Condition Based Maintenance in the Pharmaceutical Products Industry; Some Cost Related Benefits,

Abstract

At the 1996 Technology Showcase Conference, a method for assessing the cost effectiveness of condition based maintenance (CBM) was presented for the case of a batch process plant pump operation utilising a simple mathematical model. More recently, the mode has been extended to permit evaluation of fans and also gearboxes which attract consequential costs due to there being no stand-by facilities when failure occurs. In this paper, the results of a study are presented and discussed as a means for determining the extent to which the cost prediction model can be utilised to establish the viability of pursuing a condition based maintenance strategy for batch type process plant machinery operation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA347814

Entities

People

  • B. J. Roylance
  • B. S. Rajan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Condition Based Maintenance
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Benefit Analysis
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Costs
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Costs
  • Mathematical Models
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Models
  • Monitoring
  • Reliability
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

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