Analysis of a production line subject to degradation and preventive maintenance

• Published in: Reliability engineering & system safety Vol. 230; p. 108906
• Main Authors: Wei, Shuaichong, Nourelfath, Mustapha, Nahas, Nabil
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Barking Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2023; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Buffers; Continuous flow; Degradation; Finite capacity; Maintenance; Manufacturing; Multi-state system; Optimisation; Optimization; Performance evaluation; Preventive maintenance; Production lines; Reliability engineering; Stochastic processes; Degradation; Performance evaluation; Multi-state system; Maintenance; Optimisation

•We develop an analytical method to analyze a two-machine line with a buffer of finite capacity.•The multi-state machines are subjected to condition-based preventive maintenance.•We analyze the trade-off between preventive maintenance and buffer.•We evaluate the impact of preventive maintenance stra...