17th FVI Expert Breakfast

Announcement

💡 How often do systems really need to be inspected?
Many companies blindly rely on standard intervals – but Ilja Apel, Head of Maintenance at Airbus in Hamburg, shows how targeted inspection strategies can lead to massive savings on external costs and effort.

📌 Topic: “More Clarity, Lower Costs – Rethinking Inspections & Inspection Intervals”
📌 When? Friday, February 21, 2025 | 09:30 – 10:30 AM
📌 Where? Online – live & interactive

🚀 What to expect: ✅ Why even manufacturers often don’t know when or how inspections are done
✅ Which technological optimizations can drastically reduce inspection efforts
✅ How a well-thought-out inspection concept pays off financially

🎙️ Featuring: 🔹 Ilja Apel, Head of Maintenance at Airbus Hamburg
🔹 Marcel Hahn & Jens Reissenweber as moderators

Fri, Feb 21, 2025 09:30 - 10:30 (UTC+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna

We look forward to having you join us!

Summary

• Inspection Intervals and Maintenance Plans:
  Ilja introduced the topic of inspection intervals and explained how they break down systems into technical components and analyze them to define sensible inspection intervals. He emphasized that this is not only commercially beneficial but also enhances safety.

  • Inspection Intervals: Ilja explained that systems are broken down into technical components and analyzed to define appropriate inspection intervals. This increases safety and makes commercial sense.
  • Technical Structure: Ilja stressed the importance of a technical structure within systems to ensure transparency and efficiency.
  • External Factors: Ilja mentioned that external factors such as UV radiation, gas, and others must be considered when setting inspection intervals.
  • Process Flows: Ilja explained the importance of having well-defined process flows to evaluate and manage inspections transparently.

• Optimizing Inspection Costs:
  Ilja explained how they reduced their inspection costs by 56% by breaking systems into measurement points and using software like Easytronic from Gossen Metrawatt. This allows for intelligent and transparent inspection management.

  • Measurement Points: Ilja explained that systems are broken into measurement points to make inspections more efficient. This enables detailed and targeted testing.
  • Easytronic Software: Ilja mentioned using Easytronic software from Gossen Metrawatt, which helps manage inspections and reduce costs.
  • Cost Reduction: By optimizing inspection processes, inspection costs were reduced by 56%.
  • Transparency: The use of software and the detailed analysis of measurement points increase transparency and efficiency in inspections.

• Digital Solutions for Inspections:
  Ilja showed how inspections can be made more efficient through the use of sensors and automated systems. He gave examples like automatic contamination measurement for hydraulic oil and the use of FI switches with automatic RCM measurement.

  • Sensors: Ilja explained that sensors make inspections more efficient. One example is automatic contamination measurement for hydraulic oil.
  • FI Switches: Ilja mentioned using FI switches with automatic RCM measurement to automate and streamline inspections.
  • Technological Solutions: Ilja emphasized that technological solutions such as sensors and automated systems improve inspection processes and increase safety.

• Discussion on Standards and Regulations:
  There was a discussion on how standards and regulations are often used as an excuse to avoid certain tasks. It was emphasized that understanding the technical details and using the legal framework is crucial to finding more efficient solutions.

  • Standards as an Excuse: It was discussed that standards and regulations are often used as an excuse not to take action.
  • Technical Details: It was emphasized that understanding the technical details is important in order to find more efficient solutions.
  • Legal Frameworks: Using the legal framework can help find better solutions and optimize processes.

• Risk Assessments and Inspection Intervals:
  Roland added that the basis for many inspections is the risk assessment. This allows for individually defined inspection intervals and deviations from standard inspections when justified by the usage of the equipment.

  • Risk Assessment: Roland explained that risk assessment is the foundation for many inspections and allows for individual interval planning.
  • Customized Inspection Intervals: Risk assessments allow for adapting inspection intervals to the actual use of the equipment, making deviations from standard inspections possible.