OBS technology generating real business value for Rolls-Royce
Oxford BioSignals, University of Oxford and Rolls-Royce celebrate business value from award winning Engine Health Monitoring technology.
Professor Tarassenko and three Rolls-Royce engineers, Dennis
King, Paul Anuzis and Steve King, were presented with the Rolls-Royce
High Value Patent Award at the 2008 Sir Henry Royce Awards for
Technical Innovation on Tuesday 4th March. The patent entitled
"Monitoring the health of a powerplant" was originally taken
out in July 2001 and is the basis for the QUICK system, a multi-sensor
data acquisition system for real-time jet engine diagnostics. Models
of normality automatically identify abnormalities in engine data,
providing novelty scores that can be fused together to provide accurate
diagnosis. Embedded on Rolls-Royce test beds worldwide, QUICK systems
provide invaluable diagnostics during engine troubleshooting. They have
reduced diagnosis time and helped eliminate unnecessary maintenance giving
savings of £1.4M for the Trent 500 in 2006. Rolls-Royce collaboration
continues with Oxford BioSignals and the University of Oxford, on the
development of advanced algorithms to maintain Rolls-Royce's world
leadership in engine health monitoring technologies.
Professor Tarassenko being presented the High Valve Patent award by Mike Terrett, Rolls-Royce's Chief Operating Officer.
The QUICK team (centre) with Mike Terrett and Nick Farrant (Chief Executive of Oxford BioSignals) on the left and Colin Smith, Rolls-Royce's Director of Engineering on the far right. |
