Business Overview

Business introduction

This DEX enables the transmission of information on the condition and usage of a supported product gathered during or after a period of operation. This feedback provides the foundation for building a history of product usage and condition over time, and an input for the evaluation of triggers for maintenance tasks (see DEX work_package_definition). Feedback relating to the execution of maintenance tasks is covered by DEX work_package_report.

Examples of information about the usage of a supported product:

flying hours on an aircraft;
mileage travelled by an automobile;
number of starts for an electrical generator;
volume of fluid pumped through a pipeline or process plant;
operational cycles for a gas turbine engine;
occurrences of operation outside preset limits i.e. over-speed, or over-stress;
feedback from system monitoring;
fatigue index;
location of the part or product.
the environmental state in which a specific usage occurred.

Examples of information about the condition of a supported product:

occurrence of fault no 7 on electrical panel 239
serviceability status;
oil pressure;
operating temperature;
vibration levels;
fluid consumption;
fluid levels;
flow rates;
the integrity status of an electrical system.

This DEX can be used to report on the current configuration of the supported product and to report changes to that configuration.

NOTE work_package_report will be used to exchange information regarding the work that was carried out.