Within maintool it´s possible to establish several hierarchic structures. The mainly used lists therefore are:
- Component Address Group (e.g. place of business)
- Component Address (e.g. plant, facility and/or part of plant, facility)
- Mounting Position (e.g. Mounting Position of a Component or device)
- Vehicle
- Technical Component (e.g. assembly unit or Part/Equipment)
Note:
- Setup of a new equipment structure in maintool follows the above mentioned succession
- The „Item“ is not part of maintool and therefore not shown as an element of the Equipment Structure.
What is a Component Address Group?
The Component Address Group defines the way of looking at the Equipment structure.
It a new Equipment Structure for a facility should be created, the Component Address Group could be named e.g. (Code and Description):
- PLT ➝ Plant
The Component Address Group is also used to markup Differences when creating Parallel Structures, as maintool supports the option, to extend the created “Plant”-Structure by one or more Structures, that finally end up at the same Mounting positions and Technical Components.
Parallel Structures can be linked with Mounting Positions.
Simple Structure Example - Plant
Following Example shows a common Setup of a simple Plant Structure.
It includes:
- Plant 1
- Machine 1 of Plant 1
- Part 1 of Machine 1
- Mounting position “Pump”
- Pump 4711, mounted at Mounting position “Pump”
Parallel Structure Example extended by „Building“
Following Example shows a Parallel Structure extended by “Building”.
It includes:
- Inside of Building 1, there is
- Hall 1,
- With Mounting Position „Pump“
- Where Pump „4711“ is assembled.
Note:
For this Example, two Component Address Groups were created:
- PLANT
- BUILDING
What is a Component Address?
A Component Address is used to create an Equipment Structure where 8 Levels of Component Addresses below each other can be setup. Within each Level an unlimited number of Component Addresses can be created side by side.
Component Addresses are linked to each other with the fields „Component Address Group“ (highest Level) and „Component Address from“ (for the 7 following levels).
To show the Equipment Structure within the Equipment Information Center it´s required, to have created at least one Component Address.
What is a Mounting Position?
The Mounting Position can be defined as the place, where one or more Technical Components are physically assembled.
A Mounting Position can be linked to several Component Addresses, wheras each Component Address has to belong to a different Component Address Group.
Mounting Position „Pump“ is linked to two different Component Addresses who themselves belong to two different Component Address Groups.
Linking is performed by filling a Table due to possible 1 to n relations.
What is a Vehicle?
maintool supports Setup and Administration of any kind of Vehicles.
What is a Technical Component?
The Technical Component is the physically assembled technical Object, e.g. a Pump or an electrical Motor.
A Technical Component can also be called Machine, Equipment, Module or Component Part, depending on the definition of terms.
The Technical Component supports logging to a technical resume, this means assembly and disassembly of Technical Components are documented.
Technical Components can be linked to a Mounting Position or a Technical Component or a Vehicle.
Technical Components are used to extend the Equipment Structure, where also 8 Levels of Technical Component below each other can be setup. Within each Level an unlimited number of Technical Components can be created side by side.
This means, the Pump can be divided into more detailed Technical Components. Hierarchy of Technical Components is defined with the field „Component from”.
A Parts List can be filed to the Technical Component, where Masterdata Items can be added, specifying the amount of items required.
What is an Item?
Items can be spare parts, wear parts, materials and supplies. They are added and administrated within the Microsoft Dynamics Basic Application. The Item is no constituent part of maintool and not shown as an element of the Equipment Structure.
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