Problemy eksploatacji maszyn w Polsce na tle VIII Krajowego Kongresu Eksploatacji Urządzeń Technicznych

Analyses of the Congress's objectives. A lack of practical utilisation of the knowledge of maintenance was indicated. Is maintenance a branch of science? Maintenance, interdisciplinary area, its origin, current state, forecasts. System as a philosophical approach to an analysis of real phenomena. The need of the transformation of fundamental notions aimed at utilisation of system methods for an analysis of machine maintenance problems.