Maintenance Engineering

Last updated on July 10th, 2013 at 10:24 am Maintenance schedule consists of Inspection and Overhauls Schedule of Inspections and overhauls for rolling stock and fixed infrastructure is fixed by RDSO. For electrical department, the rolling stocks are Coaches, EMUs, Locomotive Coaching and Freight, Tower Wagon and fixed infrastructure are 25kV Overhead Equipment and its […]

Last updated on April 5th, 2015 at 06:13 am Maintenance is generally prescribed as Preventive, Directed and Breakdown Maintenance. Preventive Maintenance consists of Schedule Inspection and Overhauls. Breakdown Maintenance is not actually maintenance but repair when the equipment had a defect arising not anticipated at design or maintenance stage. Directed maintenance is based on the […]

Last updated on July 10th, 2013 at 10:14 am “You cannot manage what you cannot measure” Attributed to Bill Hewlett (1930-2001), Cofounder of Hewlett-Packard “Until you can measure something and express it in numbers, you have only the beginning of understanding” William Thomson [Lord Kelvin (1824-1907)] Performance of Railway assets depends heavily on maintenance because of […]

Last updated on July 10th, 2013 at 10:00 am   There are many ways in which Maintenance is defined like “Activities required to conserve as nearly, and as long, as possible the original condition of an asset or resource while compensating for normal wear and tear. “ “Actions necessary for retaining or restoring an equipment, […]

Last updated on August 9th, 2013 at 03:21 am   Maintenance is generally understood as an activity of cleaning, lubrication and replacement of worn out parts. Yes it is so, but in a very simple form. When Maintenance is a subject of learning from experiences with a direction to keep on establishing good design and […]