E-Book : Basic Vibration Primer

Title: Basic Vibration Primer
Author: Brian Overton
Technology: Vibration
Pages : 32
Publisher : Emerson Process
File : .Word 310 KB

Synopsis:

In the competitive realm of industry, a company must be able to produce defect-free products while maintaining a competitive price. In order to achieve this goal, cost-effective maintenance must be performed on the machinery used. To keep maintenance costs down, unexpected failures must be minimized or eliminated and all machinery shutdowns for maintenance should be planned. All of these concepts are included in the Reliability-Based Maintenance ^TM(RBM)^TM philosophy. This philosophy involves the concepts of Preventive, Predictive, and Proactive Maintenance. This paper will primarily focus on the Predictive maintenance technique.

Before predictive maintenance came on the scene, most maintenance was performed using either the Run-to-Failure or Preventive maintenance philosophies. These philosophies, however, proved to be less cost effective than their successors. By allowing a machine to run until failure, the repair costs escalated dramatically. In general, the repair would involve more repair parts, longer shutdown periods, and more labor to complete.

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