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By leveraging connectivity and big data, operators and maintenance crews are able to gather real-time data wirelessly from APUs and other components seamlessly and report any potential component failure before it happens. “This is all about predictive maintenance,” says Ramiah. “Airlines want to minimise disruption and forecasting component failure is an important part of doing this. “GoDirect, thanks to its algorithms and ability to pick out the right data, will allow you to see which parts are going to need replacing, so you can schedule repairs and replacements around this. We have already had notable success stories with clients here in Asia Pacific and have so far achieved an accuracy rating of 99 percent.”
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Among the other Connected Maintenance benefits recorded by Honeywell so far include a 35 percent reduction in operational disruptions and 10-15 percent drop in premature removals of parts. Commenting on the future role that predictive maintenance solutions such as this will play in the aviation industry, Ramiah circles back to Honeywell’s
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