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A degradation model for maintenance improvement in respect of cost and availability

A degradation model for maintenance improvement in respect of cost and availability Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight the need for degradation data in order to improve the reliability and the mean residual life estimation of a specific item of equipment and to adapt the preventive maintenance tasks accordingly. Design/methodology/approach – An initial reliability model which uses a degradation-based reliability model that is built from the collection of hitting times of a failure threshold. The proposed maintenance model is based on the cost/availability criterion. The estimation of both reliability and optimum time for preventive maintenance are updated with all new degradation data that are collected during operating time. Findings – An improvement for the occurrences of maintenance tasks which minimizes the mean cost per unit of time and increases the availability. Practical implications – Inspection tasks to measure the degradation level should be realized at least one time for each item of equipment at a specific time determined by the proposed methodology. Originality/value – The introduction of a criterion which helps the maintainer to decide to postpone or not the preventive replacement time depending on the measured degradation level of a specific item of equipment. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering Emerald Publishing

A degradation model for maintenance improvement in respect of cost and availability

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Emerald Publishing
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1355-2511
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10.1108/JQME-01-2013-0001
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight the need for degradation data in order to improve the reliability and the mean residual life estimation of a specific item of equipment and to adapt the preventive maintenance tasks accordingly. Design/methodology/approach – An initial reliability model which uses a degradation-based reliability model that is built from the collection of hitting times of a failure threshold. The proposed maintenance model is based on the cost/availability criterion. The estimation of both reliability and optimum time for preventive maintenance are updated with all new degradation data that are collected during operating time. Findings – An improvement for the occurrences of maintenance tasks which minimizes the mean cost per unit of time and increases the availability. Practical implications – Inspection tasks to measure the degradation level should be realized at least one time for each item of equipment at a specific time determined by the proposed methodology. Originality/value – The introduction of a criterion which helps the maintainer to decide to postpone or not the preventive replacement time depending on the measured degradation level of a specific item of equipment.

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Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering – Emerald Publishing

Published: Mar 9, 2015

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