Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Objectives To develop: a basic understanding of selected management techniques as applied to the setting up and operation of plant maintenance; an appreciation of the various types of maintenance philosophies, including run-to-breakdown, time-based and predictive maintenance; knowledge of the variety of techniques available for monitoring the condition of machinery.
Synopsis The basic concepts of industrial maintenance engineering. Topics include maintenance planning and scheduling, organisation of maintenance resources, quantitative techniques in maintenance management; queue theory; network planning and Monte Carlo simulation; preventive and condition-based maintenance, failure analysis, reliability engineering, computerised maintenance management and appraising maintenance performance.
Assessment Examination (3 hours): 80% + Test on laboratory work: 20%