Digitalization of Maintenance Information (DigMa)

Communication in the maintenance of wind turbines and the communication of maintenance data between stakeholders has dealt with various system and media breaks. Standards and guidelines (RDS-PP,ZEUS, GSP, ...) for the standardization and communication of data do exist, but are practically only used to a limited extent. However, if available, they are also not fully suitable for all applications. The wind industry is currently still in a very early stage of digital transformation. But in order to take advantage of the  digitalization in business processes a complete and unified data acquisition as well as a uniform and fast communication without manual process steps are required. In order to realize the potentials of a future-oriented and cost-effective maintenance, a uniform and structured maintenance data is an essential requirement.

Project aim of DigMa (Digitalization of Maintenance Information) is to unify and to automate the accquisition, the communication and the storage of maintenance data. Likewise the interfaces and information flows between the actors involved as well as the existing processes, with the focus on inter-company cooperation, shall be improved. In addition, the project aims at the utilization of the historically available, non-standardized and partly unstructured maintenance information. This approach is not only relevant for historical data, but in a corresponding or similar form until in the short to medium term a industry-wide enforcement of the standards is applied.

DigMa demonstrates how a continuous and digitalized inter-company maintenance communication can be implemented in the wind industry. In order to use the advantages of the digitalization at an early stage, the project makes existing not digitized maintenance information usable. The added value of this digitization is demonstrated by means of comprehensive use cases and furthermore the knowledge is transfered to national and international committees. DigMa thus aims at an accelerated digital transformation in the wind industry.