An Artefact, In The Form Of An Industrial Plant, Machine Or Equipment Has To Have Reliability Built Into Its Design So That It Can Provide A Long And Productive Working Life To Its User. At The Same Time, During Its Working Life, It Has To Be Adequately Maintained To Ensure That Its Availability Is Maximized. Thus Tetrotecnology Embraces Both Reliability Engineering And Maintenance Engineering And Management. These Two Disciplines Complement Each Other And Together Enable The Pursuit Of Economic Life Cycle Costs. Content Highlights : - Preface # Fundamentals Of Reliability And Maintenance # Tetrotecnology And Total Productive Maintenance # Fault Analysis - Fmea, Fmeca # Reliability In Engineering Design # Preventive Maintenance # Diagnostics And Simulation # Spare Parts Management # Index

Monograph on maintenance management in manufacturing industry in the UK and USA - discusses the relationship between maintenance, production and design, and the influence of automation, and covers planning, cost control, analytical techniques such as simulation and network analysis, the concept of terotechnology (resource management), etc. Bibliography pp. 157 to 163, diagrams and statistical tables.

In this book the authors provide a fresh look at basic reliability and maintainability engineering techniques and management tools for ap plication to the system maintenance planning and implementation process. The essential life-cycle reliability centered maintenance (ReM) activities are focused on maintenance planning and the prevention of failure. The premise is that more efficient, and therefore effective, life-cycle main tenance programs can be established using a well disciplined decision logic analysis process that addresses individual part failure modes, their consequences, and the actual preventive maintenance tasks. This premise and the techniques and tools described emphasize preventive, not corrective, maintenance. The authors also describe the techniques and tools fundamental to maintenance engineering. They provide an understanding of the inter relationships of the elements of a complete ReM program (which are applicable to any complex system or component and are not limited only to the aircraft industry). They describe special methodologies for improving the maintenance process. These include an on-condition maintenance (OeM) methodology to identify defects and potential deterioration which can determine what is needed as a maintenance action in order to prevent failure during use.

This text is an accessible and comprehensive guide to the principles, practices, functions and challenges of maintenance engineering and management. With a strong emphasis on basic concepts and practical techniques throughout, the book demonstrates in detail how effective technical competencies in maintenance management can be built in engineering organizations. The book thus provides students and practising engineers alike with the methodologies and tools needed to understand and implement the systems approach to maintenance management. The major goals for the text include : To provide a good understanding of different types of maintenance management systems such as breakdown, preventive, predictive, proactive. To explain benefits of planned maintenance. To explain condition-based monitoring techniques with focus on vibration monitoring, thermography, and motor condition monitoring. To stress the role of reliability engineering in maintenance with tools like Failure Mode and Effect Analysis, Root Cause Analysis, and Criticality Matrix. To explain activities of maintenance planning with focus on shutdown planning, human resources development, and tools employed for monitoring. To emphasize management functions such as procurement of spares, measurement of maintenance effectiveness, etc. To give an overview of project management tools such as PERT etc. To introduce computerized maintenance management systems. To explain the basics of hazard analysis and fault tree analysis. Review questions in each chapter, worked-out examples wherever applicable, case studies and an exclusive appendix on “Selected Questions and Answers” are all designed to provoke critical thinking. This text is suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Maintenance Engineering taught in the department of mechanical engineering in almost all universities.

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The demands of the global economy require manufacturers to produce highly reliable and easily maintainable engineering products. Recent studies indicate that for many large and sophisticated products or systems, maintenance, and support account for as much as 60 to 75 percent of their life cycle costs. Therefore, the role of maintainability, mainte