Condition-based maintenance for intelligent monitored series system with independent machine failure modes

• Published in: International journal of production research Vol. 51; no. 15; pp. 4585 - 4596
• Main Authors: Xia, Tangbin, Xi, Lifeng, Zhou, Xiaojun, Lee, Jay
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Routledge 01.08.2013; Taylor & Francis LLC
• Subjects: availability; condition-based maintenance; cost; Cost engineering; Decision making models; Failure analysis; Failure modes; global-objective model; Intelligent systems; Maintenance; Maintenance management; maintenance scheduling; maintenance time window; Mathematical models; On-line systems; Policies; Scheduling; Studies; Windows (intervals)

Maintenance scheduling, as a decision-making process, plays an important role for today's manufacturing systems. This paper proposes a condition-based maintenance policy for intelligent monitored multi-unit series systems. A novel method of multi-level scheduling is developed to predict mainten...