Basics of Machine Operation

Schedule

30 h of lectures and 15 h of laboratory in four Wednesday blocks.

Report deadlines: blocks 1–2 by 16 Dec 2026 · block 3 by 27 Jan 2027 · block 4 by 3 Feb 2027.

Lectures

Lecture slides – student version.

L1 · Block 1 · 2 Dec 2026

Introduction to Machine Operation and Machines as Technical Means

• life cycle and LCC
• EN 13306 terminology
• Machinery Regulation 2023/1230
• risk assessment EN ISO 12100
• wear

PDF · 79 slides · 1.7 MB OpenDownload

L2 · Block 1 · 2 Dec 2026

Systems Approach; Maintenance Organisation and Strategies

• systems thinking
• digital twin
• maintenance department
• strategies
• P-F curve
• KPIs

PDF · 79 slides · 1.7 MB OpenDownload

L3 · Block 2 · 9 Dec 2026

Modern Maintenance Concepts; Availability, Durability and Wear

• RCM
• TPM and OEE
• CMMS/EAM
• availability
• bathtub curve
• durability

PDF · 85 slides · 2.0 MB OpenDownload

L4 · Block 2 · 9 Dec 2026

Tribology and Lubrication; Fundamentals of Technical Diagnostics

• friction and Stribeck curve
• wear mechanisms
• lubrication
• diagnostic parameters
• thresholds and trends

PDF · 72 slides · 1.7 MB OpenDownload

L5 · Block 3 · 20 Jan 2027

Condition Monitoring Techniques; Reliability Fundamentals

• vibration analysis
• thermography
• oil analysis
• R(t), MTTF
• exponential and Weibull

PDF · 63 slides · 1.5 MB OpenDownload

L6 · Block 3 · 20 Jan 2027

System Reliability; Failure Analysis and Reliability Improvement

• series and parallel systems
• fault tree analysis
• FMEA
• root cause analysis
• FRACAS

PDF · 51 slides · 1.1 MB OpenDownload

L7 · Block 4 · 27 Jan 2027

Life Data, Maintenance Logistics and Industry 4.0; Course Review

• life data
• spare parts
• LCC and replacement
• predictive maintenance
• course review

PDF · 48 slides · 1.2 MB OpenDownload

Laboratory

Teams of 3–4 students; one report per team, in English, as PDF. Exercises 3 and 4 form one project on the same workstation.

Ex 1 · Block 1

Machine life cycle and life cycle cost – CNC lathe

Life cycle model, MTBF, MTTR, availability, discounted LCC and optimisation.

PDF · 5 pages · 0.5 MB OpenDownload

Ex 2 · Block 1

Maintenance and repair of a rolling bearing (A) or a gear transmission (B)

Damage analysis, L10 and lubrication calculations, tools and consumables, maintenance plan.

PDF · 4 pages · 0.4 MB OpenDownload

Ex 3 · Block 2

Safe technological equipment – risk assessment

Energy analysis, Risk Score, risk graph and PLr; workstations t1–t7.

PDF · 10 pages · 1.1 MB OpenDownloadWorksheet (XLSX)

Ex 4 · Block 2

Designing safeguards for the human work zone

Guards, light curtains, safety distances (EN ISO 13855), two-hand control, safe-work procedures.

PDF · 5 pages · 0.6 MB OpenDownload

Ex 5 · Block 3

Condition monitoring – vibration and oil analysis

Vibration trends, spectrum diagnosis, oil analysis, remaining time and decisions.

PDF · 4 pages · 0.4 MB OpenDownload

Ex 6 · Block 3

Reliability analysis – Weibull and system reliability

Weibull plot with suspended data, block diagram, fault tree, spare parts.

PDF · 3 pages · 0.5 MB OpenDownload

Ex 7 · Block 4

FMEA, root cause analysis and maintenance plan

Pareto, Ishikawa, 5 Whys, FMEA, maintenance strategy, KPIs and spare parts.

PDF · 3 pages · 0.4 MB OpenDownload