Importance of Fleet Monitoring To Up Grade the Reliability of Engines in Field
952241
10/01/1995
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- Content
- It is important to listen to the customers' comments so that their expectations related to the product can be achieved. Fleet Monitoring is a powerful tool to achieve this objective.Fleet Monitoring can be divided into three levels:
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Macro level
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Micro level
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Advanced level.
Fleet Monitoring process steps are:-
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Choosing the engine or component to be researched
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Determining all kinds of tests that must be done to obtain information about the parameters of reliability, maintainability and availability
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Establishing the periods for the partial analysis of the test results without affecting the vehicles' availability
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Choosing and evaluating the fleet to be monitored in order to obtain reliable data
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Systematic gathering of data through periodic visits
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Compilation of the data obtained
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Communicating the results to the other related departments.
The main tools to realize this job are:-
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Trained people
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Suitable equipment to gather data
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Adequate statistical models to compile the data.
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- Pages
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- Citation
- Del Bianco, R., "Importance of Fleet Monitoring To Up Grade the Reliability of Engines in Field," SAE Technical Paper 952241, 1995, https://doi.org/10.4271/952241.