What is Condition Monitoring?

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Our regular readers may remember the series I wrote about predictive maintenance and why it makes important business fiscal sense. This series of articles is about Condition-based maintenance (CBM). Condition-based Maintenance is a predictive maintenance technique. It simply means that maintenance is performed when equipment performance deteriorates or if multiple indicators show that equipment is going to fail.

The purpose of Condition-based maintenance is to maintain the correct equipment at the right time so you can prioritize and optimize your maintenance resources. The goal is to help your maintenance personnel fix the source of the potential problem, when it’s needed, minimizing spare parts cost, system downtime and time spent on maintenance.

What business needs does condition monitoring serve? Although there are several, here’s a few to get us started:

1. The need to predict equipment failures
2. The need for a holistic view of equipment condition
3. The need for greater accuracy in failure prediction
4. The need to optimize equipment performance

I know you won’t be surprised when I tell you that infrared thermal imaging is one of the techniques used to successfully perform condition based maintenance. Next week, we’ll discuss specifics on how infrared thermography can be successfully used for your business. As always, comments and questions are welcome!

Interested in learning more? Give me a call at 803-328-2889 and let’s talk!



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