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Condition monitoring to help prevent machine failure

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​Condition monitoring is the process of monitoring machinery – by vibration, temperature or other methods – to identify a significant change which could indicate a developing fault. It is a major component of predictive maintenance.

​The use of condition monitoring allows maintenance to be scheduled, or other actions to be taken to prevent failure and avoid its consequences. 
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​Maintenance engineers should be well aware of the three main maintenance techniques:
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  • Proactive Maintenance ​– maintaining the machine before failure occurs.
  • Predictive Maintenance – monitoring the condition of the machine and predicting failure early.
  • Reactive Maintenance – maintaining the machine once failure occurs.

Our qualified engineers at Westin Drives can assist with all the above. We understand that certain machinery and processes require various types of maintenance.

Consider a desk cooling fan. This is not a critical to the running of your process and may take just minutes to replace, so reactive maintenance would probably be the most effective technique.

On the other hand, the failure of a main motor on a steel production line could be dangerous, lose you production and time – and be very expensive to repair. In this case, predictive maintenance would probably be the most effective technique.


A summary of what we believe to be the Pros and Cons of each technique.
PROACTIVE MAINTENANCE
Pros
  • High reliability of machines
  • Minimises chance of unplanned downtime
  • Minimises unexpected costs
Cons
  • High cost in parts and labour
  • Can easily disrupt production time
 
PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE
Pros
  • Low cost preventative maintenance solution
  • Performed in production
  • Minimises chance of unplanned downtime
  • Minimises unexpected costs
  • Minimises cost of repair
  • Minimises risk of additional damage occurring
Cons
  • Ongoing small cost instalments

​REACTIVE MAINTENANCE:
Pros
  • No cost until failure
Cons
  • More likely to be an expensive repair
  • More likely to result in longer downtime
  • Unpredictable downtime
  • Maximises chance of unexpected costs
  • Maximises risk of additional damage occurring
Does your company deploy the most effective maintenance techniques? If you need help with deciding, the qualified engineers at our service centres in Huddersfield and Leeds are on hand to assist, so please contact us today.
Grove Works, St Andrew's Road
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 6NA. 
​Phone: 01484 453399
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​Westin Drives Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales, number 03933060 | VAT number: 746 540 817 | 
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Registered address: The Courtyard, Phoenix Mills, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 6NG
  • Home
  • About
    • Meet the team
    • Accreditations
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      • Modern Slavery
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    • Electric motors
    • Rewinds
    • Pump repair
    • Fan repair
    • Servo Motors
    • Electronics
    • EX Motors
    • Balancing
    • Electro-Mechanical
  • Technical services
    • Control systems
    • Training Courses
    • On-site services
    • Condition Monitoring >
      • Thermal Imaging
      • Vibration Analysis
  • Products
    • Automation >
      • Lenze >
        • Lenze servo motors >
          • SDSGA
          • MCA
          • MQA
          • MDxKS
          • MCS
          • m850
        • Inverters >
          • i510
          • i550
          • i550 Protec IP66
          • 8400 BaseLine
          • 8400 StateLine
          • 8400 HighLine
        • Servo drives >
          • 8400 TopLIne
          • 9400
          • i700
          • i950
        • Gearbox >
          • G500 helical gearbox
          • G700 planetary gearboxes
          • MPR / MPG
        • X500 IoT gateway
        • Software >
          • Easy Essentials
          • Easy Advanced
          • Easy Professional
        • Previous products >
          • HMI >
            • p300
            • p500
            • v200
            • v800c
            • v800p
          • 9300 servo inverter
          • 9300 PLC servo inverter >
            • Sprint Electric >
              • Sprint JLX
              • Sprint PLX
              • Sprint SL series
              • Sprint XLV series
              • Sprint 340/680/1220
              • Sprint enclosed DC drives
              • Sprint open chassis-mount DC drives
          • 9300 vector frequency inverters
          • 8200 vector frequency inverter
          • 8200 motec frequency inverter
          • SMD frequency inverters
      • Energy Saving
      • Energy saving motors and controls
      • C300 controller
      • 3200C controller
      • C500 controller
      • C750 controller
    • Pumps >
      • Calpeda >
        • Calpeda Eidos
        • Calpeda single and twin impeller centrifugal pumps
        • Calpeda multi-stage pumps
        • Calpeda Self-priming pumps
        • Calpeda centrifugal pumps for swimming pools
        • Calpeda peripheral pumps
        • Calpeda submersible sewage and drainage pumps
        • Calpeda borehole and well pumps
        • Calpeda pressure boosting units
        • Calpeda accessories
        • Calpeda electronic devices and electric panels
        • Calpeda circulators and circulating pumps
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      • WEG >
        • W22 induction motor
        • W21 modular motor
        • W21 three-phase motor
        • W22Xd flameproof
        • W22 WIMES
      • Lenze >
        • m300
        • m500
        • MF
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        • WG20
        • WATT MAS
      • Radicon >
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