Title :
Passenger rail vehicle depot-level electronic maintenance
Author_Institution :
SEPTA
fDate :
10/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Capital-intensive companies and organizations that purchase long-life industrial equipment, such as the transit agencies and railroad companies, often have language in their procurement specifications that define the useful life of the equipment and the necessary tools and equipment to maintain their defined life-cycle. However, if the organization is not structured around life-cycle maintenance then these long-term objectives will surely become just an unrealistic hope.
Keywords :
life cycle costing; maintenance engineering; procurement; railways; capital-intensive companies; life-cycle maintenance; long-life industrial equipment; passenger rail vehicle depot-level electronic maintenance; procurement specifications; railroad companies; transit agencies; useful life; Circuit testing; Contracts; Databases; Electronic equipment testing; Inspection; Instruments; Printed circuits; Rails; Surface-mount technology; Vehicles;
Journal_Title :
Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MIM.2008.4630737