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Poor design
Wrong manufacturing techniques
Lack of total knowledge & experience
Complexity of the equipment
Poor maintenance policies
Organizational rigidity & complexity
Human errors
Maintainability
t
P (T ≤ t ) = ∫ µ e − µ t (2) t: repair time
0
−µ t Maintainability
M (t ) = 1 − e (3) equation
t
1
MTTR = ∫ tµ e −µ t
= (4) ‘Expected’ value of
‘t’
0
µ
Availability
“ The proportion of the time during
which the equipment is available for
use “
Up − time
Availability =
Up − time + Down − time
A = MTBF / (MTBF+MTTR)
1 − µ ∆t
1 − λ ∆t 0 1
µ ∆t