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Each component in the system shows you a counter representing the running hours of the component and a date when the counter value was updated.

 

There are two main types of counters: independent counters and depending counters.

 

Independent Counters

 

Machinery components like the main engine, separators and similar usually have their own running hours counter which can be found directly at the component our as an information from the automation system or via a control panel. The counter value shown for these components is the same for all sub-components of this machinery component unless a sub-component has it's own independent counter.

 

Components with an independent counter have the option Uses own counter checked in the details view and in the editing form.

 

Depending Counters

 

Most components managed in the system are depending on the running hours counter of a parent component. That means: the running hours of such a component is determined by the current running hours of the main component a sub-component is attached to.

 

Distribution of Counter Updates

 

Whenever the running hours of a component will be updated (for instance by creating a maintenance report that also contains the running hours at the time of executing the job), this update will be distributed to affected components. If the component the maintenance report is created for has its own counter, the update will be distributed to all sub-components (except the sub-component has its own independent counter).

 

If the component the maintenance report is created for doesn't have its own independent counter, the system will look for the next parent component that manages its own independent counter. Starting from this parent component, the counter update will be distributed to all sub-components.

 

Counter values entered into the Counter List will be distributed only to the components sub-components - simply by the fact that only component with an independent counter will be shown in the counter list.

 

Managing Counter Deviations

 

After replacing a sub-component you might have the situation that the running hours of the sub-component will be lower than the running hours of the parent component (or is greater in case of an refurbished sub-component). For instance a pump with a current counter of 9,000 hours gets brand new electro-motor as a replacement for an older e-motor. Without further adjustments this e-motor would get automatically a counter value of > 9,000 hours during the next counter update of the pump (via the counter update distribution described above).

 

This situation can be solved by providing an adjustment factor for the e-motor to be considered while calculating counter value updates. This adjustment factor will be always added to the reported counter value. In case of the e-motor replaced at 9,000 hrs we will give an adjustment factor of -9000 to reflect the actual counter value of the new e-motor (parent components 9,000 hrs plus -9,000 adjustment for the new e-motor equals 0 hrs actual running time of the new e-motor).

 

The adjustment factor can be added to a component with the Edit function in the Components View. Enter the adjustment factor into the entry box Adjustment. In case you don't have the Edit right for the component details you can use the function Adjust Counter for updating the adjustment factor.