Maintenance Engineering and Management
Effective maintenance is a prerequisite for a competitive industry that produces sustainable results. This complete course package equips industry professionals with knowledge in maintenance fundamentals, RAMS, maintenance strategies, asset lifecycle management, and predictive maintenance.
Facts
Target group:
Mechanics and technicians
Prerequisites:
High school or equivalent
Scope/time:
Full-time studies for one semester or half-time studies for two semesters.
30hp
Location:
Teaching is done remotely with a number of teacher-led full days at Luleå University of Technology.
Language:
Swedish
Price:
The course is conducted as a commissioned education and is subject to a fee. Contact us for more information.
Registration:
Register your interest through the link further down on this page. Luleå University of Technology reserves the right to cancel the course if there are too few registrations.
About the course
This course package equips you with the essentials of maintenance and RAMS. You will learn about maintenance management and tools like RCM and FMEA, and measure effectiveness through KPIs. You will also explore economics of asset lifecycle, including cost analysis and planning. The course package also includes the current trends in maintenance like advance technologies for condition monitoring, and AI-driven prediction and life length estimation.
Course structure
The course is structured into four detailed course modules:
1. Introduction to Maintenance and RAMS
- Basic knowledge and terminology in maintenance
- Preventive and Corrective Maintenance
- Improvement and modification in maintenance
- RAMS (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Maintenance Supportability)
- Maintenance and maintenance processes within Physical Asset Management
- Organizational aspects of maintenance
- Improvement techniques (Total Productive Maintenance, TPM, and 5S) and effectiveness metrics (Overall Equipment Effectiveness)
- Introduction to Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)
- Safety and human error principles
2. Maintenance Management and Strategy
- Fundamentals of maintenance management
- Maintenance objectives and policies
- Development of maintenance plans using bottom-up and top-down approaches
- Application and understanding of Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)
- Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) for strategic planning in maintenance
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in maintenance
3. Asset Lifecycle Management and Maintenance Economics
- Direct and indirect maintenance costs
- Life Cycle Cost (LCC) and Life Cycle Profit (LCP) analyses
- Simulation of RAMS parameters
- Managing resources in maintenance
- Spare Parts Management
- Using simulation tools for life cycle cost analysis
- Life cycle extension
- Maintenance Planning and Scheduling
4. Condition Monitoring and Predictive Maintenance
- Condition-Based Maintenance fundamentals
- Sensor technology, the Internet of Things (IoT), and their application in condition monitoring
- Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) methods
- Maintenance engineering techniques (friction, vibration, resonance, and wear), fault diagnostics and prognostics
- Predictive technologies, AI applications and Remaining Useful Life estimation
- Planning and Scheduling for Predictive maintenance
Teachers
This course is taught by a team of seasoned experts from the Division of Operations and Maintenance Engineering at Luleå University of Technology. As a group that's globally recognized for its contributions to research in the field, they bring a wealth of practical insights and academic excellence to the virtual classroom.
Responsible teacher
Johan Odelius, Senior Lecturer
Expression of Interest
This course is given in Swedish. Please click on “på Svenska” at the top of the page and register your interest there.
Contact us
LTU Professional Education uppdragsutbildning@ltu.se
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