Science topics: Industrial EngineeringMaintenance
Science topic
Maintenance - Science topic
The upkeep of property or equipment.
Questions related to Maintenance
I am working on developing a method for analyzing about 28 PPCPs. Calibration, SPE recovery, and all necessary validations were completed. However, I recently encountered an issue where the peaks for four compounds (eluting between RT 14–19 minutes) just disappeared. I prepared fresh standards and re-ran the analysis, but the peaks remained absent.
To troubleshoot, I switched to an isocratic method using the composition at which these compounds were previously eluting. This resulted in the detection of only 2 out of the 4 compounds, and even those appeared with very low intensity.
Since we have another high-resolution mass spectrometer (QTOF), I screened the standard mixture on it and observed all four compounds with good intensity.
We then performed maintenance on our HPLC-MS (This is the system we are using for quantification) system with the single quadrupole detector, including cleaning the ion guide, replacing the pump oil, and conducting other performance optimizations. After maintenance, we successfully detected peaks for seven new target compounds with good intensity, which were previously undetectable. However, the four problematic compounds still did not appear, even when tested at higher concentrations (up to 400 ppb).
I also tried running the analysis without the diverter valve, but the results were unchanged.
My current gradient is as follows:
0–1.5 minutes: 20% B
1.5–8 minutes: Linear increase to 80% B
8–9 minutes: Increase to 95% B, held until 20 minutes
20–23 minutes: Return to initial conditions (20% B)
23–36 minutes: Re-equilibration
Mobile phases:
A: 0.1% formic acid in water
B: Methanol
Flow rate: 0.3 mL, Injection volume: 10uL
The column in use is a SunFire C18 (4.6 × 250 mm). I am unsure what might have caused this. Please help with this or suggest what I should try now. Thanks so much
What are the key advantages and limitations of usingpropofol for induction and maintenance?
How can interprofessional collaboration enhance themonitoring and maintenance of central lines?
I do have a list of critical Equipments. How do I justify to the management on the cost for implementing predictive maintenance in my industry?
Does it reduce inventory levels of critical spares?
Does it save labour time of maintenance personnel?
Does it have high initial cost which can be returned in x years?
As a non-IT professional, how do i simply transfer the knowledge to maintenance team for making the shift from preventive to predictive maintenance?
I'm looking to start a culture of primary human hepatocytes and was wondering if anyone has any advice on which suppliers are a good source of cells and any general maintenance tips and tricks?
Thanks!
Aviation MRO handles both planned and unscheduled aircraft maintenance. An independent MRO often rely on information coming from their clients or customers, which consist of maintenance request, parts demands, etc. The MRO needs to ensure that the aircraft spare parts are always available whenever needed but still needs to be evaluated to avoid any understock or overstock inventory situation. Forecasting demand of the spare parts is the common method used; however, there are still rooms for improvement needed due to several constraints, such as limitations in accessing data, collaboration complexity, and demand uncertainty.
Critical Question:
What are the significant issues with Existing Software Engineering?
Important Note:
During this trip through the significant issues of existing software engineering issues, we will cite false claims in unlimited publications, technologies, tools, research, teaching, programs, developments, and others. We urge everyone not to take this personally. Anyone may disagree with the critical question, but please respond kindly. We experienced many bunches and losses and will speak to everyone about them later.
Motivations:
Experience as a software engineer for more than 40+ years as a practitioner and a Full academic professor, and we mastered every aspect of Software Engineering in different ways and interpretations than other claimed gurus in SWE.
Many software engineering practitioners and academics (including SJSU, where I am a full professor) present many false claims about SWE; all they see and know is the programming aspects of software engineering. Have a different understanding & knowledge of SWE, and they are missing the essential stages of SWE:
1) The Problem Space (Analysis) – Understanding the problem and representing the "WHAT."
We are talking about the functional and non-functional requirements, the responsibility, the collaboration of the classes, and the testing aspects of modeling these problem properties. Unfortunately, this Problem Space does not exist in teaching, training, research, and practice. However, the Problem Space is the most critical stage of software development in all fields of knowledge; By mastering the Problem Space, we can avoid many significant problems, including many failures.
2) The Solution Space (Design, Architecture, Coding) –Creativity of the solution and represent the "HOW-TO." This phase has many problems: 1) there are many solutions, 2) it Would lead to many different modeling techniques 3) The majority of research in SWE IS USELESS. Examples are many different modeling, architecture techniques, tools, and languages all over the solution space. Look at this statement carefully:
"if you do not understand the Problem Space, the outcome of the Solution Space is one of the following alternatives:
a) Useless Development and cancelation of the development – Billions of $s down the drain,
b) Software systems with maintenance nightmare, which causes a lot of system failures and cancelations after 5 to 6 years."
Unfortunately, in practice, coding represents 95% of the software development of any system.
We need to:
1. Unify the way we do everything in software engineering research and development
2. Emphasis on the Art, Science, and Engineering of Software Engineering
3. Stabilize the Engineering of Software
4. Standardize all aspects of Unified Software Engineering
5. Understand and accurate Execution of Software Quality
6. Allow Creativity and Innovations in Software Engineering
7. Prevent Software Maintenance
8. Unified and stabilize Methodologies, Techniques, and Processes
9. Reduce Cost and Effort
10. Produce of High Quality and Maintenance Free Software & Systems
11. Explore and Development of new Disciplines.
12. Free the Software Independency of Hardware
I am currently engaged in a my research involving the design and cost estimation for a drinking water treatment plant that is structured into two phases, each with a duration of 20 years. To ensure accurate calculations of construction, operation, and maintenance costs, I am seeking recommendations for software tools that can assist in these calculations.
Could you kindly suggest any software or tools that are particularly effective for such comprehensive cost estimation tasks? Your insights and recommendations would be greatly appreciated as they will significantly contribute to the success of this project.
I am seeking to express my protein of interest in THP-1 monocytes for future experiments. To achieve this, it is crucial to generate a stable cell line that is viable for freezing and maintains cell viability after thawing and differentiation into macrophages. However, I have noticed that most studies perform the transfection of THP-1 cells after differentiation into macrophages, which hinders the maintenance of a proliferative culture and the creation of a stable cell line. Additionally, cell viability can significantly decrease after the transfection of monocytes and their subsequent differentiation into macrophages. So far, nucleofection has shown higher transfection efficiency in monocytes compared to lipofectamine. I plan to test both methods. However, I have not found clear information regarding the viability of transfected monocytes after thawing and differentiation. I would like to know if anyone has experience with this process, which selection drug was used, and if there are any recommendations to optimize cell stability and viability. Thanks in advance
Dose there any dietary restrictions or prohibited during period of psoriasis illness and what are recommended supplements that advice for health maintenance?
Could you recommend some articles of detection and maintenance of road infrastructure using advanced technologies?
What are the factors that help artificial intelligence in strengthening the relationship between human resources and production quality?
Are these factors ideal or is there something additional?
1. Improving selection and recruitment processes.
2. Improve employee experience.
3. Improve production forecasting and planning
4. Improving training and development processes
5. Improving maintenance and operation processes
what can be the undiscovered benefits of applying telematic technologies for road pavement maintenance, incident reduction and environmental protection?
What are the articles of detection and maintenance of road infrastructure using advanced technologies?
Predictive Maintenance for Electrical Equipment § Dataset:
• Generate a dataset with sensor readings (e.g., vibration, temperature) from electrical equipment over time, labelled with maintenance events (failures)
Pharmacological agents used for induction, maintenance, and emergence from anaesthesia in paediatric patients are selected based on factors such as age, weight, medical history, surgical procedure, and individual patient response.
Dear Experts,
Does anyone know where to find information on funds allocated to the maintenance of transportation infrastructure in Bavaria, Germany? Any insights on which Ministry is responsible for this?
According to the study, entitled "The transition from gel separatory serum tubes to lithium heparin gel tubes in the clinical laboratory", Transitioning to lithium heparin gel tubes may require adjustments or upgrades to existing equipment used for sample processing, such as centrifuges and analyzers. For example, centrifuge settings may need to be optimized for lithium heparin gel tubes to ensure proper separation of plasma from cellular components. Depending on the extent of equipment modifications required, there may be associated costs for calibration, maintenance, or potential equipment purchases.
Hi, i´m working with C6/36 cells
Do you have a manual for preparing growth and maintenance medium for C6/36 cells?
What is the CO2 concentration and temperature that you use in the incubation?
please
Hi, I am working with Cardiomyocytes in 3D (differentiated from hIPSC) from FujiFilm Cellular Dynamics. The are very nice to work with but we are testing a highthroughput microfluidic device and are currently using large volumes of very expensive media (from the company). I want to use my own formulation just for maintenance. I will use the recommended media for spheroid formation etc...
There are many options in the literature for this media however I am thinking of using RPMI 1640, 2% B27 supplement & 1%Pen/strep. This will be used for 3 days - 14 days.
Any suggestions/comments on this formulation?
I need unlabeled dataset of industrial robot for fault detection and predictive maintenance by using unsupervised algorithm.
Automotive manufacturers are increasingly integrating augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies to revolutionize various aspects of vehicle design, prototyping, manufacturing processes, and customer experiences. These immersive technologies offer significant benefits in the era of advanced automotive engineering and smart mobility solutions. Here's how AR and VR are being utilized in the automotive industry:
- Vehicle Design and Styling: Designers and engineers use VR to visualize and interact with 3D models of vehicles, enabling them to explore different design iterations and assess aesthetics, ergonomics, and functionality. VR design reviews facilitate efficient collaboration and decision-making among cross-functional teams.
- Virtual Prototyping and Simulation: VR allows automotive manufacturers to create virtual prototypes of vehicles and conduct realistic simulations of various scenarios, such as crash testing, aerodynamics, and thermal analysis. This streamlines the development process, reduces physical prototyping costs, and enhances safety assessments.
- Manufacturing and Assembly Processes: AR is applied on the factory floor to guide assembly line workers with real-time instructions and visual overlays. AR-assisted assembly and maintenance improves productivity, reduces errors, and enhances worker training and skill development.
- Quality Control and Inspection: AR and VR enable technicians to perform detailed quality control inspections using digital overlays, highlighting potential defects or deviations during manufacturing processes. This enhances product quality and reduces defects.
- Customer Experience and Marketing: Automotive manufacturers leverage AR and VR in showrooms and marketing campaigns to offer immersive and interactive experiences to customers. VR-based test drives and AR-enabled product presentations allow customers to explore vehicle features and configurations.
- Virtual Showrooms and Configurators: AR and VR technologies power virtual showrooms and vehicle configurators, enabling customers to customize vehicles, explore different options, and visualize the final product before purchase.
- Service and Maintenance: AR is utilized to provide service technicians with real-time diagnostic information, step-by-step repair instructions, and overlay information on the vehicle, simplifying maintenance tasks and reducing service time.
- Training and Skill Development: AR and VR-based training programs are used to educate service technicians, assembly line workers, and sales personnel. These interactive training modules enhance skills and knowledge retention.
- Design Validation and Customer Feedback: VR allows automotive manufacturers to conduct virtual focus groups and user studies to gather customer feedback on vehicle designs, features, and usability.
- Autonomous Vehicle Development: AR and VR technologies are utilized to simulate real-world driving scenarios for testing and validation of autonomous vehicle systems, reducing the reliance on costly physical road testing.
The integration of AR and VR technologies in the automotive industry is transforming the entire product lifecycle, from design and manufacturing to sales and customer support. These immersive technologies not only improve efficiency and reduce costs but also enhance the overall customer experience and drive innovation in advanced automotive engineering and smart mobility solutions.
Hi,
I am a Ph.D. student. I am working with GC-IRMS. We have MAT 253 IRMS along with Ultra trace GC. and GC interfaced with IRMS through GC combustion III.
Recently I had a problem of really high water background after doing maintenance e.g. changing the oxidation catalyst and replacing the septum and liner. However, other backgrounds, e.g., Argon and nitrogen were ok. I tested the instrument for leak check but could not find any leak with Ar gas. After two days, over the weekend, the filament (box and trap values) turned to be zero. I suspected that the filament was broken and we replaced the filament. after replacing the filament, we turned on ion source again after some time, and box ad trap values showed up again. but unfortunately, it went to zero again after 2 minutes. Now this process is continued of showing up of box and trap values and turning off in 2 two minutes.
We changed the nafion membrane two years before.
did someone face the same problem? or can someone suggest any solution regarding this?
I would be very grateful.
Maintenance of children born out of live in relationships
The Covid-19 pandemic is coming to an end around the world and now is the time to analyze its impact on all institutions of society one of the most interesting to study in our opinion is education. A large number of researchers note that during the quarantine restrictions and online learning, the process of incorrect borrowing and violation of the principles of academic integrity has increased significantly. Also at the end of 2022, neural networks based on artificial intelligence received wide publicity and application, which also raises many questions in the field of maintaining academic integrity.
We would love to hear your thoughts and recommendations on maintaining the principles of academic integrity in the student community in 2023.
I am developing a real-time maintenance module for the apparel industry using an IR sensor to calculate the uptime of a sewing machine.
I calculated the average uptime of the sewing machine, i.e., 5560 seconds.
Now, I need to calculate the threshold value to send an alert notification for maintenance.
General maintenance is done every 3 months, or 90 days.
Any leads will be highly appreciated.
Please can you help confirm if this publication exists:
Mahamadu, A. M., & Stansbury, J. (2014). Maintenance management strategy for effective maintenance of offshore oil and gas facilities. Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, 20(2), 105-123.
How the hydraulic design parameters determined, the operation and maintenance of spillway.
The space shuttle repair and maintenance is often very challenging and require very specific Space Robotics & Automated Systems that are interconnected via Satellite Communication Systems.
I just bought the Bio Rad NGC Discover 100 Pro. I have question about their NGC fraction collector VS BioFrac Fraction Collector. I bought the BioFrac Fraction Collector. Besides capacity, the field engineer told me he saw this old version collector more often in their maintenance and repair.
I just want to ask people’s experience who already used old collectors. Will it need more maintenance?
Thank you so much!
I am doing some trials culturing SH-SY5Y in Opti-MEM with Glutamax, Pen-Strep 1% without adding FBS (for my purposes I should use as little FBS as possible), but it seems that cells are suffering: they grow very slowly, initially taking a neuron-like shape and finally detaching from flask surface and dieing after 6-7 days from plating. Could it be due to serum deprivation? Which FBS % is optimal for SH maintenance in Opti-MEM?
Blockchain technology brings benefits to the mobility and transportation system. Highlight for some applications:
- Supply chain management to track the entire chain from production to delivery, preventing counterfeiting and improving transparency.
- Electric vehicle charging creates a decentralized network of electric vehicle charging stations and provides greater driver flexibility.
- Smart contracts that automate processes like payments, insurance, and maintenance reduce paperwork and increase efficiency.
- Decentralized ride-sharing allows passengers to connect directly with drivers, without the need for a central authority, reduces costs, and increases accessibility with flexibility for drivers and passengers.
- Transparency and traceability for various mobility and transport system activities such as registration, maintenance, and inspections can help increase accountability and reduce fraud and corruption.
Trying to mitigate early-age fractures in concrete buildings is crucial for ensuring adequate durability, minimising potential strength loss, and lowering maintenance costs. Because these cracks challenge the residential comfort and the aesthetic appearances of buildings.
So, what are the alternative measures adapted to mitigate arly-age cracks in the construction industry?
Hallo,
has anybody experiences with the "Siemens D5000 Matic XRD System" for powder diffractometry of multiphase inorganic materials?
What are the advances and disadvantages?
What are the conditions for maintenance and repair?
Thank you in advance!
Best regards
Bernd Dittert
Hi, everyone. :)
Language maintenance and language shifting is an interesting topic. Talking about Indonesia, our linguists note that until 2022 Indonesia has 718 languages. Indonesia really cares about the existing languages.
One thing that is interesting, language maintenance and language shift are also influenced by geographical conditions.
To accommodate 718 different languages, Indonesia has a geographical condition of islands. If we move from island to island in Indonesia, the use of the language is very contrasting, there is contact of different languages between us.
Some literature states that language maintenance and language shift are strongly influenced by the concentration of speakers in an area.
So, in the developments related to the topic of language maintenance and language shift regarding geographical conditions, to what extent have linguists made new breakthroughs in this issue?
I think that the study of language maintenance and language shifts related to regions is the same as the study of food availability or state territory which makes the area the main factor for this defense.
I throw this question at all linguists, do you have a new point of view in the keywords language, maintenance, and geographical.
Kind regards :)
Dear railway researchers,
I have a practical question. I am looking for suitable equipment for compacting soil and gravel in the laboratory. In our laboratory, I plan to build a laboratory model in a scale of 1:1 (railway substructure, railway superstructure). In the model, compaction (consolidation, stabilization) of the soil layers and gravel of the ballast bed will be carried out. Can you please share your experience with what device do you use in your laboratory?
In detail, for the soil, it would be best to use a CAT soil compactor equipped with a foot drum, which is used to compact the soil. For gravel, it would be best to use a track bed aggregate stabilizer that is used in track construction/maintenance (eg DGS 80 from Plasser&Theurer).
However, it is obvious that it is not possible to invite these large machines to the laboratory, and therefore it is necessary to use a spare machine. In addition, due to the work in the laboratory, it should work without emissions (no fumes, only electricity or gas is allowed). Do you have any experience or recommendations? Thank you in advance.
Vit
I can't access mirtarbase (mirtarbase.cuhk.edu.cn or http://mirtarbase.mbc.nctu.edu.tw/) because its says that "the requested URL was not found on this server".
I’m wondering if it's down permanently or if it's temporary for maintenance.
Is anyone having the same problem or have any information about it?
Thank you.
Has anyone else had issues accessing miRTarbase recently? I keep getting DNS 502 (bad gateway) errors. I’m just wondering if it is down for maintenance?
We are using the Elementar Analyser for carbon and nitrogen content of plant, soil and fertilisers. The carbon is in low bias (the factor is~0.89...), when it should be 0.9 to 1.1 and nitrogen is in high bias.
Is there any paticular reason for this? Could it be a calibration issue or maintenance problem?
Thanks
Regards
Adiel
I need your assistance in determining the relationship between occurrence, severity, and detectability and maintenance strategy selection?
I have a problem with how the FMECA factors (occurrence, severity, and detectability) is defined and how it is used to judge the relative importance (i.e., scores) of alternatives (maintenance policy) using AHP method . What the meaning of occurrence, severity, and detectability used as critera in maintenance strategy selection?
Does the occurrence mean MTBF?
Does the severity mean MTTR?
An example to explain
When performing the pairwise comparison between the alternatives (maintenance policy) with respect to occurrence with regard to single seal damag, a question may be asked "how important is preventive maintenance compared to predictive maintenance with respect to occurrence?" The answer to such question is preventive very strong importance (value of 7) when compared to the Predictive maintenance with respect to occurrence for single seal
What is the meaning of this answer? How do you compare the performance of preventive maintenance with regard to the occurance of failure compared with predictive maintenance? I appreciate your help.
How this system works, how to apply, what kind of terms should be provide to suit the system? Thank you
I am trying to self pollinate commercial varieties but I don't have the maintenance.
I am using a LCT TOF micromass.
For the instrument maintenance and testing , I am raising the cone voltage from 35V to 200V for about 15 sec, so as to mimic in-source fragmentation experiments.
Then on returning back to 35V, the TIC intensity does not return back to its initial value immediately, but rather has a slow delay recovery which last for 1-2 mins.
I have ruled out issues with power supplies and dirty lens.
Has anyone seen a similar issue and may have certain suggestions?
Sociolinguistics started in the 1950s with Fishman focussing on language choice , maintenance and shift studies. Since then it has moved on to encompass more and more areas of study
can you let me know which area/ aspect of Sociolinguistics you are focussing on / working on?
thank you
As an instructor in database systems, my aim is edit a collection of case studies in relational database that follow along the lines of SDLC, having a number of cases for each of the phases - planning, analysis, design, development, testing, implementation and maintenance.
I am looking for data ownership structures or frameworks that can be applied within large organizations, specifically related to information systems and data maintenance responsibilities.
I am currently conducting a study on the effects of adopting IoT and Big data technologies in a manufacturing facility. I'm trying to get hold of data that would concern the change in the capacity of the plant, the maintenance costs, and OEE. I am aware that there is previous case studies on the matter but I am trying to quantify the change using real data. Does anybody know where I can find production data of a manufacturing facility I can use?
first I need to analyze and try to answer for predictive and prescriptive maintenance questions
I am interested in how to ensure the maintenance of high transport quality of roads during the period of heavy traffic.
Can a real picture of the road maintenance system be obtained in this way of monitoring and control? What other method would you recommend for monitoring and controlling road maintenance?
Dear scientist,
We are currently working with iPSCs and their differentiation into pancreatic B-cells. We have noticed that after thawing, the growth and expansion rate of iPSCs has not been ideal.
We are using mTeSR1 for the expansion and maintenance of iPSCs before their differentiation.
Has anyone had similar problems in expansion and maintenance processes?
How could the growth and expansion rate be improved?
Thank you very much for your help and support
In the maintenance optimization context, researchers use a structure such that it results in the Renewal reward theorem and they use this theorem to minimize the long-run cost rate criteria and the maintenance optimization problem.
However, in the real-world, creating such structures that conclude to Renewal reward theorem maybe not happen. I am looking forward to how to dealing with these problems?
Bests
Hasan
Hello everyone, I am currently working on a predictive maintenance model to detect possible failures in a specific system or equipment. I wanted to ask you if you know where I can get real data from a device from a normal operating state to a failed state, such as valves, motors, switches, etc.
Hello everybody,
I am currently working on a PhD project for a car manufacturing company, which basically consists of creating a predictive maintenance application for the machines that are currently used to fill the air conditioning circuits of vehicles. In essence, each cycle consists of two phases designed to perform checks on the circuit followed by a last one in which the corresponding refrigerant gas is charged. Specifically, in a first phase the circuit is pressurized in order to detect leaks from inside to outside the circuit, in a second phase a vacuum is exerted on the circuit in order to detect leaks from the outside to the inside, and finally, if no leak is detected, the circuit is filled. Regarding the data collected, for each of the phases different readings are taken of the pressure reached inside the circuit, except for the gas loading phase:
- First phase (pressurization): A total of three pressure readings are taken at different times (pressurization, stabilization and control).
- Second phase (vacuum): A total of 4 readings are taken at different time instants (release of the circuit pressure to the atmospheric one, vacuum, vacuum stabilization and control).
- Third phase (charge): Grams of gas charged in the circuit.
The attached FillingCurve.png file shows the typical theoretical curve of a filling cycle with the three aforementioned phases. As for the data, the attached SampleDataTable.png table presents a small sample of them.
The objective proposed to me is to model and monitor these variables so that, following a predictive maintenance strategy, it is possible to predict their trends and detect possible anomalies in real time, allowing to anticipate failures in the pressurization of the machines or in the pump in charge of the vacuum. With regard to the results of the cycles, it is worth mentioning that only those NOKs associated with the filling console have been taken into account, discarding the cycles that have been NOKs because the vehicle circuit itself had defects (leaks, bad connections, etc.). In any case, it is to be noted that the factory does not fully trust the assigned NOK labels... so maybe it would be better to just consider the OK samples...
As far as I understand, these data constitute time series, a completely new field for me. I have some experience in supervised and unsupervised classification problems using classical machine learning algorithms, as well as in computer vision using deep learning, but none with respect to time series. One of the problems I have encountered is that the classical techniques for dealing with these types of data, such as ARIMA and its variants are only valid for equispaced time series. However, this does not apply to my case because of the industrial context from which it comes: the machine is not filling continuously, there are line stops, breaks, vacations, maintenance stops, etc.
Can anyone guide me on the way to go? Does anyone know the techniques that can be applied to this type of time series? I would appreciate any kind of help, idea or suggestion, because although I thought it would not be so complicated and that the modeling of the time series was in a very mature state, the truth is that I am quite lost.
I believe that in order to apply the classical techniques, one option would be to summarize the data in new time intervals (hourly, for example), although this is not an alternative with which I feel very comfortable.
Thank you so much in advance.


Strictly going by the amount of research that has been done in the diapause phase (dauer) of C. elegans, which aspect (recovery, maintenance, entry) has received maximum attention.
I need to use a module to stabilize the three phase voltage on three phase three wire (delta) distribution line of an isolated micro grid system. To overcome any voltage sag or swell on the three phase three wire lines. Which is the best solution to be used ? I want device with low chance of failure for long time. Options like DVR or UPQC have lot of components so chance of failure becomes high requiring maintenance. I need to use it at a remote location where access is difficult from maintenance angle. So, what is opinion about using thyristor based regulator for each line? The power is around 15kW to be handled. Better options or any thoughts on the topic would be appreciated.
Power system equipment needs periodic maintenance services for reliable operation with a lower forced outage frequency.
Maintenance scheduling is a program that optimally schedules the preventive maintenance for generation units and transmission lines. Through this program, the benefit of generation units and transmission lines, as well as the power system reliability, are taken into account simultaneously. Such programs maintain the system reliability by considering the simultaneous maintenance of power system components (particularly in low-price time periods of the year when generator owners want to temporarily keep their facilities out-of-service for maintenance services). Accordingly, preventive maintenance has different advantages as:
- Reducing failures frequency that prevents the reliability deterioration of the power system, particularly in both low-demand (decreasing the number of under-maintenance components) and high-demand (decreasing the forced outages of units) time periods
- Improving repair costs
- Retaining the useful lifespan of facilities
What other benefits are there for preventive maintenance?
Thanks
Hi,
am having difficulties modeling the seepage in an earth dam enhanced with a cut off wall using Plaxis 2D. The cut off wall is made of plastic concrete and was introduced later as part of a maintenance procedure in order to prevent any potential leakage from the resevoir. The plastic concrete was defined using the soft soil creep model as a drained impermeable material. Tutorials nr.12 and nr.14 in addition to a webinar on running a groundwater analysis gave an overview of the GWF BC's and of how to use time dependent flow functions in a fully coupled flow deformation analysis and how to run a GWF analysis. I've tried to combine all these tutorials by the modeling process to obtain the most optimum seepage / flow line but still haven't succeeded. The results of the analysis show that the cut off wall doesn't influence the seepage, which indicates an error in the input data or in the definiiton of the GWF BC's.
Could anyone please help me solving this problem.
Thank you all in advance.


Are there researches available which relates the costs of Nuclear Power Plants - direct and indirect costs including waste disposal (plutonium etc.) and long-term maintenance (information storage, security, etc.) - to the economical value generated by the Nuclear Power Plants (amount of energy produced by those, and consumed by the various industry sectors)?
We are looking different model to evaluate the sustainability of a power plant for energy production (both thermal and renewable). we are interested in the Opration and maintenance phase of the power plant.
thank you and best regards
Hi,
I'm experienced in UHV work, but I've recently started using a turbo that hasn't been used in quite awhile, and I'm not sure when the last time the lubricant reservoir was changed. I know Pfeiffer recommends yearly changes for this, but I also know people go beyond this timeframe regularly.
I was curious if there are any signs that the lubricant is reaching end of life (increasing turbo current or shutdowns due to high temp I'd guess) or if you really need to stay on top of that interval to be safe from a catastrophic failure.
Thanks,
Brandon
I've been reading about biologics and how much of a high maintenance the molecule is, but I can't seem to find the answer to exactly how biologics came into the picture. There must've been an event where scientists decided that synthetic drugs have failed. What was that event?
I have rat adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells and the cells that are treated with maintenance media produced more alkaline phosphatase and stained more with Alizarin red than my ASCs treated with osteogenic differentiation media?
Hello Everyone,
I am doing a final year project on Predictive Maintenance on s stepper motor (NEMA 23). I am having difficulties in finding a data set for this.
Any leads will be appreciable
thanks
For the comparison of life cycle costs of different car powertrains, it is important to include maintenance costs, especially as the life cycle maintenance costs of electric cars are expected to be much lower than those of conventional powertrains.
I am aware of the estimates published in Letmathe and Suares (2017), but I am wondering whether there are more recent publications (possibly in the grey literature) or datasets.
A maintenance engineer makes the following claim:
“Pareto law is an important tool in managing assets.”
Investigate this claim within the field of maintenance management of industrial equipment?
Hi. The Lambda 365 in our lab has some issues - namely, depending on the occasion either with slot calibration or with the D2 wavelenght calibration. The elements that drive the grating and the slit are controlled by stepper motors, and we can hear that they don't seem to work properly. Unfortunately, there are no labels on the motors, and I would like to know of you, my dear friends, know what motors those are. The prices for original parts are horrendous... so I am looking for proper replacements. The unit is old, but worked perfectly do far, and we have an integrating sphere for it, so replacing it with a different brand would be costly.
The definition of maintenance is based on reliability, and some times we have difficult to define the best periodic and definition to maintenance, so the some software can help to define this. So I would like to know if exist any software to help with this.
I want to simulate a model in Arena. The model includes a process which resource can make 25 successful processes after which it goes into a maintenance period for EXPO (30), then it returns back to service. The resource/machine goes into maintenance every 25 successful process.