Devices, equipment, machinery, and structures have become more complicated as a result of the revolution, necessitating a slew of employees, vocations, and related systems to keep them running. After reliability, maintenance is a key part of system performance. The study and profession of maintenance engineering is the application of engineering concepts to the optimization of equipment, procedures, and departmental budgets in order to improve equipment maintainability, reliability, and availability. Maintenance, being a critical function in any manufacturing system, has far-reaching consequences. If the proper maintenance procedure is not created for a given environment, it may result in a major problem of either over-or under-maintenance. The prior history of the equipment also influences the choice of a particular maintenance policy. Maintenance that is both cost-effective and efficient will help to boost production. Maintenance affects profitability by influencing equipment production and operating costs.
The book "Maintenance Engineering Handbook" explores all the important aspects of control theory in the present day scenario. It provides thorough insights into this field and explains in detail the uses and methods of the subject. It deals with maintenance management, role of preventive maintenance, planned maintenance, asset integrity management systems, and productive maintenance. It studies the behaviour and input of dynamical systems. It also explores centralized vs decentralized maintenance, autonomous maintenance, equipment effectiveness, product lifecycle management, and predictive maintenance. The book studies, analyses, and uphold the pillars of this field and its utmost significance in modern times. It picks up individual branches and explains their need and contribution in the context of the growth of this subject and technology. For all those who are interested in maintenance engineering, this book can prove to be an essential guide.
Preface
1. Maintenance Engineering Handbook
1. Introduction
2. Importance of industrial maintenance
3. Introduction to maintenance management
4. Importance of maintenance management
Conclusion
References
2. Role of Preventive Maintenance in Maintenance Engineering
1. Introduction
2. Four key action items of preventive maintenance
3. Importance of preventive maintenance
4. Types of preventive maintenance
5. Industries that benefit from preventive maintenance
6. Creating a preventive maintenance plan to decrease downtime
Conclusion
References
3. Planned Maintenance
1. Introduction
2. Importance of planned maintenance
3. Planned maintenance by using computer systems
4. Workflow in planned maintenance
5. Implementing a planned maintenance system
Conclusion
References
4. Asset Integrity Management Systems
1. Introduction
2. Introduction to asset’s lifecycle in aims
3. Implementing effective aims
Conclusion
References
5. Total Productive Maintenance
1. Introduction
2. History of TPM
3. Benefits of total productive maintenance (TPM)
4. Organizational structure for TPM implementation
Conclusion
References
6. Centralized vs Decentralized Maintenance
1. Introduction
2. Concept of maintenance organization
3. Role of management in maintenance scheduling activities
Conclusion
References
7. Effective Steps to Start Autonomous Maintenance
1. Introduction
2. Benefits of autonomous maintenance
3. Steps to implement autonomous maintenance
4. Basic precepts of autonomous maintenance
Conclusion
References
8. Understanding Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
1. Introduction
2. Calculating overall equipment efficiency
3. Scope of analysis in OEE
4. Advantages of OEE
5. Concept of "six big losses"
6. OEE in total productive maintenance
7. Use of oee to measure manufacturing productivity
8. OEE and the cost of quality
9. OEE is an effective metric for lean manufacturing
10. OEE tracking becomes truly effective with live data from your industrial assets
Conclusion
References
9. Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
1. Introduction
2. Definition of PLM
3. History of product lifecycle management (PLM)
4. The product lifecycle and the PLM process
5. Role of PLM in the future society
Conclusion
References
10. Correct Equipment Maintenance Management
1. Introduction
2. Equipment maintenance and preventive maintenance best practices
3. Maximize productivity and efficiency
4. Proactive equipment maintenance management
Conclusion
References
11. Predictive Maintenance
1. Introduction
2. History of predictive maintenance
3. Importance of predictive maintenance
4. Types of predictive maintenance
Conclusion
References
Index
Monnie Agee obtained her Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Technological University, Santa Catarina. She has served as Visiting Professor at various universities across America and Europe. Her scholarly interests lie in production control, factory management and equipment maintenance management. Agee has written several articles, research papers on diagnostics and prognostics, reliability analysis, engineering optimization, intelligent manufacturing and intelligent maintenance. She has also been presented the "Principal's Prize for Excellence in Teaching" award.
