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Figure 10.1. Examples of two open-ended items used by the California Assessment Program (Items reprinted from A Question of Thinking, with permission from the California State Department of Education, copyright 1989)...

Based on the assumptions and the calculation which have been made before, the reliability measure values for currently produced and previously made programmed items were found. These values were calculated at the required confidence level. By comparing these values we were able to determine whether the technology change affects the item reliability during a manufacturing process. 

Engineering Sciences Data Unit (ESDU), Elastic buckling of cylindrically curved laminated fibre reinforced composite panels with all edges simplysupported under biaxial loading (computer program). Item No. 87025, S13, 1988. 

Equipment management program. Startup problems, solutions, and design ehanges should be elearly doeumented and available for a good equipment management plan. All items that ean reduee Life Cyele Costs (LCC) should be eonsidered. These inelude ... 

The employer is required to address in its written program the type of regular surveillance of the workplace necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of the respirator program. Other items discussed in the standard include ... 

The combination of target levels and design methodology is of vital importance. One of the main items in the INVENT program in Finland over the years 1991-1996 was the development and utilization of these concepts in the ventilation of industrial premises. Together, these two concepts form the basis for industrial ventilation systems. 

Vartaife—Named data item of a specific type may be assigned one or more values during the course of a program run (in some languages, a constant may be defined with a specified initial value which may not be changed). 

In order to monitor the safe operation of the boiler a daily and weekly program of tests should be drawn up and log sheets completed as verification of the tests being carried out. Items checked should include ... 

Plant and equipment that provides a service or is required to operate for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week presents a different proposition to the maintenance programming requirements. For example, a heating pump with a standby, which is required for a heating installation in an office with a set number of working hours from Monday to Friday. Alternative methods of maintenance programming may require the planner to allow for total replacement on plant failure or have available replacement units, so that when an item of plant or equipment fails, it is removed and a replacement installed. 

To assist engineers to implement a manual planned maintenance system that can be of benefit to the department it is important that a program be set with respect to the system s implementation. Items that should be considered are ... 

Prior to entering any asset detail on the planning schedule, items such as holiday periods and seasonal or shutdown programs should be indicated. This can be done by the use of highlighter pens on the calendar weeks that require specific attention to loading of the relevant work tasks. 

Scheduling of work tasks and therefore labor utilization can be carried out in a number of different methods on a computer, depending on the software system purchased. These methods can be similar to the manual system or they may take the form of automatic scheduling. That is, the work tasks are entered into the computer system with the appropriate hours and trades and the software program automatically schedules the hours evenly over the weeks of the year. In implementing such scheduling care has to be taken to ensure that such items as weekends, statutory holidays, annual leave, annual shutdown and seasonal... 

To establish costs with regards to a specific item of plant, sound feedback must be an element of the company s program and subsequent records must be maintained. To be worthwhile these must include all costs if not, the assumed life-cycle cost over a number of years could be misleading. 

It follows that any maintenance program introduced for specific plant and equipment must be designed so that all maintenance costs are recorded. This would then be taken into consideration when the life-cycle cost of the item is assessed, as it should be added to the loss of production if this has occurred due to any maintenance malfunction. Care must be taken when presenting the life-cycle cost to ensure that all elements within the cost cycle have been effective. 

To be successful, a predictive maintenance program must be able to quantify the cost-benefit generated by the program. This can be achieved if the program is properly established, uses the proper predictive maintenance techniques and has measurable benefits. The amount of effort expended to initially establish the program plant is directly proportional to its success or failure. Proper implementation of a predictive maintenance program must include the items listed in Sections 50.5.1-50.5.5. 

The next step is to determine the best method or technique for cost-effectively monitoring the operating condition of each item on the list. To select the best methods for regular monitoring, you should consider the dynamics of operation and normal failure modes of each machine or system to be included in the program. 

Saks Fifth Avenue, the department store, requested a private-label bar condiment program for its houseware boutiques last year, which included martini olives, maraschino cherries and gibson onions.The items were provided by Fodda, a New York specialty food company. Keith Bacon, its president, was previously in die fashion business, at Alfred Dunhill. 

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