Predictive Maintenance

Predictive Maintenance

Predictive Maintenance - It is comparatively a newer maintenance technique.It makes use of human senses or other sensitive instruments such as

Audio gauges,

Vibration analyzers,

Amplitude meters, Pressure, temperature and resistance strain gauges, etc., to predict troubles before the equipment fails.

Unusual sounds coming out of rotating equipment predict a (coming) trouble; an electric cable excessively hot at one point predicts a trouble. Simple hand touch can point out many unusual (equipment) conditions and thus predict a trouble.

In predictive maintenance, equipment conditions are measured periodically or on a continuous basis and this enable maintenance men to take a timely action such as equipment adjustments, repair or overhaul. Predictive maintenance extends the service life of equipment without fear of failure.