PT06 - Transforming Condition Monitoring into effective Condition Based Maintenance

Abstract

It is clearly understood by most Maintenance and Reliability professionals that a Condition Monitoring program should identify faults ahead of failures, allowing time for scheduling of remedial works and the management of risk. It is also understood that to achieve this requires correctly identifying suitable machines for the Condition Based Maintenance program, ensuring the correct techniques are applied on the correct schedule and ensuring the measurements are correctly setup. There is however a clear distinction between a competent Condition Monitoring program and an effective Condition Based Maintenance program which reliably saves downtime of equipment and maintenance costs. The distinction is in how the Program is managed. Reflecting on the authors combined experience of setting up and developing over 30 Condition Based Maintenance Programs, this paper sets out some expectations for a Condition Monitoring Program. It discusses how a Condition Monitoring programs performance is measured, and the communications strategy that will support effective controls for the Management of a highly effective Condition Based Maintenance program.