A simulation model for opportunistic maintenance strategies

Author

Mohamed-Salah, Ouali ; Daoud, Ait-Kadi ; Ali, Gharbi

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng., Moncton Univ., NB, Canada

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

703

Abstract

An opportunistic maintenance strategy is proposed to maintain a production line consisting of k nonidentical processors and without intermediary stocks. Operational characteristics of processors are degraded with usage. In this strategy, preventive maintenance activities are combined with corrective ones as soon as a certain technical and economical conditions are satisfied. This might reduce the total number of maintenance activities and consequently the total maintenance cost incurred. Performance evaluation of a such a strategy is carried out using a simulation model

Keywords

decision theory; digital simulation; maintenance engineering; production control; corrective maintenance; economical conditions; nonidentical processors; operational characteristics; opportunistic maintenance strategies; performance evaluation; preventive maintenance; production line; simulation model; technical conditions; Cost function; Degradation; Delay; Distribution functions; Dynamic programming; Mathematical model; Mechanical engineering; Preventive maintenance; Production engineering; Production systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, 1999. Proceedings. ETFA '99. 1999 7th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Barcelona

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5670-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ETFA.1999.815422

Filename

815422