ABSTRACT
MAKINDE OLASUMBO,1 ADEYERI MICHAEL KANISURU,2 MPOFU KHUMBULANI,3 and RAMATSETSE BOITUMELO INNOCENT4
1PhD Research Student in Agents System for Reconfigurable Vibrating Screen, Department of Industrial Engineering, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa, Tel: +27845226300; E-mail: olasumbomakinde@gmail.com
2Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Agents Technology for Reconfigurable Manufacturing System, Department of Industrial Engineering, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa, Tel: +27842851620, E-mail: adeyerimichaeltut@gmail.com
3Researcher in Artificial Intelligent and Research Coordinator, Department of Industrial Engineering, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa, Tel: +27723614875, E-mail: mpofuk@tut.ac.za
4PhD Research Student in Reconfigurable Vibrating Screen Development, Department of Industrial Engineering, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa, Tel: +27721277476, E-mail: ramatsetsebi@tut.ac.za
6.1 Introduction: Background and Overview ..................................... 192 6.2 E-Maintenance Tools and Technologies ...................................... 198 6.3 The Benefits of E-Maintenance ................................................... 204 6.4 General Review on E-Maintenance Concepts and Architecture .. 210 6.5 Building of E-Kit for Machines ................................................... 214 6.5.1 Case Study I on IEAPMS ................................................. 218 6.5.2 Case Study II on Temperature Based Machine
Monitoring Kit ................................................................. 226 6.6 Conclusion and Future Projections .............................................. 229 Keywords .............................................................................................. 230 References ............................................................................................. 231
6.1 INTRODUCTION: BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW
It is worth starting this chapter with the definition of the key words that comprise the topic: E; maintenance; management system; optimal functionality; and machines.
