Tag Archives: Optimization

Thoughts from a mine maintenance engineer

A mine maintenance engineer writes: My topic of interest is on how to evaluate the risk, failure effects and cost implications on components and work in general, in order to achieve the best cost per hour scenario and availability of … Continue reading

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EXAKT cost sensitivity analysis

Progress seldom proceeds smoothly. It occurs in steps. A new strategy of some kind usually precedes each step. If the strategy is right the individual or organization moves forward and benefits. The wrong strategy, however, will generate decisions that delay … Continue reading

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RCM – Reliability analysis in more than two dimensions is CBM

EXAKT basic tutorial This tutorial can be run using the EXAKT program. Please download  a fully functional trial version. Tutorial 1 will familiarize you with the basics of Weibull PHM analysis, how to create an optimal CBM model, and how to … Continue reading

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Optimizing a Condition Based Maintenance Program with Gearbox Tooth Failure

A Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) policy is a procedure used by maintenance personnel to interpret a set of measured machine condition indicators and decide whether or not to renew a physical asset at the current moment. Traditionally CBM data interpretive policies … Continue reading

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Measuring and Improving CBM Effectiveness

Maintenance departments regularly implement policies and technology aimed at improving maintenance effectiveness. However engineers who implement and justify such projects in the maintenance department often encounter difficulty when trying to quantify, credibly, a project’s impact on maintenance or on asset … Continue reading

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