Different Maintenance Recommendations To Optimize Equipment Output
While specific maintenance needsschedules will vary by the organization, it remains one of the most integral elements of any organization’s longevityThis post will detail two of the most commonly used maintenance approaches, known as preventive maintenancepredictive maintenance.
Preventive maintenance is a well-established strategy that has been around for quite some timeThe philosophy behind this maintenance approach is simple: perform routine maintenance to all equipment apart of a manufacturing operation at a regularly scheduled intervalThis interval is often dependent on elements like the run time of an operation’s equipment, the age of the equipment,the available down time an operation can schedulePredictive maintenance, on the other hand, is a newer, more innovative strategy that has shown its advantages for manufacturing operationsThe philosophy behind predictive maintenance is almost opposite that of preventive maintenanceRather than having all of an operation’s equipment serviced at the same time, predictive maintenance uses data collected from the pieces of an operation’s equipment to signify when maintenance is necessarySounds great, right? Except the systems necessary to collect this data are much more expensive to implement than what businesses would spend just opting into preventive maintenance.
A newer, much more sophisticated strategy to maintenance is predictive maintenanceIn contrast to preventive maintenance, rather than having set scheduled intervals, why not let the machines notify you when they require maintenance? This is the approach of predictive maintenanceThrough highly integrated systems, organizations are able to monitor important precursor data from their equipment that would then indicate when that piece of equipment would require maintenanceSeems perfect, right? Except for the fact that these systems aren’t cheapMore often than not, they’d cost the same as if organizations just deferred to preventive maintenance for each piece of their equipment.
As many equipment ownersmanagers have come to understand, however, is that predictive maintenance systems are not always the saving grace that they seemFor many manufacturing operations, the barriers to entry are much too highThese systems require highly customized technology platforms that employees must be trained to masterFor operations that have many moving parts, this can be difficultWhether that be due to having to change the way existing employees look at equipment maintenance, or training new employees as new policies develop, there are bound to be significant challengesIf your organization has the capital available to invest,you believe in the abilities of your employees to transition to these maintenance systems, predictive maintenance could likely be a great fit for your operation.
If you believe that your business could benefit from integrating a predictive maintenance system into its current operations, consider consulting the infographic accompanying this post for more valuable information on how it could possibly benefit your organization at largeInfographic courtesy of Industrial Service Solutions.
