Preventive Maintenance

Preventive Maintenance

Preventive Maintenance - A system of scheduled, planned or preventive maintenance tries to minimize the problems of breakdown maintenance. It is a stitch in time procedure.

It locates weak spots (such as bearing surfaces, parts under excessive vibrations, etc.) in all equipments, provides them regular inspection and minor repairs there by reducing the danger of unanticipated breakdown. The underlying principle of preventive maintenance is that prevention is better than cure.

Preventive Maintenance involves

(a) Periodic inspection of machine tools to uncover conditions that lead to their breakdown and harmful depreciation.

(b) Upkeep of machine tools to correct such conditions while they are still in a minor stage.

Help can be taken of suitable statistical techniques in order to find how often to inspect.