DocumentCode :
2703692
Title :
Study on maintenance contribution to Life Cycle Costs: Aircraft Auxiliary Power Unit example
Author :
Yabsley, Angela ; Ibrahim, Yousef
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Appl. Sci. & Eng., Monash Univ., Clayton, VIC
fYear :
2008
fDate :
21-24 April 2008
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
6
Abstract :
Maintenance activities in corporate organizations represent a significant part of the Life Cycle Costs of the organization´s assets. This paper presents a study that was conducted to investigate the maintenance contribution to the overall life cycle of equipment. The practical example that was used for this investigation the Axililary Power Unit (APU) of Boing 737. Also, this paper presents a detailed review of the scheduled and unscheduled maintenance costs of the APU. This review was conducted to study the scheduled and un-scheduled maintenance in order to determine the alternate maintenance procedures. The study has shown that cost of maintenance per operating hour of auxiliary power units removed within recommended limits and those that remain installed past this time show no significant variation. Criteria have been established for the monitoring of future repairs and maintenance decisions.
Keywords :
aerospace industry; aircraft maintenance; life cycle costing; organisational aspects; Boing 737; aircraft auxiliary power unit; corporate organizations; equipment life cycle; life cycle costs; maintenance activities; maintenance contribution; maintenance costs; organization assets; Aerospace engineering; Aircraft manufacture; Aircraft propulsion; Costs; Engines; Inspection; Job shop scheduling; Maintenance; Manufacturing; Shafts;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Technology, 2008. ICIT 2008. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chengdu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1705-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1706-3
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICIT.2008.4608331
Filename :
4608331
Link To Document :
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