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The elusive P-F interval

This article discusses the P-F Interval for CBM decision making, its areas of usefulness, and those areas where it is inadequate as a predictive maintenance strategy. An alternative more general approach based on the EXAKT system is proposed. Two categories … Continue reading

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How to start LRCM

Most large maintenance organizations have a history of pursuit of excellence on the cutting edge of maintenance management. They are avid consumers of maintenance technology, their staff read maintenance related magazines, and they attempt to implement most of the new … Continue reading

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Confidence in predictive maintenance

Without a mechanism to evaluate a Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) program’s evolving performance CBM activities will degenerate to “busy work”. Data will continue to be collected, manipulated and filed as a matter of routine. To counter this tendency towards apathy, … Continue reading

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