Co‐ordination of inspections for a group of machines

Abstract

Models inspection co‐ordination of a group of machines using a non‐linear integer program. The objective of the model is to minimize the expected total cost per unit time, which is a function of a major inspection cost, minor inspection cost and the cost of failure, subject to the restriction that the inspection interval of each machine is an integer multiple of a basic time interval. Proposes a solution procedure to solve the inspection co‐ordination problem. Uses a numerical example to illustrate the model and its proposed solution method.

Citation

Ben‐Daya, M. and Duffuaa, S. (1997), "Co‐ordination of inspections for a group of machines", Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, Vol. 3 No. 3, pp. 199-208. https://doi.org/10.1108/13552519710177989