AN INTRODUCTION TO PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE Second Edition AN INTRODUCTION TO PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE Second Edition R. Keith Mobley Amsterdam London New York Oxford Paris Tokyo Boston San Diego San Francisco Singapore Sydney Butterworth-Heinemann is an imprint of Elsevier Science. Copyright © 2002, Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Recognizing the importance of preserving what has been written, Elsevier-Science prints its books on acid-free paper whenever possible. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mobley, R. Keith, 1943–. An introduction to predictive maintenance / R. Keith Mobley.—2nd ed. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 0-7506-7531-4 (alk. paper) 1. Plant maintenance—Management. I. Title. 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Depending on the specific industry, maintenance costs can rep- resent between 15 and 60 percent of the cost of goods produced. For example, in food- related industries, average maintenance costs represent about 15 percent of the cost of goods produced, whereas maintenance costs for iron and steel, pulp and paper, and other heavy industries represent up to 60 percent of the total production costs. These percentages may be misleading. In most American plants, reported maintenance costs include many nonmaintenance-related expenditures. For example, many plants include modifications to existing capital systems that are driven by market-related factors, such as new products. These expenses are not truly maintenance and should be allocated to nonmaintenance cost centers; however, true maintenance costs are substantial and do represent a short-term improvement that can directly impact plant profitability. Recent surveys of maintenance management effectiveness indicate that one-third—33 cents out of every dollar—of all maintenance costs is wasted as the result of unnec- essary or improperly carried out maintenance. When you consider that U.S. industry spends more than $200 billion each year on maintenance of plant equipment and facil- ities, the impact on productivity and profit that is represented by the maintenance oper- ation becomes clear. The result of ineffective maintenance management represents a loss of more than $60 billion each year. Perhaps more important is the fact that ineffective maintenance management significantly affects the ability to manufacture quality products that are competitive in the world market. The losses of production time and product quality that result from poor or inadequate maintenance management have had a dramatic impact on U.S. industries’ ability to compete with Japan and other countries 1 IMPACT OF MAINTENANCE 1 [...]...2 An Introduction to Predictive Maintenance that have implemented more advanced manufacturing and maintenance management philosophies The dominant reason for this ineffective management is the lack of factual data to quantify the actual need for repair or maintenance of plant machinery, equipment, and systems Maintenance scheduling has been, and in many instances still is, predicated... Improving maintenance efficiency and effectiveness In most TPM plans, though, the operator is directly involved in some level of maintenance This effort involves better planning and scheduling better preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, reliability-centered maintenance, spare parts equipment stores, and tool locations—the collective domain of the maintenance department and the maintenance technologies... catastrophic failures and the need for corrective maintenance These methods will also extend the useful life and minimize the life cycle cost of critical production systems 16 An Introduction to Predictive Maintenance Predictive Maintenance Is More Than Maintenance Traditionally, predictive maintenance is used solely as a maintenance management tool In most cases, this use is limited to preventing unscheduled... maintenance (TPM) and reliability-centered maintenance (RCM), have been developed and touted as the panacea for ineffective maintenance Many domestic plants have partially adopted one of these quick-fix methods in an attempt to compensate for perceived maintenance shortcomings Total Productive Maintenance Touted as the Japanese approach to effective maintenance management, the TPM concept was developed... production plants 1.1 MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT METHODS To understand a predictive maintenance management program, traditional management techniques should first be considered Industrial and process plants typically employ two types of maintenance management: run -to- failure or preventive maintenance 1.1.1 Run -to- Failure Management The logic of run -to- failure management is simple and straightforward: When... cost of maintenance It also improves the product quality, productivity, and profitability of manufacturing and production plants Predictive maintenance is a condition-driven preventive maintenance program Instead of relying on industrial or in-plant average-life statistics (i.e., mean-time -to- failure) to schedule maintenance activities, predictive maintenance uses direct monitoring of the mechanical... unscheduled downtime and/or catastrophic failures Although this function is important, predictive maintenance can provide substantially more benefits by expanding the scope or mission of the program As a maintenance management tool, predictive maintenance can and should be used as a maintenance optimization tool The program’s focus should be on eliminating unnecessary downtime, both scheduled and unscheduled;... preventive maintenance downtime, or delays Maintenance prevention, not quick-fixes of breakdowns, should be the objective Maintenance planning and scheduling are essential parts of effective maintenance Planners must develop and implement both preventive and corrective maintenance tasks that achieve maximum use of maintenance resources and the production capacity of plant systems Good planning is not an option... means to 22 An Introduction to Predictive Maintenance effectively communicate and coordinate the integrated functions, such as sales, production, maintenance, and procurement, into an effective unit Large plants must also exercise caution The tendency is to become excessive when implementing continuous improvement programs Features are added to the information management system, predictive maintenance. .. their interest to try, however, because without financial data there can be no satisfactory cost justification for CM, and hence no will or investment to improve the maintenance situation Ultimately, their department and the company will be the losers if poor maintenance leads to an uncompetitive marketplace position Some of the factors relevant to maintenance engineering that can have an adverse effect . of manufacturing and pro- duction plants. 1.1 MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT METHODS To understand a predictive maintenance management program, traditional manage- ment. AN INTRODUCTION TO PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE Second Edition AN INTRODUCTION TO PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE Second Edition R. Keith