Maintenance in transmission networks is an economical way to reduce upgrading network costs without decreasing its reliability. Hence, new studies regarding transmission expansion planning (TEP) must take into account the ...

The globalized and dynamic economic context contributes to an increasingly competitive market, making productivity a cornerstone for the survival of companies. Therefore, equipment maintenance is essential to ensure the ...

The search for maintenance of excellence is a pursued purpose for several productive sectors of society and also matter of relevance for the academic environment. It is no longer satisfactory make a good maintenance; there ...

The occurrence of unexpected aircraft maintenance tasks can produce expensive changes in an airline's operation. When it comes to critical tasks, it might even cancel programmed flights. Despite this, the challenge of ...

Pavement maintenance is one of the major issues of public agencies. Insufficient investment or inefficient maintenance strategies lead to high economic expenses in the long term. Under budgetary restrictions, the optimal ...

The present work describes the development of a software prototype with the function of controlling the maintenances of a company and his mechanical section. This prototype seeks a better control on their equipments through ...

The high cost of the rail transport maintenance can be split into the permanent way cost and the rolling stock. This last one, represented in Brazil for the diesel-electric locomotives, the item more expensive is the diesel ...

In the new global economy, asset management has become a central issue for the defence industry. It is well known that countries try to maintain the peace and security of their borders by investing in the weapon systems ...

The article aims to demonstrate how preventive maintenance can prove to be na effective instrument for the safety of industrial buildings. It is characterized as na exploratory research; descriptive and explanatory. With ...