M.E. DEGREE EXAMINATION, JUNE 2010
Elective
Product Design and Development
ED9266 — MAINTENANCE ENGINEERING
(Regulation 2009)
Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 Marks
Answer ALL Questions
PART A — (10 × 2 = 20 Marks)
1. State the purpose of the maintenance function with an organization.2. Distinguish between preventive maintenance and breakdown maintenance.
3. Enumerate the benefits of vibration monitoring.
4. What is the importance of condition based maintenance?
5. What do you understand the term ‘‘Reliability’’?
6. What is the importance of TPM?
7. What do you understand the term ‘‘EOQ’’?
8. List the critical aspects of both routine and shut down maintenance.
9. What is Weibull Distribution?
10. List the importance of safety engineering.
PART B — (5 × 16 = 80 Marks)
11. (a) (i) Discuss maintenance as business. (8)(ii) Discuss the differences between reactive and proactive maintenance
system. (8)
Or
(b) Explain the following in detail :
(i) Design for maintenance (8)
(ii) Design for reliability. (8)
12. (a) (i) Discuss the benefits of condition based monitoring. (8)
(ii) Explain the basic principles underlying condition based monitoring.
(8)
Or
(b) Describe the following in detail :
(i) Vibration analysis for maintenance (8)
(ii) Application of Thermography with an example. (8)
13. (a) Briefly explain :
(i) FMEA with an example (8)
(ii) Logic tree analysis with a case study. (8)
Or
(b) Discuss relationship between OEE and world-class maintenance in
detail. (16)
14. (a) Explain the different aspects of planning and scheduling of maintenance
in detail. (16)
Or
(b) Briefly describe the following :
(i) Application of Bar charts in maintenance (8)
(ii) Utilization of skilled manpower in maintenance. (8)
15. (a) Explain the general rules and guidelines in safety and hazard prevention
in detail. (16)
Or
(b) Discuss the following :
(i) Fault tree analysis with an example (8)
(ii) Sneak circuit analysis with an example. (8)
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