Handbook for Mechanical Maintenance Engineers : TechSar : 9789385909580 : 9385909584 : 30 May 2020 : Maintenance Engineering is the discipline and profession of applying engineering concepts for the optimization of equipment, procedures, and departmental budgets to achieve better maintainability, reliability, and availability of equipment.Mechanical maintenance engineering is increasing in importance due to rising number of equipment, systems, machineries and infrastructure. Maintenance is to ensure a unit is fit for purpose, with maximum availability at minimum costs.The personnel for maintenance should possess significant knowledge of statistics, probability and logistics, and additionally in the fundamentals of the operation of the equipment and machinery.The book broadly deals with:Optimization of the maintenance organization structureAnalysis of repetitive equipment failuresEstimation of maintenance costs and evaluation of alternativesForecasting of spare partsAssessing the needs