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Article: Alstom proves value of condition-based maintenance: a new approach to maintenance is proving successful for Alstom in improving rolling stock usage, but makes new demands of maintainers.(Workshops & Train Maintenance)
- Article from:
- International Railway Journal
- Article date:
- August 1, 2005
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THE continuing trend towards deregulation across the rail industry means that rolling stock owners, operators and maintainers face an increasingly demanding market environment where cost efficiency must combine with availability, reliability and safety.
Rolling stock manufacturers are asked to provide more reliable trains, designed to the highest level of maintainability. Maintainers must bring significant changes to their management practices, argues Al-store, in order to maximise effectiveness and asset utilisation, whilst minimising vehicle down-time and in-service failures.
These market requirements, systematically supported by onerous penalty ...