Preventive Maintenance
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The official GTU curriculum for Preventive Maintenance (subject code DI05058031) as prescribed for PT · Semester 5 divides the course into 6 units, covering 56 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (DI05058031)Unit 1 Introduction of Maintenance
- 1.1. Meaning of maintenance and its importance.
- 1.2. Objective of maintenance
- 1.3. Primary and secondary functions of maintenance department.
- 1.4. Responsibilities of maintenance department
- 1.5. Types of maintenance:
- 1.5.1. Capital Replacement
- 1.5.2. Breakdown Maintenance
- 1.5.3. Corrective Maintenance
- 1.5.4. Scheduled Maintenance
- 1.5.5. Preventive Maintenance
- 1.5.6. Planned Maintenance
- 1.5.7. Productive Maintenance
- 1.5.8. Predictive Maintenance
- 1.5.9. Modular Maintenance
Unit 2 Wear in Printing Equipment
- 2.1. Meaning of wear and types of wear.
- 2.2. Causes of wear and effects of wear.
- 2.3. Wear reduction methods.
- 2.4. Meaning of Friction, Types of Friction and effects of Friction.
- 2.5. Purpose of Lubrication and Methods of Lubrication.
- 2.6. Characteristics of Lubricants.
- 2.7. Use of Lubricants as per manufacturing service manual.
- 2.8. Lubrication schedule for daily, weekly, monthly and yearly maintenance.
Unit 3 Corrosion and its Prevention
- 3.1. Meaning of Corrosion and Surface Corrosion.
- 3.2. Factors affecting corrosion.
- 3.3. Types of Corrosion:
- 3.3.1. Uniform Corrosion
- 3.3.2. Pitting Corrosion
- 3.3.3. Stress Corrosion
- 3.3.4. Biological Corrosion
- 3.3.5. High temperature Corrosion
- 3.3.6. Galvanic Corrosion
- 3.3.7. Selective Corrosion
- 3.3.8. Erosion Corrosion
- 3.3.9. Fretting Corrosion measures.
- 3.4. Corrosion prevention methods.
- 10. 15 GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Program Name: Diploma Engineering Level: Diploma Branch: Printing Technology Subject Code: DI05058031 Subject Name: Preventive Maintenance w.e.f. 2026-27 http://syllabus.gtu.ac.in/ Page 3 of 5
Unit 4 Faults in Printing Machines
- 4.1. Types of Faults in Machine
- 4.2. Causes of Faults in Machine:
- 4.3. Meaning of Periodic Inspection
- 4.4. Factors to be considered in Periodic Inspection
- 4.5. Meaning of Repair Complexity
- 4.6. Stages of Repairing Scheme or Repairing Cycle
Unit 5 Preventive Maintenance of Printing Equipment
- 5.1. Need of Preventive Maintenance
- 5.2. Advantages of Preventive Maintenance
- 5.3. Major divisions of Preventive Maintenance activities
- 5.4. Meaning of Frequency Cycle
- 5.5. VEIN Analysis (method of scheduling)
- 5.6. Schedule for Preventive Maintenance: Daily, Weekly, Monthly and yearly
Unit 6 Safety and Hazards in printing Industry
- 6.1. Meaning of Safety
- 6.2. Meaning of Accident and Causes of Accident
- 6.3. Types of Accidents and Results of Accident
- 6.4. Factors related to Control the Accident
- 6.5. Safety Color Code
- 6.6. Mechanical Hazards and Electrical Hazards
- 6.7. Methods of Safe guarding machine and equipment
- 6.8. Safety Precautions in Printing Industry
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