Inspection and Maintenance - Decreasing Fuel Consumption and Exhaust Gas Emissions in Transportation - page 187

Standards

Definition of
structure

Site definition Scope definition Material definition

Catalogue for
replacement parts

Guide for repair

Specification of repair methods

Preparing
stability study

Possible material
recording

Expert's report

Carry out of repair

Supervision

Fig. 13.1 Schedule and execution of vehicle repair

Table 13.1 Cost factors of inspection and maintenance
Influence of operation Issues of inspection and maintenance measures

Economic Increasing costs of engine systems and complete ships

Increasing costs of inspection and maintenance

Technical Increasing automatic, monitoring and regulating processes

Increasing rapidity of innovations

Social and environmental Stricter rules for climate and environmental protection

Shortage of resources
Higher expectations of inspection and maintenance

by the public sector (national, state, or local governments). Estimated that inspec-
tion and maintenance costs are from 2 to 15% of the world's total transportation
costs [ 5 ].

13.1 Inspection and Maintenance in Road Transportation

Inspection has very similar procedures in all regions of the world. Small differ-
ences in practice result from the different infrastructure of control organizations
and vehicle manufacturers.
Computer supported diagnostic methods are increasingly used in the inspection
and examination procedures. Current diagnostic systems contain electronic