A preventive maintenance model with a two-level inspection policy based on a three-stage failure process

• Published in: Reliability engineering & system safety Vol. 121; pp. 207 - 220
• Main Authors: Wang, Wenbin, Zhao, Fei, Peng, Rui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2014; Elsevier
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Delay; Delay time; Delayed maintenance; Exact sciences and technology; Failure; Industrial metrology. Testing; Inspection; Maintenance; Mathematical models; Mechanical engineering. Machine design; Operational research and scientific management; Operational research. Management science; Policies; Preventive maintenance; Reliability theory. Replacement problems; Three-stage failure process; Windows (intervals); Inspection; Delay time; Delayed maintenance; Three-stage failure process; Preventive maintenance; Inspection policy; Probabilistic approach; Software component; Windows; Maintenance; Modeling; Prevention; Manufacturing defect; Monitoring; Delayed time

Inspection is always an important preventive maintenance (PM) activity and can have different depths and cover all or part of plant systems. This paper introduces a two-level inspection policy model for a single component plant system based on a three-stage failure process. Such a failure process di...