Equipment design for maintenance: Part II – The scientific basis for the guide

This chapter discusses several equipment designs used for maintenance. There are two types of maintenance—preventive maintenance and breakdown (corrective) maintenance. Preventive maintenance aims at maintaining equipment in good condition so as to obviate the need for breakdown maintenance. Breakdown (corrective) maintenance is performed after the equipment has malfunctioned. Maintenance of machines and systems involves a number of operations that can extend time and cost if not properly designed for the capacities and limitations of the maintenance personnel. The steps involved in a maintenance task include (1) detecting the fault(s), (2) isolating the fault(s), (3) accessing the part(s), (4) dissembling the machine, (5) removing and repairing the part(s), (6) replacing the part(s), (7) reassembling the machine, and (8) testing and checking to verify successful repair. The primary objective of all aspects of maintenance, including equipment design, is to ensure that the system performs its intended function, at any time.

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