Reality in industry, thinking of maintenence approach in many cases, is disproportional with available technologies and knowledge. This situation is decreasing company´s competitiveness or decreasing the possible or projected profit. In the global market, when resources show stable or increasing prices, and final product price drop, future is...

By Haris Trobradović

This paper summarizes the experiences of many organizations in migrating from an asset care (maintenance) culture to a whole life cycle asset management approach, and the benefits obtained from this transformation. It will explain the evolution of the modern discipline, and the practical steps that can be taken to break down the barriers between de...

By John Woodhouse

Mixed-mode fracture in delamination test utilizing double cantilever specimens loaded with bending moments is investigated in the paper. FEM simulations are performed using cohesive zone model where different configurations of test loadings and two critical fracture energy values, ie. two fracture process zone lengths, are considered. Fracture ener...

By Josip Kačmarčik, Pejo Konjatić, Aleksandar Karač

Commonly, maintenance is perceived as “fixing broken things”. As such, it is associated with failure consequences and unplanned expenses, both of which negatively impact business plans or customer satisfaction. However, as failures are an inevitability of the life of any technological system, it would be worthwhile to start looking at m...

By Jezdimir Knezevic

Robot manipulators are usually used in many industrial apllications where a number of practical tasks should be executed. The very important part of that execution is interaction between robot and environment. Control of the interaction is crucial for successful execution of industrial processes. Typical applications include deburring, machining, a...

By Sedin Murtić, Edin Begović, Malik Čabaravdić

Repairing technologies for pipelines still require attention due to large extent of distribution network containing different construction parts including elbows, branch connections and others. Repairing of the defects in the branch connection area without interruption of the gas supply is very difficult. Such defects mostly require replacing of th...

By Marek Patek, Augustin Sladek, Miloš Mičian

As the result of combustion process in boilers of the Thermal Power Plant „Kakanj“, flue gases develop, which are undesirable for the environment, for people living in the plant neighborhood and for flora and fauna. In order to perform environmental protection a lot of efforts and organizational activities should be put in action and si...

By Elma Ekinović, Nedim Hodžić, Almir Kahriman

In this paper, the possibility of proportioning self-compacting concrete with high volume calcareous fly ash (W) for precast elements has been investigated. So far, numerous mix design methods for self-compacting concrete have been developed, so as the most appropriate method in this investigation, the UCL method was chosen. In the first phase, the...

By Adnan Mujkanović, Ilhan Bušatlić, Marina Jovanović, Dženana Bečirhodžić, Vahid Redžić

The article gives an overview of techniques for making different types of time plans. Their advantages and disadvantages due to the requirements for maintenance planning of technical systems were analyzed. Reference is made to the possibility of increasing the efficiency of maintenance by applying suitable planning techniques and optimization solut...

By Držislav Vidaković, Zorislav Kraus, Hrvoje Glavaš

Establishing rational system for waste tyre management in Bosnia and Herzegovina would represent significant contribution to environmental protection and usage of alternate energy sources. Waste tyres represent valuable raw material which can be recycled by mechanical and thermal processes. In European Union 80% of all produced waste tyres are used...

By Jovan Sredojević, Maja Krajišnik