END OF FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION, 2022/2023 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE CODE: BME 355

COURSE TITLE: MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT

QUESTION 1 (25 marks)

CLASS: BTECH MECHANICAL

a) What is maintenance?

b) Give explanation to the following:

i. Proactive Maintenance,

ii. Design out maintenance,

iii. An asset.

c) Give six points that maintenance objective is supposed to achieve?

d) Give four (4) advantages of preventive maintenance.

QUESTION 2 (25 marks)

a) What are the causes of lubricant contamination?

b) Explain what an operator is to look for when doing visual and odor test on lubricants.

c) Comment on the effect of water in lubricating oil.

d) Explain the results to be gotten from analytical ferrography.

QUESTION 3 (25 marks)

a) What are the safety consideration required when doing radiography test?

b) Explain the application areas of Magnetic Particle test?

c) Explain the use of dye penetrant as a nondestructive test kit.

d) What are the limitations of the Dye Penetrant?

QUESTION 4 (25 marks)

a) Tabulate the metric, variables and equations, and benchmarks for the following maintenance
performance:

i. Maintenance overtime Percentage,

ii. Preventive Maintenance Completion Percentage,

iii. Preventive Maintenance Budget/Cost.

b) Explain the classification of spares under the HML classification.