If the care and maintenance of your car seems obvious to you, the same should be true for your fleet of mobile robots.
According to the AFNOR definition, maintenance is“the set of activities aimed at maintaining or restoring an asset in a specified state of operation in order to establish a required function“.
There are several types of maintenance that enable a company to keep its equipment running smoothly:
To avoid any interruption to your business due to a malfunction of your mobile robots, we recommend preventive rather than corrective maintenance.
Unplanned stoppages in your logistics flows are detrimental in terms of output, costs and image. That’s why it’s vital to ensure regular maintenance, and to identify in advance any repairs that may need to be carried out on your mobile robots.
For example, software updates must be anticipated and initiated by the robot manufacturer or integrator, otherwise recurrent malfunctions may occur. Also, wear and tear on certain robot parts, such as wheels, can be identified during preventive maintenance visits. In this case, it is advisable to arrange for technicians to replace these parts.
It is therefore important to remember that the earlier hardware failures are detected, the lower the maintenance costs. This is because interventions can be anticipated, guaranteeing high productivity standards.
The aim is to extend the life cycle of your robots by implementing preventive actions to be defined upstream as part of a maintenance contract.
To define a legal framework for the technical management of your robotic fleet, manufacturers and/or integrators can draw up maintenance contracts.
The maintenance contract can therefore include corrective maintenance actions, such as access to technical support in the event of a malfunction, as well as preventive maintenance actions such as early visits to the customer’s site to diagnose the state of the equipment. This represents an additional cost in your mobile robotics project, which may lead you to weigh up the pros and cons.
Meanwhile can help you in this process, and below you’ll find the real benefits of our maintenance contract:
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