Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering: Volume 23 Issue 4

Differences in adoption of global spare parts management in autonomous service units

Jouni Kauremaa, Jan Holmström

The purpose of this paper is to study the adoption and motivation to adopt global spare parts practices in autonomous units servicing the products of an original equipment…

Condition-based maintenance modeling for a two-stage deteriorating system with random changes based on stochastic process

Binghai Zhou, Faqun Qi, Hongyu Tao

The purpose of this paper is to develop a condition-based maintenance (CBM) model for those systems subject to the two-stage deterioration including a deterioration pitting…

Selecting a condition monitoring system for enhancing effectiveness of power transformer maintenance

Maria Del Pilar Colin Hernandez, Ashraf Labib

The purpose of this paper is to propose a model for assisting in the decision-making process for acquiring a condition monitoring (CM) system for an oil-immersed power transformer…

A model of system limiting availability under imperfect maintenance

Suzan Alaswad, Richard Cassady, Edward Pohl, Xiaoping Li

The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of the Kijima Type II imperfect repair model on the availability of repairable systems (RS). Since many individuals are…

Bibliometric review of improvements in building maintenance

Patricia Rocha, Rui Calejo Rodrigues

The purpose of this paper is to review the status of knowledge on the subject of building maintenance from an integrated perspective that incorporates the building lifecycle, that…

An integrated strategy for fleet maintenance planning

Manish Rawat, Bhupesh Kumar Lad

Conventionally, fleet maintenance decisions are made based on the level of repair (LOR) analysis. A general assumption made during LOR analysis is the consideration of the…

Bearing temperature monitoring of a Wind Turbine using physics-based model

Philippe Cambron, Antoine Tahan, Christian Masson, Francis Pelletier

The purpose of this paper is to propose a method to monitor a Wind Turbine’s (WT) main bearing, based on the difference between the temperature as measured by the Supervisory…