Engineering Analysis for Maintenance Requirements
Engineering Analysis for Maintenance Requirements
LES provides cost effective engineering and maintenance solutions, including:
- Life Cycle Cost Analysis in support of new equipment acquisitions for the automotive industry. The analysis resulted in an 80% saving in the through life cost of the equipment by justifying the purchase of newequipment.
- Maintenance Engineering Analysis (MEA) and Maintenance Requirements Determination (MRD) for new and existing capital equipment
- Investigation and validation of Engineering Change Proposals.
Another Success Story - ANZAC Class Ships
Development of a Maintenance Policy for all flexible hoses fitted to ANZAC Class Ships for Tenix Defence and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN)
Overview
The original maintenance policy for all ANZAC Class Ship flexible hoses and compensators was based on Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) recommendations for equipment that was used for a range of tasks in many different environments. Hoses that were used to integrate equipment into ships systems had no specific policy and were governed by a general policy regarding flexible hoses in general use.
Achievements
Prior to the development of a single maintenance policy, this task required the collation of data from various OEM's from various countries whose equipment had been manufactured using many different local and international standards, the standards specified by each OEM had both legal and warranty considerations. As serial numbers were not recorded, the task also required the development of a single data repository and tracking system and an identification system utilising current in-house conventions to track each flexible hose and compensator for each location. The data from this system became part of the configuration management and the spares support system.
The maintenance policy brought all flexible hoses and compensators up to a single baseline that utilised a common maintenance policy that did not exceed the requirements of the various manufacturing standards used by each OEM, and was both applicable and effective in supporting the end users Reliability, Availability and Maintainability requirements for their operating environment. This maintenance policy now forms the basis of RAN flexible hose & compensator policy.
Further Development
The development of the maintenance policy revealed a gap in the receipt and tracking of items requiring certification before installation and use, LES proposed, developed and implemented a receipt and tracking process for all certification items coming into Tenix Defence Systems for use on the ANZAC Class Ships.