Maintenance 4.0 technologies – new opportunities for sustainability driven maintenance

Abstract

Digitalization and sustainability are important topics for manufacturing industries as they

are affecting all parts of the production chain. Various initiatives and approaches are set

up to help companies adopt the principles of the fourth industrial revolution with respect

sustainability. Within these actions the use of modern maintenance approaches such as

Maintenance 4.0 is highlighted as one of the prevailing smart & sustainable manufacturing

topics. The goal of this paper is to describe the latest trends within the area of maintenance

management from the perspective of the challenges of the fourth industrial revolution and

the economic, environmental and social challenges of sustainable development. In this work,

intelligent and sustainable maintenance was considered in three perspectives. The first perspective

is the historical perspective, in relation to which evolution has been presented in the

approach to maintenance in accordance with the development of production engineering. The

next perspective is the development perspective, which presents historical perspectives on

maintenance data and data-driven maintenance technology. The third perspective, presents

maintenance in the context of the dimensions of sustainable development and potential opportunities

for including data-driven maintenance technology in the implementation of the

economic, environmental and social challenges of sustainable production.