In industrial and commercial buildings, the use of automated HVAC, electronic and pneumatic systems, auxiliary power, and special environmental technologies are becoming more and more common. The potential cost of breakdown to these critical systems and assets is becoming an increasing risk to facility and maintenance management. Even more worrisome, maintenance staffs are being asked to do more with less while systems continue to grow in complexity. With competitive marketplace pressures increasing, building owners and facility managers are striving to find new and better ways to contain and control the cost of doing business.
As a result of economic pressure, long neglected equipment maintenance and asset management is becoming recognized as another potentially productive, profitable field of management. The importance of maintenance management is realized now more than ever. This is why predictive maintenance was developed. Predictive Maintenance is considered a type of preventive maintenance and is done through constant equipment monitoring and data gathering — and then using that data to predict and pre-empt equipment failure.
Equipment monitoring is conducted with technologies that capture data on the assets condition such as infrared thermography, acoustic monitoring, vibration monitoring, or oil-debris analysis. This makes predictive maintenance a form of condition-based maintenance. The technologies used are considered artificial intelligence AI and Industrial Internet of Things IIoT devices which when used with maintenance software support the monitoring, data analysis and triggering of the maintenance task.
Companies invest in technology to conduct predictive maintenance for critical assets that fail randomly or are subject to failure from preventive maintenance. Thus, predictive maintenance mitigates some of the downsides of scheduled preventive maintenance. The downside of predictive maintenance is cost, learning curve and integration of the data into standard processes, but worth the investment for the right use cases.
Proactive Maintenance like predictive maintenance, is a form of condition-based maintenance where the emphasis is on the root cause of problems with the goal of extending the machine life. Where predictive maintenance is looking for symptoms of pending failure, proactive maintenance is looking at things like oil viscosity to ensure effective lubrication of moving parts or how to properly load a piece of equipment to avoid a problem.
Prescriptive Maintenance takes predictive maintenance a step further by not only identifying the condition change, but also provides recommendations to resolve the problem.
For example, a vibration sensor identifies a problem. Prescriptive technologies recommend that the equipment be slowed down to a certain degree to extend production time before the asset will likely fail. Detective Maintenance is both the evaluation of assets that are working and to determine the root cause of failure when an asset breaks down. It is not condition-based maintenance, as the intention is not to look for signs of a potential failure, but to test if the asset is working properly.
For example, you test presumably operational fire extinguishers and smoke detectors to ensure they are working.
Whereas the preventive maintenance task is replacing the battery in the smoke detector. When designing a playground maintenance program, managers should consider, among other factors, these concepts: Inspections should be routine, timely, and followed up with action.
Practice complete documentation. Learn more about playground maintenance Our guide provides an overview in the importance of maintenance, how to identify risk and tools for your program. Request guide. Blog Nov. HVAC maintenance - Air conditioning and heating systems should be routinely cleaned and checked to ensure energy efficiency and healthy air flows throughout your offices and manufacturing facilities.
Pest control - Some industries may face unpleasant nuisances such as insects, rodents, etc. If pest control services such as termite inspection, bedbug treatments, or other treatments are required, these can also be scheduled for routine maintenance.
Why Bother with Planned Maintenance? There are several reasons why planned maintenance is important. Planned maintenance Improves equipment efficiency : Equipment such as HVAC systems, fryers, paint sprayers, and other items benefits from regular maintenance.
Clean and well-maintained systems work better. They save money by using less energy. They can do more in less time than dirty, worn out equipment.
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