Fleet equipment performance measurement preventive maintenance model : final report.

PDFTech ReportFHWA/TX-13/0-6626-1Project 0-6626Fleet managementPreventive maintenanceEquipment maintenanceData loggingOil changingVehicle maintenanceVehicle electronicsPerformance measurementData collectionTexasTexas. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation OfficeKader, MichaelRamani, TaraJohnson, JeremySpeigelman, CliffordZietsman, JosiasJacobs, TimothyTexas A&M Transportation InstituteUnited States. Federal Highway AdministrationUS Transportation CollectionThe concept of preventive maintenance is very important in the effective management and deployment ofvehicle fleets. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) operates a large fleet of on-road and offroadequipment. Newer engines and vehicles are equipped with on-board diagnostic systems that can providedata on engine operation as indicators of engine load. There is the possibility of tracking these parameters torefine predictions for when equipment maintenance should be performed. Project 0-6626 aimed to provide aproof of concept for this idea by studying TxDOT\ue2\u20ac\u2122s fleet, selecting a vehicle category for data collection, anddeveloping an algorithm that can be used to recommend appropriate oil change intervals based on enginedata collected through on-board diagnostic systems