Monday 15 May 2017

Write short notes on any four of the following a) Design-out maintenance b) Six stages of life cycle of spare parts c) Elements of maintainability


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Maintenance Management


Attempt any five questions


1. What do you understand by fixed time maintenance/Preventive periodic maintenance? Discuss about commonly used preventive maintenance tasks.


2. Highlight the importance of maintenance costing. What are the steps involved in costing of maintenance department? Also discuss the classification of maintenance costs according to their nature, function and other characteristics.


3. "The liberalized economy is forcing Indian companies to establish Total Quality Management Systems. It is a struggle, which has just begun and Indian companies will continue to do so Just to be in the race - lest they perish. Quality will be just a qualifier, not a competitive advantage any more". Do you agree? Why? Discuss it with respect to maintenance perspective.


4. What do you understand by a Non-linear Hazard model? Discuss the Weibull distribution and its use in reliability estimation and failure diagnosis. Also highlight the relationship between β and the possible causes of failure.


5. What are the benefits of implementing Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)? Discuss the misconceptions about RCM and pitfalls in implementing RCM.


6. What are the key result areas that can be covered in a maintenance audit? Give some indices for maintenance materials management performance. What is the main difference of auditing result areas- compared to auditing management processes?


7. Write short notes on any four of the following:


(a) Design-out maintenance
(b) Six stages of life cycle of spare parts
(c) Elements of maintainability
(d) The "Bath-tub" curve
e) Determination of optimal preventive replacement age



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