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Deciding which Predictive Maintenance Tools to use First

_0002_Insight on the industrialIt has been my experience that when applying the proper predictive tools strategies to critical assets, it gets confusing about where to apply capital expense, training, and people. Here are 3 factors to help determine which predictive maintenance tool to use first:

  1. Always start with the asset life cycle plan (6 months, 6 years, etc).
  2. Consider criticality of the asset in relation to throughput and quality of the product or process.
  3. Evaluate the time needed to train resources and expect some competency with the tool(s).

After deciding if you will operate the asset for a short time or the long haul, decide which tool can be most useful. Most of the time ultrasound and infrared have the shortest time needed to train personnel to a beginner level of competency. Also, the costs are much lower than vibration or motor circuit analysis. However, there are instances where the benefits of vibration and motor circuit analysis will outweigh the training and delayed timing.

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Keep in mind other tools, like hi-speed video, fiber scopes, and laser alignment, all have their place when planning for long-term life cycle of critical assets.

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David Reiber

Dave Reiber - CMRP, Business Solutions Architect, at Perficient Subject matter expert in maintenance business processes and predictive maintenance tools and techniques. Recently joined Perficient from General Motors, where I led the Predictive Maintenance and Global Maximo team. While at GM, led the efforts to grow the predictive maintenance sciences. These include infrared, vibration, ultrasound, high speed video, oil analysis, electric motor diagnostics, and laser alignment. IBM Certified Maximo Deployment Specialist and led teams rolling out new versions of Maximo and implementing Global Maintenance Business Processes. Iregularly speak and consult on Maximo, and how to use predictive sciences to impact asset availability, reliability and throughput.

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