Cost analysis of a multi-component screening system in the paper industry

Abstract The paper discusses the screening system in the Paper Industry with three states—good, reduced and failed. The failure rates are constant while the repair rates are general. Formulation of the problem is carried out using simple probability consideration. Various probabilities are obtained along with steady state probabilities of the system. Availability and MTTF tables and graphs for various parameters are given which are useful to the designer and the management for improvement in design.