Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering: Volume 20 Issue 1

Improvement of industrial performance with TPM implementation

Teonas Bartz, Julio Cezar Mairesse Siluk, Ana Paula Barth Bartz

The purpose of this paper is to show the implementation of a maintenance management model based on total productive maintenance (TPM) in a production line of a metallurgical…

Maintenance and repair injuries in US mining

Jonisha Pollard, John Heberger, Patrick G. Dempsey

The purpose of this paper is to identify key tasks, tools, and equipment associated with maintenance and repair injuries at US mines and to provide some mitigation strategies to…

Reliability analysis of underground mining equipment using genetic algorithms: A case study of two mine hoists

Nick Vayenas, Sihong Peng

While increased mechanization and automation make considerable contributions to mine productivity, unexpected equipment failures and imperfect planned or routine maintenance…

Optimal replacement policy for condition-based maintenance with non-decreasing failure cost and costly inspection

Hamid Reza Golmakani, Morteza Pouresmaeeli

The purpose of this paper is to determine optimal replacement threshold and optimal inspection interval for an item subjected to condition-based maintenance (CBM). The primarily…

Support vector machine and K-nearest neighbour for unbalanced fault detection

Ashkan Moosavian, Hojat Ahmadi, Babak Sakhaei, Reza Labbafi

– The purpose of this paper is to develop an appropriate approach for detecting unbalanced fault in rotating machines using KNN and SVM classifiers.

Part-out-based spares provisioning management: A military aviation maintenance case study

Jan Block, Alireza Ahmadi, Tommy Tyrberg, Peter Söderholm

The purpose of this paper is to present the prerequisites for a part-out-based spares provisioning (PBSP) programme during the phase-out of an aircraft fleet. Furthermore…