooperative Platform for Industrial Tele-Maintenance

Since the year 2000, the performances that are obtained from the point of view of the networks processors make it possible to use real distribution applications. Particularly, in remote maintenance domain, the network quality makes it possible to have several expertises readily available. As a result, the quality of maintenance increases as it becomes faster, more reliable and highly efficient. The TEMIC tele-maintenance application connects mobile users (via their PDA terminal) to information systems in order to perform activities in areas such as corrective, preventive and conditional maintenance. The TEMIC tele-maintenance platform is based on a three-level architecture: collection and surveillance, intervention and reporting, diagnosis and collaboration. The use of wireless networks is one of the TEMIC distinctive characteristics, which allows connection between mobile tele-maintenance qualified actors. Another distinction is the design of active and autonomous industrial network devices that are easily and efficiently deployable in an industrial setup