Augmented Reality: Remote Assistance and Maintenance Overview — from wikitude.com by Camila Kohles
Excerpts:
Make no mistake, the fourth industrial revolution is upon us. While conservative industries are simply observing the action from the sidelines, leading 4.0 industries are already reaping the benefits of their investments in augmented reality (AR) enhanced MRO (maintenance, repair, and operations) practices.
Continue reading to learn more about how augmented reality is taking preventive, corrective and predictive maintenance procedures to the next level.
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General Benefits of Augmented Reality Maintenance
- Reduced human errors
- Reduced execution time
- Reduced breakdowns
- Reduced downtime
- Reduced cost
- Increased productivity
- Increased operation speed
- Increased fix rates
- Increased compliance
- Increased profit
Don’t take our word for it. Controlled augmented reality case studies:
- Boeing cut its wiring production time by 25% and reduced error rates effectively to zero.
- GE Aviation experiences an average of 8-12 % in efficiency improvement.
- GE Healthcare warehouse workers had a 46% increase in productivity using AR.
- GE Renewable Energy wiring technicians are yielding a 34% increase in productivity.
As they say, numbers don’t lie. Considering such attractive advantages and adding to the fact that large-scale factory breakdowns are often far more costly than maintaining a regular MRO program, more and more AR maintenance use cases are coming to life.