Design for maintainability

"Design for Maintainability" (DfMn) will provide design engineers, logistics engineers, and engineering managers with a range of tools and techniques for incorporating maintainability into the design process for complex systems. Our book will explain how to design for optimum maintenance capabilities and minimize the time to repair equipment. The book will cover maintainability design practices, which will result in improved system readiness, shorter downtimes, and substantial cost savings over the entire system life cycle, thereby, decreasing the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Readers who apply DfMn principles and practices can expect to have a dramatic improvement in their ability to compete in global markets and gain widespread customer satisfaction. Readers will find a wealth of design practices not covered in typical engineering books, allowing them to think outside the box when developing maintainability design requirements"--

Series Editor's Foreword by Dr Andre Kleyner xix Preface xxi Acknowledgments xxiii Introduction: What You Will Learn xxv 1 Design for Maintainability Paradigms 1; Louis J.

Maintainer 8 1.4.6 Modularity Speeds Repairs 8 1.4.7 Maintainability Predicts Downtime During Repairs 8 1.4.8 Understand the Maintenance Requirements 9 1.4.9 Support Maintainability with Data 9 1.5 Summary 10 References 11 2 History of Maintainability 13; Louis J.

The Time Period 1966 to 1978 21 2.7 Improvements During the Period 1978 to 1997 22 2.8 Introduction of Testability 23 2.9 Introduction of Artificial Intelligence 24 2.10 Introduction to MIL-HDBK-470A 24 2.11 Summary 26 References 26 3 Maintainability Program Planning and Management 29; David E.

Franck, CPL and Anne Meixner, PhD 3.1 Introduction 29 3.2 System/Product Life Cycle 29 3.3 Opportunities to Influence Design 33 3.3.1 Engineering Design 33 3.3.2 Design Activities 33 3.3.3 Design Reviews 36 3.4 Maintainability Program Planning 37 3.4.1 Typical Maintainability Engineering Tasks 38 3.4.2 Typical Maintainability Program Plan Outline 38 3.5 Interfaces with Other Functions 42 3.6 Managing Vendor/Subcontractor Maintainability Efforts 44 3.7 Change …