What is Predictive Maintenance?
Maintenance costs are one of the largest factors impacting a plant’s budget. Attempts to reduce these costs have led to the development of several maintenance strategies. Predictive maintenance is a defect inspection strategy that uses indicators to prepare for future problems. One major mistake made with predictive maintenance is that it is often confused with preventive maintenance, which consists of preplanned, routine measures used to prevent major problems. To better understand predictive maintenance, it is best to draw a contrast between it and preventive maintenance, which is often a more widely recognized term.
