Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering: Volume 16 Issue 2

Remaining useful life of natural gas export compressors

Bent Helge Nystad, Magnus Rasmussen

The purpose of this paper is to predict the remaining useful life of a natural gas export compressor, in order to assist decision making of the next planned work order.

Proportional hazards modeling of engine failures in military vehicles

E. Lorna Wong, Timothy Jefferis, Neil Montgomery

This paper aims to present a case study where proportional hazards modeling software is used to evaluate the potential benefits of a condition‐based maintenance policy for…

Maintenance management in Italian manufacturing firms: Matters of size and matters of strategy

Damiana Chinese, Gianni Ghirardo

This paper aims to give a picture of maintenance management in Italian manufacturing firms supported by empirical evidence. The purpose is also to highlight how far maintenance…

A mathematical model for the joint determination of optimal process and sampling plan parameters

M.A. Darwish, S.O. Duffuaa

The purpose of this paper is to integrate the decisions regarding optimal process mean and the parameters of a sampling plan.

Application of ANN, Fuzzy Logic and Wavelet Transform in machine fault diagnosis using vibration signal analysis

Pratesh Jayaswal, S.N. Verma, A.K. Wadhwani

The objective of this paper is to provide a brief review of recent developments in the area of applications of ANN, Fuzzy Logic, and Wavelet Transform in fault diagnosis. The…

Bayesian analysis of system availability with geometric failure law in life testing

H.M. Islam, Maroof A. Khan

The main objective of this paper is to consider the problem of a system amenable to maintenance and to provide to posterior analysis, Bayesian point estimators and Bayesian…