Maintainability

Probability or ease of restoring an asset to required function within a specified time under stated maintenance conditions.

Examples

01The design team improves maintainability by moving the hydraulic filter to the front of the machine, so it can be changed in 5 minutes without removing panels.
02Before a new machine is bought, technicians review its maintainability by walking through the ten most common repair tasks on the supplier's model.
03Better maintainability on the new line cuts the average repair time from 3 hours to 1 hour, which reduces the need for a redundant spare unit.