The Future of Operation & Maintenance
Media hype has led us to believe that technology would soon revolutionize maintenance. Dreams of flying robots, video game-like smart glasses, flashing digital twins, often hold the sad promise of getting rid of maintenance people altogether. The reality remains that the more automated, the more sophisticated the systems, the more demands are put on maintenance people and their skills. The problem is compounded when this glorious technology did not address actual needs.
read moreGSN speaks on the benefits of bluebee®
In this video, Mr. Benoît Sassin, Head of Finance at GSN Property Services, spoke about his company’s experience with bluebee® and the benefits obtained.
read moreOld friends reflect on maintenance audits
During the Labor Day holidays, old friends met together, my old colleagues who have been engaged in researching and delivering Asset & Maintenance Management solutions since the late 1990s. They have taken part in many projects in the power, chemical, paper and environmental industries. During our gathering, we talked a lot. I have summarized here the hottest issues.
read moreSiveco & LLVISION jointly release bluebee® for smart glasses with embedded remote support
In 2017, Siveco started working with smart glasses supplier LLVISION at the bluebee® lab in Shanghai, aiming to develop wearable solutions that would make use of the glasses true ergonomic design and edge computing capability, for Operation & Maintenance purposes. This led in early 2019 to the first release of bluebee® for smart glasses, a standard plug-in for the bluebee® maintenance and inspection app, already widely used among Siveco customers. The functionalities are automatically enabled when the mobile phone detects the presence of the glasses. The phone can then be left in the pocket, while the technician conducts its inspection round hands-free. Remote support functions were separately developed by...
read moreSiveco & LLVISION Smart Glasses solution at the Industrial IoT Innovation Summit in Shanghai
On September 5, Siveco and partner Beijing LLVISION Technology attended the Industrial IoT Innovation Summit in Shanghai, an event focused on exploring solutions to advance IoT capabilities and digital transformation.
read moreAnother industrial disaster, another wake-up call for maintenance
An explosion ripped through Chenjiagang Chemical Park in Yancheng, Jiangsu province on March 21, which killed 78 people and seriously injured 79. A few months before, at 0:41 on November 28, 2018, an explosion occurred near Shenghua Chemical in Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province: 23 were killed and another 22 injured.
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