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At the end of this chapter, you should be able to:

Define maintenance
Explain the importance of maintenance
Explain the types of maintenance
Analyze maintenance and make maintenance
decisions
Understand the issues in maintenance

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Definition:

All activities involved in ensuring that facilities and

equipment are in working order.

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MAINTENANCE

 Maintains the capability of systems

 Prevents work stoppage caused by equipment
malfunction
 Minimizes costs
 Ensures the entire workplace is safe
 Ensures production meets expected quality,
specifications and targets

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Maintenance also:
Ensures resources are allocated evenly and
wisely
Reduces waste
Establishes a competitive edge, while enhancing
good customer service

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 TYPES OF MAINTENANCE

1. Breakdown maintenance
2. Preventive maintenance

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(cont.)

Breakdown maintenance
Repairing equipment if it breaks down or stops
functioning
Involves performing activities to repair machine
breakdowns or malfunction, then carrying out
subsequent repairs on an emergency or priority basis

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Preventive maintenance
Maintenance on a daily or regular basis, designed to
maintain the pristine condition of equipment and
prevent a failure through deterioration prevention,
periodic inspections or equipment condition diagnosis
to measure impairment

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 Selecting the Best Maintenance Strategy (6

steps):
1. Calculating the probability of breakdown.
2. Calculating the expected number of breakdowns per
day/week/month.
3. Determining the costs of breakdown maintenance.
4. Determining the costs of preventive maintenance.
5. Comparing the costs and making a decision.
6. Calculating the savings.

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 Level of breakdown and/or preventive

maintenance needed
 In-house or contract maintenance
 Spare parts inventory and standby machines

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