A simulation-based approach for detecting undesired product lifecycle features in maintenance system design

Author

Hata, Tomoyuki ; KIMURA, Fumihiko

Author_Institution

Dept. of Precision Eng., Tokyo Univ., Japan

fYear

2003

fDate

8-11 Dec. 2003

Firstpage

611

Lastpage

617

Abstract

A maintenance system that consists of data acquisition system and decision rules for process execution is modeled and examined for achieving better maintenance. Accuracy of sensors for monitoring and combinations of process activation rules are decided to achieve desired lifecycle, but those may bring unexpected behavior of a maintenance system and will affect the management of lifecycle. This paper describes a simulation-based approach for detecting undesired features of lifecycle to be used in maintenance system design. An improvised maintenance system for an elevator system is employed for explaining the approach. Though the model of functional structure of the elevator and degradation of conditions still contain unrealistic assumptions, simulation of behavior of a maintenance system seems to provide a good estimation of undesired lifecycle features.

Keywords

data acquisition; decision theory; design for environment; lifts; maintenance engineering; product design; reliability; sensors; simulation; data acquisition system; decision rules; elevator system; lifecycle management; maintenance system design; monitoring process; process activation rules; process execution; sensors; simulation based approach; undesired product lifecycle; Data acquisition; Decision-making; Detectors; Elevators; Maintenance; Reliability; Simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 2003. EcoDesign '03. 2003 3rd International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Tokyo, Japan

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8590-x

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECODIM.2003.1322743

Filename

1322743