Engineering and Maintenance Trends, know any?
Engineering and Maintenance Trends, know any?
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Does anyone no some good industry trends that can be used for job interviews? I'm always being asked about what trends I have identified and am always stumped. I found some industry news at www.engineeringmaintenance.info but I need more. Any thoughts?





RE: Engineering and Maintenance Trends, know any?
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RE: Engineering and Maintenance Trends, know any?
Off shoring, (moving work to low cost countries like India)
Automation and advanced control (making processes automatic and removing the human element).
Globalization and networking (virtual teams working together via the internet).
-The future's so bright I gotta wear shades!
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RE: Engineering and Maintenance Trends, know any?
I have heard that the US Air Force uses a technique called Non-destructive Investigation (NDI).
All parts of an engine are made of slightly different percentage in material content. They take an oil sample of each take-off and landing and analyse the parts at landing by dipping the engine parts in a solution and analyse the oil after landing to see the which material has the largest content in the oil. That way, they can tell which part is wearing out faster than the other.
Is that in line with you are talking about?
RE: Engineering and Maintenance Trends, know any?
Hi Sultan
Here are a few mechanical maintenance trends I have seen a lot lately
Reactive mtce
Preventive mtce (PM)
Predictive mtce (PdM)
- Vibration Analysis
- Oil and Wear Debris Analysis
- Infra Red
- Ultra sound
Proactive mtce
And their relationships between each other and with Reliability
Reliability
RCM
CMMS & EAMS (espicially since you deal with computer stuff)
Other industry trends
-Lean manufacturing
-Six sigma
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RE: Engineering and Maintenance Trends, know any?
I haven't heard of that particular example, but I wanted to say, as a materials person, the phrase non-destructive investigation (or testing or inspection) doesn't bring to mind a particular process but rather a range of methods of testing for failure that don't ruin the part in the process. Ultrasound, x-ray, and dye penetrant inspection are all examples of techniques that would fall under a broad heading of NDT. Not trying to quibble, just giving you my impression.