Objectives and competences
Objectives:
• To provide a survey of modern maintenance strategies;
• to provide basic knowledge in the field of Asset Management;
• to demonstrate practical use of previously accumulated knowledge about AM methodologies;
Competences:
• to develop student's capabilities of independent and creative problem solving in the field of AM.
Content (Syllabus outline)
Lectures:
Maintenance terminology. Corporate Maintenance Engineering: Maintenance objectives and significance, maintenance policies, investments considerations and LCC. Basic definitions and concepts related to Asset Management. Modern strategies and concepts of asset maintenance. Definitions of Key Performance Indicators for maintenance and calculation of KPI. Detailed description of some modern maintenance concepts like: Total Productive Maintenance, Reliability Centred Maintenance, 20 Key Method.
Tutorial and seminar:
Tutorials and project work supplement lectures with practical applications of presented methods.
Learning and teaching methods
•frontal lectures,
•coursework,
•practical work at tutorials and computer work,
•project work.
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
The student will be able to:
• explain modern maintenance strategies;
• describe the basic principle of managing technical means;
• describe the methods of calculating indicators of maintenance process performance;
• present the comparison analysis of maintenance process;
• specify the purpose and significance of maintenance.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
The student will be able to:
• Fundamental knowledge and skills for solving real engineering problems.
Readings
- En 15341: Maintenance terminology, 2001.
- Peter Willmott: TPM – A Route to World-Class Performance; Butterworth-Heinemann, 2001.
- Chris Lloyd: Asset management, Whole-life management of physical assets, Thomas Telford Limited, 2010.
- Lindley R. Higgins et. al.: Maintenance Engineering Handbook; McGraw-Hill Inc., 1999.
Prerequisits
Completed courses in the following subjects: Machine elements and Technical documentation.
Additional information on implementation and assessment •completed seminar (project) work, 50%
•theoretical examination in the form of multiple-choice questioners.50%
