Types of maintenance

Types of maintenance

1. most equip maintenance

   • the design life of most equipment requires periodic maintenance
     • reactive
       • advantages
         • involves low costes cost investment for maintinance
           • less staff is required
       • disadvantages
         • increased labor cost
           • inefficient use of staff resources
     • focused reliabilty
       • advantages
         • Generally, products/equipments will have many components which may function with serial relationship or parallel relationship
       • disvantages
         • Generally, products/equipments will have many components which may function with serial relationship or parallel relationship
     • preventive
       • advaantages
         • cost effective in many capital
           • Increased component life cycle
       • disadvantages
         • Potential for incidental damage to components in conducting unneeded maintenance
           • Minimizing failures translate into maintenance and capital cost savings
     • predictive
       • advantages
         • Allows for pre-emptive corrective actions. Decrease in equipment or process downtime
       • disadvantages
         • Increased investment in diagnostic equipment. Increased investment in staff training. Savings potential not readily seen by management.