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By Louis Redding, Rajkumar Roy

Demonstrating the newest learn and research within the quarter of through-life engineering providers (TES), this ebook makes use of case experiences and professional research from a global array of practitioners and researchers – who jointly symbolize a number of production sectors: aerospace, railway and car – to maximise reader insights into the sector of through-life engineering services.

As a part of the EPSRC Centre in Through-life Engineering prone software to aid the educational and business group, this booklet offers an outline of non-destructive trying out innovations and functions and offers the reader with the knowledge had to check degradation and attainable automation of through-life engineering provider actions . the most recent advancements in maintenance-repair-overhaul (MRO) are awarded with emphasis on cleansing applied sciences, fix and overhaul ways and making plans and electronic suggestions. The impression of those applied sciences on sustainable businesses can be analyzed.

This ebook may help to help the present TES group and should offer destiny stories with a powerful base from which to investigate and practice techn9olgical traits to genuine global examples.

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Thorough cleaning of inside and outside, safety inspections (clearly specified for each type of stock), and minor repairs where necessary. • Short-term maintenance is carried out at three workshops for national traffic, and one workshop for international and high speed traffic. All 750 electric multiple units (EMUs) operated by NS are withdrawn for compulsory maintenance and inspection after 50,000 to 90,000 km of running service. This short cycle maintenance includes check-ups to and replacement of brake linings, wheel axles, pneumatic components, filters, oil inspections, and exchange of parts that reached replacement age.

A passenger car costs about two million euros, meaning that replacing its entire current fleet of some 3,000 cars would cost NS some six billion euros. 75 Billion euros per year. Using round numbers, over the past few years, 100 coaches—worth 200 million euros in total—were supplied each year. As this concerns a recurring spending pattern, the expenses may be (conveniently) classified as depreciation charges. As investment costs make up a sizeable portion of total expenses (12 %), it would at first glance make sense to keep them to a minimum.

Van Dongen • Refurbishment and modernization. Rolling stock requires long term maintenance when the train has reached half of the operational life. This includes maintenance work on the electrical, mechanical and hydraulic technology. Additionally, work on the train body is performed, both on the inside and on the outside of the train. Work may include the retrofitting of air conditioning (HVAC), toilet systems with bioreactors, passenger information systems and new signalling systems. 1 High Costs of Rolling Stock As is common in most heavy industry branches, maintenance requires investment.

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