EASE-R3 focuses on the selection of the best maintenance strategy, including decommissioning, such as renovation, repair, re-use, according to the minimization of Life Cycle Cost (LCC) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) related parameters.

Once the selection is performed, EASE-R3 then investigates different technologies supporting maintenance tasks such as Augmented Reality (AR)-based, Virtual Reality (VR), Condition monitoring, etc.

Current maintenance policies can be useful in answering effectiveness questions such as “How can this particular machine be operated more efficiently?”,

EASE-R3 answers to the 5 top questions of effectiveness:. How can reliability, repair and EOL be included in a robust and integrated Life Cycle Cost and Life Cycle Assessment model of the factory?

PLATFORM A: Integrated Life Cycle Cost and Life Cycle Assessment platform based on Reliability & Maintainability simulations model and techniques Which are the most cost-effective and optimal Repair strategies we should tailor for sets of components/machines of the factory?

PLATFORM B: Repair Decision Support System platform for optimal cost-effective maintenance strategy selection Which machine and/or components should we improve and how can we reduce repair time and cost?

PLATFORM C: Seamless approach to reduce Repair time and cost of machines and components Which are the most environmental-effective EOL strategies we should tailor for sets of components/machines of the factory?

PLATFORM D: Decommissioning Decision Support System (DDSS) platform to select optimal and environmental effective EOL strategies How can we assess the remaining life of Re-usable components and which are most valuable Renovation technologies for the machine tools?

PLATFORM E: Enabling technologies for energy & cost effective Re-use and Renovation of machine tools