Equipment at Functional Locations 

Definition

If you have structured your technical system using functional locations, then you have simultaneously specified the possible installation locations for the pieces of equipment you have defined.

Pieces of equipment can be installed at different functional locations in the course of their useful life. It is also possible that this useful life contains periods when they are not installed or when they are in stock.

Use

The individual equipment usage periods are documented by the system. For each piece of equipment it creates a usage list in which it makes an entry for every equipment usage period. This list forms part of the equipment history.

You can create the link between the piece of equipment and the functional location (the equipment installation or dismantling) in the object master record.

If you have structured your technical operation system not only using functional locations and pieces of equipment, but also equipment hierarchies, you must make sure that you can only install the uppermost superior equipment at a functional location.

Structure

The installation/dismantling of equipment is performed either from the functional location master record, or from the equipment master record.

Installing/Dismantling Equipment from the Functional Location Mater Record:

Function

Use

Example

Installation

No pieces of equipment are installed at the functional location. You want to install one or more pieces of equipment there.

Part of the system which is under construction is equipped with pieces of equipment.

Dismantling

One or more pieces of equipment are installed at the functional location. You want to dismantle one or more of these.

Damage has occurred and one or more pieces of equipment are affected.

Replacement

One or more pieces of equipment are installed at the functional location. You want to dismantle one or more of these and install one or more other pieces of equipment in their place.

Damage has occurred and you replace the pieces of equipment to ensure that the system is operational again as quickly as possible.

 

In certain circumstances you cannot install or dismantle pieces of equipment, for example, when the equipment category does not allow it. If this is the case, the system provides dismantling information in the list for the pieces of equipment installed at the functional location. This information is explained in Plant Maintenance (PM) online help.

 

Installing/Dismantling Equipment from the Equipment Master Record

Function

Use

Example

Installation

The piece of equipment is not installed at a functional location. You want to install it.

A new piece of equipment, to be used for the first time, must be installed.

Dismantling

The piece of equipment is installed at a functional location. You want to dismantle it.

Damage has occurred and the piece of equipment cannot be repaired at its location.

Replacement

The piece of equipment is installed at a functional location. You want to dismantle it and immediately install it at a different functional location.

The piece of equipment is installed in part of the system which is shutdown at the moment, and therefore, has to be moved to another functional location.

 

To display a whole system consisting of functional locations, pieces of equipment and sub-equipment, see Representing the Structure of a Whole System.