Embedding mobile agent technology into real time vibration sensor for condition-based maintenance

Machines performance and its availability in the factory are essential to the production unit. Therefore the technical staffs have to monitor the equipment to ensure everything is in good condition. However, the technical staffs including engineers are underutilized. This is due to they have to check the machines at different places by following the schedule. This research aims to assist technical staff including engineers to solve these problems. A system to evaluate the machines' condition and notify to the engineers is developed. The combination of mobile agent and vibration sensors technology are utilized to implement the system. The role of vibration sensor is to monitor the condition of the machine. Meanwhile the mobile agent technology is used to create the wireless environment for machine and user to communicate each other. When the vibration conditions exceed the normal value, a message via SMS (Short Message System) will be sent to engineer's hand phone and email to notify the problem.