vehicle maintenance
New trends in a vehicle maintenance system
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In this article the author describes particular maintenance systems used in the past, some of which are used also at present. The basic maintenance systems include maintenance after use, preventive maintenance with predetermined intervals, and conditioned-based
Vehicle maintenance process optimization using life cycle costs data and reliabilitycentered maintenance
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For a long time, in the Czech Republic Armed Forces a great number of combat vehicles were monitored while in service with the aim to gather data on their reliability and maintainability (RM), including related economic data. The results of data analysis showed
Vehicle maintenance notification system using RFID technology
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Effective utilization of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology between vehicle and base station over a wireless channel to facilitate vehicle maintenance monitoring and vehicle authentication is proposed. This system is able to automatically register the vehicles
Enabling healthcare delivery through vehicle maintenance
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Difficulties in healthcare delivery in developing economies arise from poor road infrastructure of rural communities, where the bulk of the population reside. Although motorcycles are an effective means for delivering healthcare products, governments in
Economic effects of bad roads on vehicle maintenance in Nigeria
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In Nigerian, most roads are in bad shapes leading to negative economic effects. One of the factors affecting vehicle maintenance is bad road network in Nigeria. The economic effects of bad road networks in Nigeria are studied. The estimated current total road network in
Pavement edges and vehicle stability: A basis for maintenance guidelines
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The repair of pavement edge geometry adjacent to unpaved shoulders is a maintenance activity that requires continuous effort on the part of all state and lntal agencies. Although it is generally accepted that these roadway discontinuities have some effect on vehicle stability
Implementing advanced vehicle control and safety systems (AVCSS) for highway maintenance operations
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Abstract The research in Advanced Vehicle Control and Safety Systems (AVCSS) has led to the development of a variety of sensing, vehicle control and communication technologies. In the recent demonstration of Automated Highway System (AHS) conducted in San Diego in
Second hand vehicle maintenance frauds
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With the help of modern body repair techniques everything is possible-even vehicles in a bad overall condition have a nice look. The auto industry and their dealers are rife with scams and fraud and the potential buyer needs to be armed with the knowledge of how
Reducing Network Costs Through Improved Vehicle Maintenance : A Lean Production Approach
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Railroad yard throughput and terminal performance directly impact overall network capacity. An important element affecting terminal performance is the efficiency at which railcars are inspected and repaired. Technologies are being developed to automate railcar inspections
Augmented reality techniques for vehicle maintenance
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Nowadays, designed and manufactured products are becoming more and more complex. This is particularly noticeable in the field of mechatronic devices, especially vehicles. Knowledge associated with such complex technical objects (eg with their servicing and
Design of operational vehicle maintenance programme based on life cycle cost and reliability centred maintenance
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This contribution deals with one possible approach to the determination of the on-going vehicle maintenance programme. This approach is based on life cycle costs and a method called Reliability centred maintenance . The objective of this method is to maintain system
Benefit-cost assessment of automatic vehicle location (AVL) in highway maintenance
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ABSTRACT AVL has been used extensively in public transit, law enforcement, and EMS applications (among others), and is garnering more and more interest with the highway maintenance community. Sponsored by the Kansas DOT, The University of Kansas
of pavement maintenance applications of intellidrive SM (final report): Implementation and deployment factors for vehicle probe-based pavement maintenance
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This project investigated whether vehicular data available from connected vehicles can be used to measure pavement conditions, particularly as compared to current techniques used by DOTs to measure the International Roughness Index (IRI). The results were then
IRIS 320 is a global concept inspection vehicle merging engineering and RD tools for infrastructure maintenance
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IRIS 320 train set, the new generation of SNCFs Railway infrastructure inspection vehicle , offers digitised measurement systems, Network, Information Technology and flexible facilities, to perform Engineering Data production and RD experiments, leading to a
Vehicle -based technologies for winter maintenance : the state of the practice
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Maintenance agencies in charge of snow and ice control operations are continually challenged to provide a high level-of-service and improve safety and mobility while working with increased traffic volumes, higher expectations from the public, and the unprecedented
Improve of railway vehicle maintenance by wayside detection
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Key words: railway vehicles, maintenance of rolling stock, wayside detection system. Abstract: In order to increase the efficiency of maintenance and availability of rolling stock, using the development of electronics, sensor technology and computer technology, on- board and
Two major innovations in current maintenance : The multi-purpose vehicle and the integrated surface patcher
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Since 198 a systematic approach to determining what major innovations are needed in maintenance equipment and a value engineering analysis have led to the development of two new units, the multipurpose vehicle and the integrated surface patcher, that represent
A Method for Evaluating Diagnostic Aid Systems in Army Land Vehicle Maintenance
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This report discusses Army land vehicle maintenance data and data collection efforts, and describes the development of a general method for evaluating diagnostic aid systems. Differences among data sources are illustrated by a comparison of maintenance data for the
Commercial vehicle maintenance and repair services from user perspective
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In Automobile industry after sales service is very important. As the corporate dealer, TVS Sons associated with Ashok Leyland, for the Intermediate Commercial Vehicles (ICV) and Heavy Commercial Vehicles (HCV) range of products in Tamilnadu, Kerala, Karnataka and
Transit vehicle maintenance : a framework for the development of more productive programs
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This thesis examines the role of vehicle maintenance in the transit indUstry and defines a framework which can be used to develop more produc tive programs and to subsequently aid in their management. The importance of the maintenance function to the ability of the
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