POM: Prognostics for Optimal Maintenance.

POM will provide the tools needed to improve the way maintenance of industrial machinery is done. It addresses the needs of a very specific industrial sector, namely the Flemish machine builders. Today maintenance is regarded as a necessary evil to keep the machines running. However, companies agree that it would be much better if they could step down from this image and innovate the way machines and maintenance are sold. POM consortium will leverage on the experience the industry has gained in order to solve a complex optimization problem: how to provide a better maintenance of industrial machines at a lower total cost of ownership. POM will develop tools and methodologies that will help machine builders to reduce the costs and market the whole assemble of machine plus maintenance.

Keywords:Industrial machinery