In 2016, LokoTech GC announced a competition for a solution that would predict locomotive malfunctions and equipment failures between scheduled repairs. The winner was Russian company Clover Group that presented an operable prototype and proved that it could predict equipment breakdowns with the help of big data.
"The task was not easy to solve. We managed to create a mechanism of anomalies detection in the machine behavior and built physical models of locomotive units to explain the nature of their occurrence. To achieve real economic efficiency, we need to arrange the integration with enterprise resource planning systems, which allowed for distributing spare parts and additional works before the locomotive arrived for repair," noted Alexey Belinsky. "Today, thanks to the implementation of the Ctrl@Maintenance solution, we have managed to reduce the unproductive downtime of locomotives to 22%. If the rest of the group's developments are comprehensively integrated into the processes, we will be able to reduce the downtime of locomotives connected with repairs fourfold".
Now the project is being implemented at LokoTech Group of Companies and provides "smart servicing" for almost a third of the entire Russian Railways locomotive stock (7.5 thousand locomotive sections) in 59 depots.
Alexey Belinsky particularly emphasized that the decisions of the Ctrl2GO Group of companies have export potential and can be applied for machines and equipment in various industries.
Oleg Bocharov, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Viktor Vekselberg, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Skolkovo Foundation and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Renova SC, Vladimir Dmitriev, General Director of Kalashnikov Concern JSC, Vladimir Potanin, President and Chairman of the Board of PJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel, Yuriy Slyusar, President at United Aircraft Building Corporation PJSC, Peter Tervish, President of Industrial Automation, member of the Executive Committee of ABB Ltd Group, and other speakers also participated in the session.
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