Asked by Dinesh Sivanesan on Jul 22, 2024
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Under what conditions is preventive maintenance likely to be appropriate?
Preventive Maintenance
Routine maintenance, inspections, and servicing performed on equipment, machinery, or systems to prevent unexpected failures or breakdowns.
- Elucidate the influence of preventive maintenance on both reliability and the management of maintenance tasks.
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megan swartzJul 25, 2024
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Preventive maintenance is appropriate when the variance in the MTBF curve is relatively small, the cost of a breakdown occurring (both repair and lost production) is higher than the cost of the preventive maintenance, and a sensing system is available to provide indication of a possible breakdown.
Learning Objectives
- Elucidate the influence of preventive maintenance on both reliability and the management of maintenance tasks.
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