Condition monitoring – an important technique to help prevent machine failure
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.
Maintenance engineers should be well aware of the three main maintenance techniques:
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.
The use of condition monitoring allows maintenance to be scheduled, or other actions to be taken to prevent failure and avoid its consequences.
Maintenance engineers should be well aware of the three main maintenance techniques:
- 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.
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PROACTIVE MAINTENANCE
Pros
PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE Pros
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REACTIVE MAINTENANCE: Pros
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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.
