The idea to organize meetings of experts in maintenance on a broader scale within the Central European region came in 2004 in the SSU and for the first time it was realised under the name Central European Forum on Maintenance in May 2005 in the High Tatras on Štrbské Pleso. These conferences take place biannually alternating with the Euromaintenance conferences. After Slovakia in 2007 it was Poland in Wroclaw, then in 2009 the Czech Republic in Liblice and in 2011 the conference returned for the fourth time again to Slovakia.

       The conference belongs to the top activities of SSU and the last one confirmed its position. We are glad to see that the vision formulated in the very beginning is has been fulfilled "Bring up-to-date information of high professional level and provide suitable conditions for exchange of experience among maintenance professionals from Slovakia and abroad. “ This vision is still valid and each conference contributes to fulfilling the basic goals of the SSU activities.

       The number of registered participants was 201, out of which 41 foreigners, the second highest so far. As usual most of them from Czech Republic - 29, followad by Hungary - 5, Poland - 4, Austria, Sweden and the United Kingdom by 1. Number of participants from Slovakia was 160, the second highest in the history, too.
      The winner of the "SSU award Maintainer of the Year 2010", was professor Hana Pačaiová from The Technical University Košice.
       There were two winners of the "SSU award for master thesis" - Ing. Tomáš Vnenčák, graduate from The University of Žilina, the topic of the thesis was "Increase of reliability and availability of equipment in production unit UAR in PCA Slovakia s. r. o. Trnava“ (supervisor doc. Juraj Grenčík) and Ing. Marián Ondriš, graduate from STU, MTF Trnava for master thesis topic of "Proposal for higher effectiveness of maintenance management system in company ESTAMP Slovakia s.r.o., Zlaté Moravce“ (supervisor Ing. Milan Richter).

CONFERENCE TOPICS

1. Best practice in operation and maintenance
2. Maintenance information systemsand support
3. Predictive maintenance and diagnostics
4. Innovative maintenance technologies
5. Safety and special topics

Accompanying programme - seminars and workshops on maintenance effectiveness and effects on product quality, TPM, safety in maintenance, benchmarking, maintenance management and influence on energy consumption, diagnostics

• Václav Legát
• Juraj Sinay
• Peter Zvolenský

• Michal Abrahámfy
• Dušan Belko
• József Csiba
• Gabriel Dravecký
• Juraj Grenčík
• Jozef Hrubec
• Vendelín Íro
• Krzysztof Olejnik

• Hana Pačaiová
• Marko Rentka
• Vladimír Stuchlý
• Ivan Ševčík
• Zdeněk Votava
• Anton Vrba
• Michal Žilka

Photos from the conference

Tuesday, 31 May, 2011

Hotel PATRIA at Štrbské Pleso - traditioan location of the conference

Conference opening - conference hall and chair table

Conference opening - chair tablefrom the left: Krzysztof Olejnik - PNTTE representative, Poland; Václav Legát - ČSPÚ chairman, Czech rep.; Martin Hlinka - Slovak Ministry of Economy; Vendelín Íro - SSU vice chairman; Juraj Grenčík - SSU chairman; Jan Franlund - president of UTEK (Swedish Maintenance Society) and EFNMS BoD member; Juraj Sinay - TU Košice

Conference opening - Vendelín Íro - SSU vice chairman

Opening adresses - Maritn Hlinka, director of department of industry and innovations, Slovak Ministry of Economy

Opening adresses - Václav Legát - ČSPÚ chairman, Czech rep.

Opening adresses - Jan Franlund - president of UTEK (Swedish Maintenance Society) and EFNMS BoD member

professor Juraj Sinay, TU Košice, professional guarantor

Conference opening - Juraj Grenčík: SSU and trends in mainenance

SSU award "Maintainer of the year 2010" - Hana Pačaiová, TU Košice

SSU award "Maintainer of the year 2010" - Hana Pačaiová, TU Košice: Trends in maintenance managament

SSU award "Maintainer of the year 2010" - Hana Pačaiová, TU Košice: Trends in maintenance managament

SSU award for master thesis - Tomáš Vnenčák, University of Žilina (absent, handed over after the conference)

SSU award for master thesis - Marián Ondriš, MTF STU Trnava

SSU award for master thesis - Marián Ondriš, MTF STU Trnava

Congress hall - participants

Congress hall - participants

Ondrej Valent, CMMS, s.r.o.: Methods of modern maintenance - examples from practice

Viera Peťková, eustream, a.s.: Risk reduction by maintenance actions and inspections

Speaker and the auditorium listening

Rudolf Piaček, SPP-distribúcia, a.s.: Inspection of Gas Pipelines in SPP - distribúcia, a.s.

Martin Varga, SEPS, a.s. Bratislava : Repairs and actions on pipelines under full operation

Milan Podhradský, University of Žilina, Forensic engineering department: Information on book "Law in economical life"

Ján Petko, U.S.Steel Košice, s.r.o.: Maintenance as a guarantor of technical safety, environmental compliance and reduction of energy demands

Ivan Ševčík, INSEKO, a.s. Žilina : If you think you have nothing to improve in your company, then do not visit us

Jan Franlund, UTEK : Expectations, Challenges, Achievements - The Maintenance Contribution

Michael Herring, SKF UK Limited : Electrical Testing of Motors - The Modern Approach

Václav Legát, ČZU, TF Praha & ČSPU : Proper maintenance reduces risks

Juraj Sinay, TU v Košiciach : Technical diagnostics and risks - their mutual interaction under Safety and Security conditions

Juraj Bátora, Hella Slovakia Signal-Lighting s.r.o. : Contributions and experience with TPM system in Hella Slovakia Signal-Lighting s.r.o.

Dušan Belko, SE AE Jaslovské Bohunice, SK : Use of maintenance system for increasing performance of nuclear power plant blocks JE V-2

József Csiba, MÁV Hungary, Budapest, HU : Relationship between the Reliability and Availability Characteristics of Vehicle Systems

Ondrej Valent, CMMS, s.r.o Praha, CZ : Oberator based reliability (OBR) and maintenance - realised examples from practice in our companies

Jozef Tóth, GE Energy Services Slovakia, s.r.o. : Importance of predictive maintenance and new trends in maintenance support

Miloš Tuharský, WURTH, s.r.o. : Mobile workplace of maintainer - tool for increasing his productivity

Jan Kamenický, Technická univerzita v Liberci : Evolution of RCM analyses in time

Věra Pelantová, Technická univerzita v Liberci : Self-assessment and maintenance

Ferenc Dömötör, Dunaújvárosi Főiskola : Vibration diagnostics - introduction of the book

Matej Hájek, sféra, a.s., Bratislava : Maintenance Information system in the company environment with implemented ERP system

Vanda Kadlečíková, GEFOS a.s., Praha : New possibilities of relevant data mining on maintained equipment

Miroslav Šandor, INSEKO, a.s. Žilina : Choice and implementation of EAM

Jozef Čvirik, Ipesoft s.r.o. Žilina : From installation of IS to solution of maintenance and asset management problems

Radim Doležal, Technická univerzita v Liberci : Digitalisation in maintenance and its possible effects

Jaroslav Zajíček, Technická univerzita v Liberci : Utilisation of results from RCM for reduction of production loss formula

Josef Chudoba, Technická univerzita v Liberci : Determination of confidence limits of Weibull distribution for evaluation of products reliability

Conference dinner

Conference dinner

Conference dinner

Conference dinner

Conference dinner

Conference dinner

Conference dinner

Conference dinner

Solo for the "Maintainer of the year"