Reliability and Maintenance Management

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Difference between Preventive maintenance, Predictive maintenance and Corrective

maintenance are given below:


Preventive maintenance Predictive maintenance Corrective maintenance
1. Preventive 1. Predictive 1. Corrective maintenance is
maintenance measures are maintenance is maintenance that only performed after
planned and performed on monitors the performance and equipment failures or
equipment with the purpose condition of equipment during breakdowns are reported.
of ensuring that failures do normal operation to reduce the
not occur and to lessen the likelihood of failures.
consequences of
breakdowns.
2. A preventive 2. It predicts when equipment 2. It is the technical activity
maintenance plan is ideal failures might occur and to carried out after a failure has
when a maintenance prevent the occurrence of the occurred and its purpose is to
manager can prevent any failure by performing repair an asset to a condition
malfunction of their maintenance. in which it can perform its
equipment or can predict intended function.
and plan for this failure so it
has the least possible
impact.
3. The maintenance carried 3. Predictive maintenance 3. The way to perform
out at predetermined evaluates the condition of corrective maintenance
intervals or according to equipment by performing activities is by conducting
prescribed criteria and periodic or continuous four important steps:
intended to reduce the equipment condition
probability of failure or the monitoring. 1. Fault detection.
degradation of the 2. Fault isolation.
functioning. 3. Fault elimination.
4. Verification of fault
elimination.

4. The aim of a preventive 4. The aim of predictive 4. The aim of corrective


maintenance program is to maintenance is to Analyse and maintenance is to get
prevent equipment failure describe the equipment failure equipment/machine back
before it actually occurs. modes. into operation as quickly as
Standard preventive possible in order to minimize
maintenance checks the interruption to
increase the lifetime of your production, keep the cost of
assets; reduce the need for repair crew under control,
repair or replacement, and including regular and
thus a healthier bottom line. overtime of labour costs.
Simply put, they keep your
assets in control.
5. Maintenance should be 5. Must distinguish between 5. Maintenance should not
serious or not depends on good and bad condition, and if it be very serious in nature as
past records of all is bad it must be indicated how far as production losses,
equipment. bad it is. down time, loss of human
life etc. are concerned.

6. Example: An elevator 6. Example: Using real-time 6. Example: A conveyor in


undergoes regular data, you can analyze your a manufacturing
inspections that include a machine’s health over a set time maintenance environment
diagnostic test to determine to determine what predictive fails. This results in
if parts should be replaced. maintenance is needed to reduce unexpected downtime and
downtime or failures. immediate repairs are done
Using sensors to monitor pieces to restore production
of equipment critical to your capability
production can automatically
create work orders based on
triggers. Equipment that
becomes unexpectedly
overheated can compromise
operations and result in
unexpected delays, additional
costs, and customer
disappointment.

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