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Switches and crossings (S&Cs) connect the rail network, guiding trains from one track to another and supporting path crossing. They are critical systems given the frequency of their functional failure and the consequences on the operation, cost and safety of railway transportation. Reliability studies are required to support the transport objective of providing dependable, sustainable and cost...
Rotary drilling machines are the most common machines used for drilling the blast holes in mining and constructions activities. The vital role of drilling operation in mining activities reveals that, the performance analysis of drilling machines and their failure and repair behaviours are essential. There-fore, the present study focuses on the reliability, availability and maintainability (RAM) of...
TRIZ can be considered as a tool of innovative problem solving. In manufacturing domain where quick solution for problem has be developed, methods such as DMAIC, QC story, 8D might take long time to implement and give benefits. TRIZ can overcome this problem with channelized thinking. The case study of this research which was conducted in magnet manufacturing shows that with use of innovative thinking...
The environmental conditions in which the equipment is to be operated, such as temperature, humidity, dust, operators' skill, etc, often have considerable influence directly on the product reliability and indirectly on the product supportability characteristics. This paper, after discussing the factors influencing product reliability, describes a method to estimate spare part requirements based on...
Spare parts provision is a complex problem and requires an accurate model to analysis all factors that may affect the required number of spare parts. The number of spare parts required can be effectively estimated based on the reliability performance of the item. The reliability characteristics of an item are influenced not only by the operating time, but also by factors such as the operational environment...
This paper aims to develop a graphical method to facilitate the identification of risk and cost of postponement of restoration for repairable components which are periodically tested and whose failures are hidden, i.e, are detectable by inspection or upon demand. The paper focuses on the items which are under aging, however, the methodology is flexible to implement for any aging pattern. The paper...
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