Course detail

Service and Maintenance of Machines

FSI-EPS Acad. year: 2019/2020 Winter semester

The subject is focused on the most sophisticated knowledge about service and maintenance of machines. Emphasis is laid on the means of fail-safety maintenance, theory of system maintenance and the current trends in maintenance. The principles of Industry 4.0 are also clarified in view of the impacts on the modern machine maintenance and instrumentation. Attention is also devoted to technical diagnostics and its application in maintenance. In this context, tribology and tribodiagnostics, lubricants and lubrication systems are discussed, as often a neglected part of service and maintenance of machines. Failures of machine nodes and their identification are presented. The subject is also devoted to the organizational structure and the maintenance management, economy and maintenance performance evaluation as well as quality management and maintenance risks. All mentioned above is discussed in view of machine failure-free operation.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Pursuant to the course contents, students will acquire broad knowledge in the field of operation and maintenance of machines, which will allow them to competently engage in solving various problems related to the area in question in industrial engineering and electrotechnic practice.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of reliability and technical diagnostics from the so-far completed bachelor-level studies is assumed.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The subject consists of lectures and tutorials. The lectures are focused on the basic principles and the theory of problems. Attention is concentrated on the utilization, and mainly on the practical application of knowledge which the students have gained in the subject of „The Principles of Technical Diagnostics“ and „The Principles of Reliability“. Tutorials are focused on the practical knowledge gained in the lectures, and in an appropriate semester section completed with computer support. Depending upon the possibilities, the lectures of the specialists from industrial practice as well as the excursions in the companies, whose activities relate to the subject, are also organized.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

The course consists of exercises and lectures. Exercises are mandatory. Exercise is completed by credit (is awarded in 13th teaching week). 100% attendance at seminars and elaboration, proper submission and recognition of the results of the written work is necessary for its acquisition. The student chooses the topic of the thesis at the beginning of the semester. The exam is a written test, the student can obtain up to 100 points from this test. Evaluation of the test result is given by the ECTS grading scale.

Aims

The objective of the course is to obtain theoretical knowledge and practical experience in the operation and maintenance of machines.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The students’ participation in seminars and activity. 100% participation in seminars is required; in case of absence, the student is obliged to substitute for the missed tuition in a way determined by the lecturer.

The study programmes with the given course

Programme B3S-P: Engineering, Bachelor's
branch B-KSB: Quality, Reliability and Safety, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1. Machine service, relationship between service and maintenance, basic terms related to the theory maintenance, standards and legislation
2. Fail-safety maintenance means
3. Theory of system maintenance
4. Reengineering of maintenance
5. Current maintenance trends, technical diagnostics, modern approaches in maintenance, Industry 4.0
6. Tribology, friction, fatigue
7. Lubricants and lubrication systems
8. Tribodiagnostics of liquid lubricants
9. Basic failures of machine nodes and their manifestation in frequency spectra
10. Organization and management of maintenance
11. Maintenance management in a company
12. Economy and maintenance performance evaluation
13. Quality management in maintenance, qualification in maintenance

Exercise

18 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1. Introduction, organizational matters, protocol on laboratory exercise, service and maintenance of machines
2. Fail-safety maintenance means
3. Current maintenance trends, Industry 4.0 with impact on service and maintenance of machines
4. Maintenance focused on transmitting and failure-free operation (RCM), complex productive maintenance (TPM)
5. Tribodiagnostics, lubricants and lubrication systems
6. Description, analysis of machine node failures with emphasis on machine/instrumentation maintenance
7. Organization and management of maintenance
8. Economy and maintenance performance evaluation
9. Quality management and maintenance risks

Computer-assisted exercise

8 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1. RCM maintenance and its analysis – case study solution
2. Software for maintenance organization and management – introduction
3. Software for maintenance organization and management – case study solution
4. Economy and maintenance performance evaluation