School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Principles of Industrial Maintenance
  • Unit Code

    ENS6138
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Ana VAFADARSHAMASBI

Description

This unit introduces the principles of maintenance in the context of mechanical engineering. Students in this unit will build upon their prior understanding of mechanical systems to then explore the different approaches to maintaining mechanical systems in industry. The wider activities associated with the maintenance department and its structure are introduced.A range of topics relevant to industrial maintenance practice are also covered including component life times,costing, lubrication and safety.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ENS5140

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Investigate the theory and application of industrial maintenance.
  2. Work in a team to assess an existing project and make recommendations for possible improvement.
  3. Report knowledgeably on assessed maintenance processes in oral and written form.
  4. Critically analyse an engineering case study and synthesize the application of its content in new situations.
  5. Research and apply the fundamentals of industrial maintenance in the context of professional engineering practice.

Unit Content

  1. Component life time and reliability.
  2. Developments in maintenance practice.
  3. Fundamental approaches to maintenance.
  4. Machine lubrication.
  5. Maintenance costing.
  6. Maintenance documentation and reporting.
  7. Maintenance safety and the environment.
  8. Sustainable maintenance practice.
  9. The maintenance department, its staffing and structure.
  10. The planning and scheduling function.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 17 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 17 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyQuestions on Case Studies20%
AssignmentQuestions on Theory and/or Problems20%
ProjectPractice related learning and research targeted at engineering systems20%
Examination ^End of semester examination40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyQuestions on Case Studies20%
AssignmentQuestions on Theory and/or Problems20%
ProjectPractice related learning and research targeted at engineering systems20%
Assignment ^Summative assessment of unit content40%

^ Mandatory to Pass


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Principles of Industrial Maintenance
  • Unit Code

    ENS6138
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Ana VAFADARSHAMASBI

Description

This unit introduces the principles of maintenance in the context of mechanical engineering. Students in this unit will build upon their prior understanding of mechanical systems to then explore the different approaches to maintaining mechanical systems in industry. The wider activities associated with the maintenance department and its structure are introduced.A range of topics relevant to industrial maintenance practice are also covered including component life times,costing, lubrication and safety.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ENS5140

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Investigate the theory and application of industrial maintenance.
  2. Work in a team to assess an existing project and make recommendations for possible improvement.
  3. Report knowledgeably on assessed maintenance processes in oral and written form.
  4. Critically analyse an engineering case study and synthesize the application of its content in new situations.
  5. Research and apply the fundamentals of industrial maintenance in the context of professional engineering practice.

Unit Content

  1. Component life time and reliability.
  2. Developments in maintenance practice.
  3. Fundamental approaches to maintenance.
  4. Machine lubrication.
  5. Maintenance costing.
  6. Maintenance documentation and reporting.
  7. Maintenance safety and the environment.
  8. Sustainable maintenance practice.
  9. The maintenance department, its staffing and structure.
  10. The planning and scheduling function.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 17 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 17 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyQuestions on Case Studies20%
AssignmentQuestions on Theory and/or Problems20%
ProjectPractice related learning and research targeted at engineering systems20%
Examination ^End of semester examination40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyQuestions on Case Studies20%
AssignmentQuestions on Theory and/or Problems20%
ProjectPractice related learning and research targeted at engineering systems20%
Assignment ^Summative assessment of unit content40%

^ Mandatory to Pass


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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