Tag: CBM
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EXAKT cost sensitivity analysis
Progress seldom proceeds smoothly. It occurs in steps. A new strategy of some kind usually precedes each step. If the strategy is right the individual or organization moves forward and benefits. The wrong strategy, however, will generate decisions that delay or even reverse progress. Often the long term results of a strategy are not obvious.…
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Optimizing a Condition Based Maintenance Program with Gearbox Tooth Failure
A Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) policy is a procedure used by maintenance personnel to interpret a set of measured machine condition indicators and decide whether or not to renew a physical asset at the current moment. Traditionally CBM data interpretive policies have been obvious. For example, if the glycol measurement in an engine’s lube oil is…
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Diagnostics versus prognostics
Where is the divide between the process of troubleshooting and that of predictive condition based maintenance? Both sets of procedures require condition data and knowledge of failure behavior. How do these distinct processes work with one another? Some confusion in the purchase and application of maintenance technology tools can arise when the particular problem lacks sufficient…
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Smart CBM demo
This table top demonstration predicts failure by compiling and analyzing the history of an equipment that can fail at any time. The principles of Living RCM are applied as a prerequisite for smart Condition Based Maintenance (CBM). The failure mechanism, as in the real world, is subject to random external and internal stresses. The challenge facing all maintenance…
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What is Maintenance Decision Automation?
We automate a decision process because we don’t want to make day-to-day decisions each time from first principles. There aren’t sufficient human resources available in the Maintenance Department to eyeball every graph of condition monitoring data and every work order comprising an item’s maintenance and failure history. Yet these databases are generally believed to hold…