... application areas – contrasts to some extent to the needs of maintenance managers in practice. Hence the findings of this paper particularly address the need for further investigation on combining problem-solving approaches for improving planning, monitoring, and controlling phases of MCM. Continuous...

... investigation of the correlation of manufacturing and assembly variations with vibrations, using an experimental test rig. A factorial design is used to study the effects of various factors. Challenges in developing a process monitoring and inspection methodology to predict performance quality are identified...

... companies. The essential component of this approach is a series of equipment monitors (called “dutymeters”) that continuously monitor and log the real duty on the machine as well as some machine parameters that can be used for machine health diagnostics. Describes application of this concept to a range...

... of the abnormal situations of the pump. This was true even when monitoring the pressure at the outlet of the pump and this anomaly was found at the inlet region of the pump, due to cavitation or to an obstacle in the suction conduit (see Figure 8). It was also true when the flow‐rate associated to the “normal...