ME 474 — Production Planning and Control
BSc BSc Mechanical Engineering · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Course objectives Impress upon students the crucial importance of equipment system maintenance and its impact on company bottom lines. Help students appreciate the relationship between equipment condition and product quality. Explore the different types of maintenance and repair that exist vis a vis the occasions for their use. Learn the principles of good maintenance planning and management. Content Fundamental concepts. Types of maintenance programmes. Facilities and supporting services. Trouble-shooting and problem-solving techniques: Why-why, because logic analysis (WWBLA), etc. Failure mode analysis, costs of options, replacement guide lines and trade-ins. General maintenance practices. Regulations on general maintenance. Basic Principles of supervising. Organization, Time and People Management. Scheduled and Unscheduled maintenance planning and scope. Practical sessions on: mechanical systems including hydraulics and pneumatics, pumps, turbines, gears, turbo machinery, engines and gear boxes etc. Mode of Delivery The mode of delivery of this course will be blended i.e., in person and online Reading Materials Engineering Maintenance Management, 2 nd edition, 1994, by B. W. Niebel, New York: Marcel Decker Introduction to Total Productive Maintenance, 1998 by S. Nakajima, Productivity Press, Cambridge Massachusetts, USA. Engineering Maintenance: a modern approach, 2002, by Balbir S. Dhillon, CRC Press, ISBN: 1587161427. Smith, D.J. and Babb, A.H., Maintainability Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, NewYork, 1973. AMCP-706-133, Engineering Design Handbook: Maintainability Engineering Theory and Practice, Department of Defense, Washington, D.C., 1976.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Year Four
- Semester
- Semester Two
Other courses on this programme
- ME 451 — Behaviour of Real Fluids
- ME 452 — Fluid Machinery
- ME 453 — Hydraulics and Pneumatics
- ME 455 — Strength of Materials III
- ME 464 — Instrumentation
- ME 465 — Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
- ME 471 — Machine Tools Design
- ME 472 — Machine Shop and Factory Design
- ME 473 — Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing
- ME 482 — Engineering Materials Processing
- ME 487 — Vehicle Power Train Systems
- ME 491 — Engineering Economy and Management
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