Visual Detection Technology in Siemens Gamesa (by Allan Moeller Larsen)
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1) The document discusses Siemens Gamesa's use of visual detection technology like drones and computer vision to inspect wind turbine blades. 2) It outlines Siemens Gamesa's current capabilities for drone inspections, as well as their expectations for drone inspection suppliers to improve technologies. 3) The presentation calls for industry standards around issues like failure mode catalogues, data interchange formats, and image quality metrics to help the technology mature and ensure quality.
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Multiple Supplier Setup
Challenges of conforming a variety of data sources
Inspection DecisionsAnalysis
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Challenges
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Quality and Performance
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Visual Detection Technology in Siemens Gamesa (by Allan Moeller Larsen)
- 1. Visual Detection Technology in Siemens Gamesa Wind Power Blades & Beyond https://goo.gl/rHcgPcRestricted © Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy 2017
- 2. Unrestricted © Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy 2017.10.11Page 2 Allan Moeller Larsen // Service PLM Program Manager About me Allan Moeller Larsen | M.Sc. Engineering, Innovation & Business Program Manager in Service PLM Responsible for Blade Inspection & Data Analysis Concept: A Visual Detection Technology Mobile: +45 2429 5580 | Email: allan.m.larsen@siemens.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larsenallan Background • Lives in Vejle and works in Brande, Denmark. • 2,5 years as Business Startup Consultant for SET • 5,5 years as project manager in Siemens Wind Power A/S • IT, Digitalization, Big Data & Analytics
- 3. Unrestricted © Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy 2017.10.11Page 3 Allan Moeller Larsen // Service PLM Program Manager Replacing this... With this.. For that..
- 4. Unrestricted © Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy 2017.10.11Page 4 Allan Moeller Larsen // Service PLM Program Manager Why are we at TUS Nordics? Siemens Gamesa = Serious UAV Player! Your drone = Our drone?
- 5. Unrestricted © Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy 2017.10.11Page 5 Allan Moeller Larsen // Service PLM Program Manager Q&A5 Thoughts on Standards4 Technology3.2 Quality & Operational Performance3.1 Expectations to Drone Inspection Suppliers & Technology Developers3 Our Current Capabilities2 Siemens Gamesa Intro1 Blades & Beyond Agenda: Visual Detection Technology in Siemens Gamesa
- 6. Unrestricted © Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy 2017.10.11Page 6 Allan Moeller Larsen // Service PLM Program Manager Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Company Size after April 2017 Merger
- 7. Unrestricted © Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy 2017.10.11Page 7 Allan Moeller Larsen // Service PLM Program Manager Q&A5 Thoughts on Standards4 Technology3.2 Quality & Operational Performance3.1 Expectations to Drone Inspection Suppliers & Technology Developers3 Our Current Capabilities2 Siemens Gamesa Intro1 Blades & Beyond Agenda: Visual Detection Technology in Siemens Gamesa
- 8. Unrestricted © Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy 2017.10.11Page 8 Allan Moeller Larsen // Service PLM Program Manager Condition Time Visual Detection of Failure Modes Blade External Surface What is it? Point where failure starts to occur. Not necessarily related to age Point where we can detect that the products starts to fail (Potential Failure) Point where the product has failed (Functional Failure) F P Category: Erosion on the leading edge Degredation: filler layer What is it not? P-F Interval Blade External Surface
- 9. Unrestricted © Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy 2017.10.11Page 9 Allan Moeller Larsen // Service PLM Program Manager Siemens Gamesa current state Operational platform for internal use Drone inspections Ground based inspections Legacy data Data Annotation
- 10. Unrestricted © Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy 2017.10.11Page 10 Allan Moeller Larsen // Service PLM Program Manager Offshore Inspections with Drones Onshore inspections with Drones and Ground Based Systems Visual Inspections Products Two main uses – same data source type Keeping it running Maintenance & Repair Kicking Tires End of Warranty or Asset Trading Standard analysis product Premium analysis product Operational todayLive in 2017 Clients cloud Soon...
- 11. Unrestricted © Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy 2017.10.11Page 11 Allan Moeller Larsen // Service PLM Program Manager Q&A5 Thoughts on Standards4 Technology3.2 Quality & Operational Performance3.1 Expectations to Drone Inspection Suppliers & Technology Developers3 Our Current Capabilities2 Siemens Gamesa Intro1 Blades & Beyond Agenda: Visual Detection Technology in Siemens Gamesa
- 12. Unrestricted © Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy 2017.10.11Page 12 Allan Moeller Larsen // Service PLM Program Manager Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, July 2017 Disappointments await??
- 13. Unrestricted © Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy 2017.10.11Page 13 Allan Moeller Larsen // Service PLM Program Manager Blade = Very expensive component Applied UAV Technology in Siemens Gamesa The Business Case for Blades funds Technology Maturation Repair x 80 VS Whats next?
- 14. Unrestricted © Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy 2017.10.11Page 14 Allan Moeller Larsen // Service PLM Program Manager Multiple Supplier Setup Challenges of conforming a variety of data sources Inspection DecisionsAnalysis € / wtg Total One platform Multiple suppliers [...] Challenges Performance, Quality & Technology Conformity Flexibility • Current suppliers with operational readiness approval on drones and/or Ground Based Systems Inspection Suppliers
- 15. Unrestricted © Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy 2017.10.11Page 15 Allan Moeller Larsen // Service PLM Program Manager Q&A5 Thoughts on Standards4 Technology3.2 Quality & Operational Performance3.1 Expectations to Drone Inspection Suppliers & Technology Developers3 Our Current Capabilities2 Siemens Gamesa Intro1 Blades & Beyond Agenda: Visual Detection Technology in Siemens Gamesa
- 16. Unrestricted © Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy 2017.10.11Page 16 Allan Moeller Larsen // Service PLM Program Manager Quality and Performance What and how to measure Image OverlapMETRICS Inspection Speed Surface Coverage ? Weather Dependency Requirement Specifications [...]Image Quality Time Metric Time Metric Time Metric Time Metric • Accurate • Stable (precise) • Inaccurate • Stable • Accurate • Unstable • Inaccurate • Unstable Tolerance Undesirable
- 17. Unrestricted © Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy 2017.10.11Page 17 Allan Moeller Larsen // Service PLM Program Manager Poor data examples ...Other than blurry or onfocused images Missing Surface Coverage Imprecise and inaccurate meta data
- 18. Unrestricted © Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy 2017.10.11Page 18 Allan Moeller Larsen // Service PLM Program Manager Q&A5 Thoughts on Standards4 Technology3.2 Quality & Operational Performance3.1 Expectations to Drone Inspection Suppliers & Technology Developers3 Our Current Capabilities2 Siemens Gamesa Intro1 Blades & Beyond Agenda: Visual Detection Technology in Siemens Gamesa
- 19. Unrestricted © Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy 2017.10.11Page 19 Allan Moeller Larsen // Service PLM Program Manager Automated Annotation* 16MP image Process time: 1,81s False detection Quality Price *Siemens Gamesa Prototype results from July Demand
- 20. Unrestricted © Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy 2017.10.11Page 20 Allan Moeller Larsen // Service PLM Program Manager Drone Technology Expectations From OEM’s and Asset Operators • Autonomous systems to reduce human error & variation • Fly using a single rotor position • Become weather resistant and photograph in difficult conditions. Weather windows are for maintenance! Drone Performance • Fast raw data sharing with client • Onsite or onboard QA tools Drone connectivity • Raw data sharing with full image meta data set and drone data • Maintenance system integration Data openness AI IoT API’s
- 21. Unrestricted © Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy 2017.10.11Page 21 Allan Moeller Larsen // Service PLM Program Manager Q&A5 Thoughts on Standards4 Technology3.2 Quality & Operational Performance3.1 Expectations to Drone Inspection Suppliers & Technology Developers3 Our Current Capabilities2 Siemens Gamesa Intro1 Blades & Beyond Agenda: Visual Detection Technology in Siemens Gamesa
- 22. Unrestricted © Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy 2017.10.11Page 22 Allan Moeller Larsen // Service PLM Program Manager Industry Standards Needed Easy of • Asset operators and OEM’s will want to maintain proprietary failure mode catalogues. • Assets will be traded and operated by different parties in their lifetime • Big data analytics require normalization • Navigation of the UAV tech jungle is hard • Many say they can do things they can’t do in real life • It must be easy to share raw visual inspection data and meta data sets • As industry matures, more operators will want to integrate failure mode data to computerized maintenance management systems Failure Mode Standards Autonomous Systems Test & Validation Standard Data Interchange Standards • What kind of image quality is required for accurate and precise (consistent) failure mode detection. • How can an inspection provider prove that their image quality is great? Image quality standards
- 23. Unrestricted © Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy 2017.10.11Page 23 Allan Moeller Larsen // Service PLM Program Manager Q&A5 Thoughts on Standards4 Technology3.2 Quality & Operational Performance3.1 Expectations to Drone Inspection Suppliers & Technology Developers3 Our Current Capabilities2 Siemens Gamesa Intro1 Blades & Beyond Agenda: Visual Detection Technology in Siemens Gamesa
- 24. Unrestricted © Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy 2017.10.11Page 24 Allan Moeller Larsen // Service PLM Program Manager Questions?
- 25. Unrestricted © Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy 2017.10.11Page 25 Allan Moeller Larsen // Service PLM Program Manager UAV’s will reduce the cost of Renewable Energy