Designing for maintenance results in leak-free gearbox for London Underground

摘要

Manufacturers are increasingly looking for ways to reduce the operating costs of their plant and equipment and cutting the cost of maintenance is currently very much in the spotlight as one way of achieving this. It's quite common that when new equipment is specified, the first time the maintenance team see it is when it's installed, and yet the maintenance of it, throughout its life cycle, can be one of the plant's most significant operating costs. That's changing though, and it's becoming more common for maintenance and design engineers to work together to make the reduction of maintenance a design priority.