Development of a tool for access worktime estimation in aircraft maintenance

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2020.11.007" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2020.11.007</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2020.11.007" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.trpro.2020.11.007</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Development of a tool for access worktime estimation in aircraft maintenance

Original language description

This study was aimed to find a way how to deal with hardly predictable circumstances while performing routine access works during aircraft heavy maintenance and to estimate the time spent with the work. The lack of maintenance data was crucial in dealing with this issue, therefore, additional measurements were necessary. For this purpose, this study was done in cooperation with Czech Airlines Technics Maintenance Repair Organization. The company currently estimates timing of panel manipulation based on the information contained in the manufacturer’s documentation. A database was established with work measurements of maintenance technicians accessing panels during real aircraft maintenance. They should by their nature reflect complications arising during the access panel manipulation and of the specific operational factors in the company. The main importance of the database lies in the creation of additional data to refine the aircraft maintenance planning estimates. Based on the measurements, it was possible to demonstrate that the access panel manipulation times as stated in the manufacturer’s documentation are only indicative. For each measurement performed, the measured overall time of panel manipulation was much higher than the equivalent time estimates by the manufacturer. During the measurements, several other factors were also discovered as causal to differences in the manipulation times. The database served as the basis for a developed software tool providing more accurate estimates of access panel manipulation times and resulting in more accurate estimates in maintenance planning in the Czech Airlines Technics, although the results are well reusable with other Maintenance Repair Organizations.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

21100 - Other engineering and technologies

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Transportation Research Procedia

ISBN

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ISSN

2352-1465

e-ISSN

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Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

46-55

Publisher name

Elsevier BV

Place of publication

Linz

Event location

Online

Event date

Nov 4, 2020

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

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