This unit aims to develop student’s understanding and knowledge of maintaining engineering infrastructure facilities and assets. Upon learning in this unit of study, the students shall be able to:

Understand the key principles and value the emerging practices of managing various engineering infrastructure,facilities and assets
Appreciate the significance of balancing economic, social and environmental sustainability requirements in managing engineering facilities and assets in different industries
Apply reliability-based maintenance concepts and plant reliability engineering methods, for enhanced reliability and sustainable performance during different stages of asset facilitys life cycle.

Teaching Methods:

On campus lectures, and

tutorials

Assessment:

Two Individual Assignments: 60%

Group Project and presentation: 40%

Generic Skills Outcomes:

On successful completion of this unit the student should be able to:

Identify and articulate the latest innovations in industry towards significant improvement in Assets reliability and sustainability of its performance,
Link and synthesise knowledge gained in other related engineering management courses to critically assess condition of assets and measures required to improve its reliability in cost effective manner.

Content:

Assets Maintenance Management, definition, function, place in the organisation.
Assets Performance reliability – business case
Maintenance as Capability Assurance Function - to perform at specified levels
Maintenance Management Reporting and measurements. KPA – key performance areas, KPIs – functional, organisational and plant reliability types.
Maintenance Philosophy, Strategy, Objectives, Programmes and Planning
Maintenance Root-Cause Analysis, FMECA, MTTM, MTBF. Utilisation of CMMS for planning and execution of Maintenance work.
Plant Reliability as a component of Co Quality System
Quality and Risk mitigation Framework in Maintenance Management: model, overview
RCM - Reliability Centred Maintenance, RCM Model, RCM Analysis and Planning Maintenance Requirements
Reliability and Maintainability of Assets. Maintenance is a Reliability Function
Reliability Based Engineering, Reliability Modelling
Sustainability based on Continuous Improvement Cycle, TPM and other modern types of maintenance management that involve operator participation
Sustainability in maintenance performance
Types of Maintenance: Reactive, Planned, Proactive, Preventative, Predictive, Condition-based. Optimisation of Maintenance Programs.

Reading Materials:

To be informed during lectures.

Further reading materials available on Blackboard site for this unit.

Reliability-based Maintenance Management of Engineering Assets

Unit Code: HES6901

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