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TY - CONF AU - Coppola, N. AU - Fernandes, B.J. AU - Gessler, P. AU - Hauf, S. AU - Huynh, S.T. AU - Jardón Bueno, N. AU - Manetti, M. ED - Schaa, Volker RW ED - Götz, Andy ED - Venter, Johan ED - White, Karen ED - Robichon, Marie ED - Rowland, Vivienne TI - Equipment Life-Cycle Management at EuXFEL J2 - Proc. of ICALEPCS2023, Cape Town, South Africa, 09-13 October 2023 CY - Cape Town, South Africa T2 - International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems T3 - 19 LA - english AB - Scientific instruments at the European X-Ray Free Electron Laser Facility (EuXFEL) comprises of a large variety of equipment, ranging from controllers, motors and encoders to valves. It is a false assumption that once a specific equipment had been procured and integrated, that no further attention is required. Reality is much more complex and incorporates various stages across the entire equipment life-cycle. This starts from the initial selection, standardization of the equipment, procurement, integration, tracking, spare part management, maintenance, documentation of interventions and repair, replacement and lastly, decommissioning. All aspects of such a life-cycle management are crucial in order to ensure safe and reliable operation across the life time of the equipment, whether it be five years, twenty years, or longer. At EuXFEL, many aspects of the described life-cycle management are already carried out with dedicated tools. However some aspects rely on manual work, which requires significant effort and discipline. This contribution aims to provide an overview of the requirements, and the ongoing efforts to develop and establish a complete life-cycle management at the EuXFEL. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 1346 EP - 1348 KW - FEL KW - controls KW - electron KW - software KW - hardware DA - 2024/02 PY - 2024 SN - 2226-0358 SN - 978-3-95450-238-7 DO - doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2023-THPDP021 UR - https://jacow.org/icalepcs2023/papers/thpdp021.pdf ER -