... in developing a comprehensive approach for maintenance strategy selection in the Deinking plant of the paper industry to choose the appropriate maintenance strategy thereby reducing the unnecessary cost incurred on the maintenance. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, the Fuzzy VIKOR based methodology...

... Stock preparation unit Genetic algorithms Modelling Paper industry Due to the continuous advancement of technology and automation in manufacturing, the complexity of equipment increases so rapidly that the reliability of the equipment has come in focus and emerged as a thrust area especially...

..., bleaching, screening, stock preparation and paper production etc. These units are normally arranged in hybrid configuration. The important process of a paper industry, upon which the quality of paper depends, is the stock preparation process. In the process of paper formation, the chips from storage are fed...