QUESTION 1

I.

Discuss the needs for maintenance.

All actions necessary for retaining an item, or restoring to it, a serviceable condition,
include servicing, repair, modification, overhaul, inspection and condition
verification.
Increase availability of a system.
Keep systems equipment in working order.
II.

List THREE (3) objective of maintenance engineering.

Minimizing production or increasing facilities at the lowest cost and at the highest
quality and safety standard.
Reducing breakdown and emergency shutdown
Reducing downtime
III.

Elaborate the relation between preventive maintenance cost and breakdown cost

QUESTION 2
I.

Define the following term

o Preventive maintenance;
Preventive maintenance cover all programmed maintenance which is carried
out in order to prevent the occurrence of failure before they develop to a
breakdown or interruption in production.
o Corrective maintenance;
Corrective maintenance cover all maintenance which is carried out in order
to correct (repair) a fault in equipment.
o Predictive maintenance
Predictive maintenance is an equipment maintenance strategy based on
measuring the condition of equipment in order to assess whether it will fail
during some future period, and then taking appropriate action to avoid the
consequences of that failure.
o Overhaul
Overhaul is a process of restoring and maintaining an equipment, machine or
system is a serviceable condition. Overhaul involves partial or complete
disassemble of the item, inspection to detect damaged, defection or worn
parts.
o Reliability
Reliability maintenance is a process to ensure that assets continue to do what
their users require in their present operating context

II.

List ten (10) function of a maintenance department.

1. Administration
2. Capital projects engineering
3. Right of way services
4. Water utility services
5. Sewer utility services
6. Storm water utility services
7. Solid waste services
8. Facilities services
9. Fleet services
10. Customer field response services

III.

Differentiate between reliability cantered maintenance (RCM) and traditional

maintenance practices applied in a maintenance organization.