VIMS - Vital Information Management System
Caterpillar's Vital Information Management System (VIMS) is a powerful tool for machine management that provides operators, service personnel and managers information on a wide range of vital machine functions. Numerous sensors are integrated into the vehicle design. If VIMS detects an impeding or abnormal condition in any of the machine's systems, it will alert the operator and instruct them to take appropriate action, whether it's modifying machine operation, notifying the shop of needed maintenance, or performing a safe shutdown of the machine. This improves availability, component life and production while reducing both repair cost and the risk of a catastrophic failure. On Caterpillar Mining Trucks and large Wheel Loaders, VIMS also includes production and performance information. It records the various elements of the truck cycle: load time, travel loaded, dump time, travel empty, along with delay times. All of this information is used to create useful reports and charts. These reports lead to intelligent analysis and better decision making for a more efficient operation, lowering the cost per ton.
Features of VIMS:
- Integrated component controls
- Simultaneous information on all machine systems
- Reduces the need for special tests and tooling
- Uses standard three-category warning system
- Powerful off-board software
- On-board and off-board tracking of events, trends and totals
- Combines productivity and machine's system history
- Expandable system
Benefits of VIMS:
- Improved operator information
- Faster service diagnostics
- Off-board computer analysis of information
- Improved information access
- Real-time access to data
- Self diagnostic
- Preventative maintenance analysis
- Saves time
- Compatible with telemetry equipment