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ML1605 Industrial Maintenance and Reliability for Sustainable Production 6.0 credits

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Course syllabus as PDF

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Course syllabus ML1605 (Autumn 2024–)
Headings with content from the Course syllabus ML1605 (Autumn 2024–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )

Content and learning outcomes

Course contents

  • explain the factors that affect availability and reliability
  • characterize failures, their sources, and distribution patterns
  • perform FMEA and RCM of a technical system
  • select a maintenance strategy based on economic and technical feasibility
  • assess the maintenance performance of equipment
  • explain the fundamentals of continuous improvement
  • analyze a technical system from a maintenance perspective
  • explain the basics of metrological theory (knowledge of measurement techniques in different technical domains) as well as practical exercises
  • conduct visual planning of maintenance
  • use basic tools for systematic problem solving

Intended learning outcomes

After completing the course, the student should be able to:

  • explain basic concepts and techniques in preventive maintenance - inspections, troubleshooting, and condition monitoring
  • describe the different types of maintenance: corrective/preventive, operator maintenance/specialist maintenance, and when they are applied
  • calculate the reliability of a technical system
  • understand the relationship between maintenance strategies and overall sustainability of a technical system

Literature and preparations

Specific prerequisites

No information inserted

Literature

You can find information about course literature either in the course memo for the course offering or in the course room in Canvas.

Examination and completion

Grading scale

A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Examination

  • TEN1 - Written examination, 3.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
  • INL1 - Assignment, reliability analysis, 1.5 credits, grading scale: P, F
  • INL2 - FMEA Project, 1.5 credits, grading scale: P, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

Examiner

Ethical approach

  • All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
  • In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
  • In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.

Further information

Course room in Canvas

Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.

Offered by

Main field of study

Technology

Education cycle

First cycle

Transitional regulations

Module PRO1 is replaced by module ILN1

Module PRO2 is replaced by module INL2