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This document discusses the maintenance engineering course taught by Dr. Sikander Rafiq. It covers topics like reliability, mean time between failures, mean time to repair, and availability. Reliability is defined as the probability that an item will perform its intended function for a specified period of time. Mean time between failures is the average time between inherent failures of a system. Mean time to repair is the average time required to troubleshoot and repair failed equipment. Availability is the ratio of time an equipment is usable to the total time.

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Problems Maintenance

This document discusses the maintenance engineering course taught by Dr. Sikander Rafiq. It covers topics like reliability, mean time between failures, mean time to repair, and availability. Reliability is defined as the probability that an item will perform its intended function for a specified period of time. Mean time between failures is the average time between inherent failures of a system. Mean time to repair is the average time required to troubleshoot and repair failed equipment. Availability is the ratio of time an equipment is usable to the total time.

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Maintenance Engineering(ChE-405)

Problems
Dr Sikander Rafiq
Assoc. Professor
 Q5. (Similar as Q4, value changed)
 The following chart shows the failure history of a machine. Determine its MTTR and
MTBF.

Failure Events Causewise duration of failure (min)


Time A B C D E
1 8:10 7
2 9:50 17
3 11:15 12
4 13:30 33
5 15:30 11
6 18:25 14
7 22:15 10
Sol.5
Q 6.

A machine is composed of five replaceable parts 1–5, with corresponding failure rates: λ1 = 0.0003 failures per
hour, λ2 = 0.0004 failures per hour, λ3 = 0.0005 failures per hour, λ4 = 0.0006 failures per hour, and λ5 =
0.0007 failures per hour, respectively. The corresponding corrective maintenance times for these parts 1–5 are
T1 = 5 h, T2 = 7 h, T3 = 3 h, T4 = 1 h, and T5 = 6 h, respectively. Calculate the equipment MTTR.

Where k = number of units or parts


λi = failure rate of unit/part for I = 1,2,3,……,k,
CMTi = corrective maintenance time

Books:
Maintenance Engineering and Management by R.C. Mishra and K. Pathak
Engineering Maintenance: A Modern Approach by B.S. Dhillon, Ph.D.
Q7 Machines that depreciate with their utilisation need
more maintenance as the time passes. An employer
realizes from his previous experience that the cost of the
chemical reactor is $5780 and the running costs are given
below. Use the optimal replacement policy to obtain the
best age at which the replacement is due?

Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Mainte 950 1140 1350 1730 2235 2780 3320 3970
nance
Cost
Resale 3000 1500 750 375 200 200 200 200
Value
Sol.7
Q 2a.
The planned preventive maintenance performs necessary and timely
servicing in order to prevent unscheduled breakdowns or undue degradation
of equipment. A chemical plant with 73% of its equipment in repaired state
and the remainder in the failed state needs proper maintenance strategies to
keep its equipment in running condition. The maintenance history of a
similar plant shows that 95% of the failed equipment could be repaired and
98% of the repaired equipment kept in working condition after using proper
maintenance strategies. Compute the percentage of equipment that would be
in the repaired state in the second year after using proper maintenance
strategies. Consider the maintenance history as the constant maintenance
accomplishment of this plant. Use matrices to solve this problem.
 The following equation may be helpful:

 where S2 is the state of the system in the second year, S1 is the state of the
system in the first year and P is the probability.

Solution below:
Sol.2a

A Markov chain is a stochastic model describing a


sequence of possible events in which the probability
of each event depends only on the state attained in
the previous event.
Reliability
Reliability may be defined in several ways:
▪ The idea that an item is fit for a purpose with respect to time.

▪ In the most practical sense: "Items that do not fail in use are reliable" and
"Items that do fail in use are not reliable".
▪ The probability of an item to perform a required function under stated
conditions for a specified period of time.

▪ The capacity of a designed, produced or maintained item to perform as


required over time.

▪ The resistance to failure of an item over time.


MEAN TIME BETWEEN FAILURES
 Mean time between failures (MTBF) is the predicted elapsed time
between inherent failures of a system during operation. MTBF
can be calculated as the arithmetic mean (average) time between
failures of a system.

MTTR
 Mean time to repair (MTTR) is the average time required to
troubleshoot and repair failed equipment and return it to normal
operating conditions.
 It is a basic technical measure of the maintainability of equipment
and repairable parts.
MTTR
 Mean time to repair (MTTR) is the average time required to
troubleshoot and repair failed equipment and return it to normal
operating conditions.
 It is a basic technical measure of the maintainability of equipment
and repairable parts.
 Mean time to repair (MTTR) is the average time required to
troubleshoot and repair failed equipment and return it to normal
operating conditions.

It is a basic technical measure of the maintainability of equipment and


repairable parts.
 Maintenance time is defined as the time between the start of the
incident and the moment the system is returned to production (i.e.
how long the equipment is out of production).
Maintenance Action Rate
It is the number of maintenance action that can be carried out on an
equipment per hour.
µ = 1÷MTTR
Availability
 It is the ratio of the time at which equipment is available for the
designated operations to the total time of operation and maintenance
of the equipment.

MTBF= Mean time between failures


MTBF= Mean time to repair
End of unit 2

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