Simulation and analytical models to analyze the effects ofcorrective, preventive, and opportunistic maintenance policies onproductivity of a flexible manufacturing cell(FMC)

Flexible manufacturing cells (FMCs) often operate with increasing failure rate due to extensiveutilization and wear-outs of equipment. While maintenance plans can eliminate wear-out failures,random failures are still unavoidable. This paper discusses a procedure that combines simulation andanalytical models to analyze the effects of corrective, preventive, and opportunistic maintenancepolicies on productivity of a flexible manufacturing cell. The production output rate of an FMC,which is a function of availability, is determined under different maintenance policies and mean timebetween failures

Keywords:

Maintenance , Reliability , FMC , Simulation