Classification model for predictive maintenance of small steam sterilisers

With 35,000 small steam sterilisers in the German market, after-sales service and maintenance are critical issues for manufacturers and distributors. At present, preventive maintenance is one of the most commonly-implemented maintenance strategies. However, with an average failure probability of 10%...

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Main Authors: Musabayli, Musagil, Osman, Mohd Hafeez, Dirix, Michael
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Language:English
Published: John Wiley & Sons 2020
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88166/
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Osman, Mohd Hafeez
Dirix, Michael
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description With 35,000 small steam sterilisers in the German market, after-sales service and maintenance are critical issues for manufacturers and distributors. At present, preventive maintenance is one of the most commonly-implemented maintenance strategies. However, with an average failure probability of 10%, ∼3500 autoclaves require unplanned repair per year, causing customers’ business interruptions and increased maintenance costs. From the authors’ observation, a predictive failure detection mechanism is needed to prevent failures and reduce the significant safety risk. Hence, this study proposes a predictive maintenance mechanism for small steam sterilisers. The predictive maintenance mechanism is constructed from classification models that categorised the health condition of two critical components in small steam sterilisers, i.e. a vacuum pump and a steam generator. The classification models were built from multisensory data, obtained from 1000 protocol records of CertoClav Vacuum Pro steam sterilisers. They perform exploratory experiments to find a suitable classification model. This study found that the random forest algorithm performed best in terms of accuracy for both the vacuum pump and steam generator data sets (83.5 and 82.0%, respectively). They also found that the features related to the pre-vacuum stage profoundly influence the condition of the vacuum pump and the steam generator.
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spelling upm-881662022-05-18T03:02:40Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88166/ Classification model for predictive maintenance of small steam sterilisers Musabayli, Musagil Osman, Mohd Hafeez Dirix, Michael With 35,000 small steam sterilisers in the German market, after-sales service and maintenance are critical issues for manufacturers and distributors. At present, preventive maintenance is one of the most commonly-implemented maintenance strategies. However, with an average failure probability of 10%, ∼3500 autoclaves require unplanned repair per year, causing customers’ business interruptions and increased maintenance costs. From the authors’ observation, a predictive failure detection mechanism is needed to prevent failures and reduce the significant safety risk. Hence, this study proposes a predictive maintenance mechanism for small steam sterilisers. The predictive maintenance mechanism is constructed from classification models that categorised the health condition of two critical components in small steam sterilisers, i.e. a vacuum pump and a steam generator. The classification models were built from multisensory data, obtained from 1000 protocol records of CertoClav Vacuum Pro steam sterilisers. They perform exploratory experiments to find a suitable classification model. This study found that the random forest algorithm performed best in terms of accuracy for both the vacuum pump and steam generator data sets (83.5 and 82.0%, respectively). They also found that the features related to the pre-vacuum stage profoundly influence the condition of the vacuum pump and the steam generator. John Wiley & Sons 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88166/1/ABSTRACT.pdf Musabayli, Musagil and Osman, Mohd Hafeez and Dirix, Michael (2020) Classification model for predictive maintenance of small steam sterilisers. IET Collaborative Intelligent Manufacturing, 2 (1). pp. 1-13. ISSN 2516-8398 https://ietresearch.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1049/iet-cim.2019.0029 10.1049/iet-cim.2019.0029
spellingShingle Musabayli, Musagil
Osman, Mohd Hafeez
Dirix, Michael
Classification model for predictive maintenance of small steam sterilisers
title Classification model for predictive maintenance of small steam sterilisers
title_full Classification model for predictive maintenance of small steam sterilisers
title_fullStr Classification model for predictive maintenance of small steam sterilisers
title_full_unstemmed Classification model for predictive maintenance of small steam sterilisers
title_short Classification model for predictive maintenance of small steam sterilisers
title_sort classification model for predictive maintenance of small steam sterilisers
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88166/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88166/1/ABSTRACT.pdf