Reliability and maintainability analysis of cheese (feta) production line in a Greek medium-size company: A case study

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 94, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 233-240

  Tsarouhas, Panagiotis H ^a   Arvanitoyannis, Ioannis S ^b   Varzakas, Theodoros H ^c  

^a ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF KALAMATA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Availability; Cheese (feta) production line; Failure and repair data; Maintainability; Quality; Reliability

Indexed keywords

BEST FIT; CHEESE (FETA) PRODUCTION LINE; CHEESE MANUFACTURING; FAILURE AND REPAIR DATA; HAZARD RATES; MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES; MEAN TIME TO REPAIRS; PRODUCTION LINE; QUALITY; RELIABILITY , AVAILABILITY AND MAINTAINABILITIES;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; MAINTAINABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; REPAIR;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

EID: 67349100493     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2009.03.011     Document Type: Article

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