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Purpose

You use this component in Plant Maintenance (PM) or Customer Service (CS) to enter measurement and counter readings for technical objects. This can be of use in the following situations:

Documenting the condition of a particular object is of great importance in cases where detailed records regarding the correct condition have to be kept for legal reasons. This could involve critical values recorded for environmental protection purposes, hazardous working areas that are monitored for health and safety reasons, the condition of equipment in hospitals (intensive care units), as well as measurements of emissions and pollution for objects of all types.

Condition and counter-based maintenance tasks are forms of preventive maintenance. Generally, these tasks should reduce the number of breakdowns for your objects.

In the case of counter-based maintenance, maintenance activities are always performed when the counter of the technical object has reached a particular counter reading, for example, every 100 operating hours.

In the case of condition-based maintenance, maintenance activities are always performed when the measuring point of a technical object has reached a particular state, for example, every time a brake pad has been worn away to the minimum thickness permitted.

Integration

This component is composed as follows:

The PM-PCS Interface is an interface between the R/3 System and external systems, such as a Process Control System (PCS).

When transferring data, you can use a SCADA System (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System) which filters the data from the process control system and only transfers the data that is actually relevant to the R/3 System.

Overview of all Elements of the Component Measuring Points and Counters

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For more information on the maintenance planning functions in the R/3 System (for example, creating a maintenance plan, scheduling) see Maintenance Planning.

Features

Within the R/3 components PM and CS, the component Measuring Points and Counters is divided into:

 

 

 

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