INTEGRATED MAINTENANCE PLANNING TO CUT COSTS AND RAISE AVAILABILITY

Examination of maintenance procedures for main line diesel locos, railcar engines and motor-generator sets in use on British Railways has shown that there is considerable scope for reducing costs and at the same time increasing availability. This can be achieved by relating planned (preventive) maintenance schedules statistically to the rates at which failures occur in service, and the cost of those failures in the broadest sense. Still greater benefits can be realised by complete integration of all the cost and reliability factors involved, along the lines set out in Figure 1. There are three main stages in such an approach: planning, feedback and control.

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• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Transport Press, Limited

  Dorset House, Stamford Street
  London SE1 9LU,   England 
• Authors:
  • Lele, S B
• Publication Date: 1973-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 98-100
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 129
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Diesel engines; Locomotives; Vehicle maintenance
• Old TRIS Terms: Diesel engine maintenance; Locomotive maintenance
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00046354
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 4 1974 12:00AM