Topic 1 notes

Maintenance
Improvement:
Combination of all
technical,
administrative and
managerial actions,
intended to ameliorate
the intrinsic reliability
and/or maintainability
and/or safety of an
item, without changing
the original function

Maintenance
Improvement, as
defined above, is
synonymous with
Proactive Maintenance

Modification
Combination of all
technical,
administrative and
managerial actions
intended to change
one or more functions
of an item
Planned Maintenance
Maintenance tasks that are prepared in advance and undertaken to an agreed plan (details of
individual activities) and schedule (agreed start and end date taking into consideration other
activities being undertaken in parallel)
Unplanned Maintenance
Maintenance tasks that are not scheduled in advance, but that are undertaken with priority by
resources that would otherwise be engaged in the delivery of work that has been planned and
scheduled
There are a number of requirements for maintenance activity to be considered as
planned:
1. The content of the task is known and specified, and where appropriate allowance is made for
additional work
2. The task is divided into activities and a resource and duration identified for each activity
3. Required support resources and activities are included in the plan
4. The spare parts requirements are specified and arrangements are in place for the relevant
spares to be available as needed
5. The plan develops the overall duration of the task, and this is built into the schedule of work
for the organisation
The development of maintenance tasks proceeds in a number of stages
1. Notification of the need for the task
2. Scoping and Specification of the task
3. Planning of the task
4. Scheduling of the task
5. Execution of the task
6. Recording, review and cost reconciliation
Maintainability as “the ability of an item under given conditions of use to be retained in, or
restored to, a state in which it can perform a required function, when maintenance is performed
under given conditions and using stated procedures and resources”
The study of maintainability involves considerations such as:
 Isolation of defects or their cause,
 Correction of defects or their cause,
 Understanding whether faulty or worn-out components can be replaced without having to
replace still working parts,
 Understanding whether deterioration can be detected by condition monitoring or
inspection prior to failure
 Coping with new requirements or changes in circumstances
 Understanding the necessary procedures and stills required for maintenance of the
equipment
 Understanding spare parts requirements