The Open Cybernetics & Systemics Journal
2017, 11 : 86-93Published online 2017 April 28. DOI: 10.2174/1874110X01711010085
Publisher ID: TOCSJ-11-86
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Optimizing Preventive Maintenance of Used Equipment for Lease Using Enumeration Algorithm
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ABSTRACT
Background:
With the progress of technology and people's awareness of environmental protection, more and more used equipment flows into the market. But the lessee is most concerned about the functionality and reliability of the equipment, because fault downtime and repair will lead to the loss of production.
Objective:
In order to solve this problem, we propose a maintenance scheme for the used equipment using fixed failure rate reduction method.
Method:
An efficient enumeration algorithm is given to derive the optimal PM policy.
Results:
In case study, the proposed policy is compared with the performance of other approach through examples.
Conclusions:
Numerical examples illustrate that the proposed maintenance strategy is practical and it can provide effective decision support for leasing company.