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Condition Based

Maintenance
Condition monitoring is perhaps the most misunderstood and misused of all
the plant improvement programmes.
Most users define it as:
“A means to prevent catastrophic failure of critical rotating
machinery.”
Others define condition monitoring as:
A maintenance scheduling tool that uses vibration, infrared or
lubricating oil analysis data to determine the need for corrective
maintenance actions.
A few share the belief, precipitated by vendors of monitoring systems, that it is:
The panacea for critically ill plant and machinery.

 One common theme of all these definitions is that condition monitoring is


solely a maintenance management tool. Because of these misconceptions, the
majority of established programmes have not been able to achieve a marked
decrease in maintenance costs, or a measurable improvement in overall plant
performance. In fact, the reverse is too often true. In many cases, the annual
costs of repairs, repair parts, product quality and production have all
dramatically increased as a direct result of the programme.

 Condition monitoring is much more than a maintenance scheduling tool and


accordingly it should not be restricted to maintenance management. As part
of an integrated, total plant performance management programme, it can
provide the means to improve the production capacity, product quality and
overall effectiveness of our manufacturing and production plants.

 Condition monitoring is a management technique that uses the regular


evaluation of the actual operating condition of plant equipment, production
systems and plant management functions, to optimize total plant operation.

 The output of a condition monitoring programme is data. Until action is taken


to resolve the deviations or problems revealed by the programme, plant
performance cannot be improved. Therefore, a management philosophy
committed to plant improvement must exist before any meaningful benefit
can be derived.

 As a maintenance management tool, condition monitoring can provide the


data required to schedule both preventive and corrective maintenance tasks
on an as-needed basis instead of relying on industrial average life statistics,
such as Mean Time to Failure (MTTF), to schedule maintenance activities.

 Condition monitoring programme can minimize unscheduled breakdowns


of all mechanical equipment in the plant, and ensure that repaired equipment
is in an acceptable mechanical condition. The programme can also identify
machine train problems before they become serious. Most problems can be
minimized if they are detected and repaired early.

 A condition monitoring programme cannot function in a void. To be an


effective maintenance management tool, it must be combined with a viable
maintenance planning function that will use the data generated to plan the
appropriate repairs. In addition, it is dependent on the skill and knowledge
of maintenance craftsmen.

 As most product quality problems are the direct result of production systems
with inherent problems, poor operating procedures, improper maintenance
or defective raw materials. Condition monitoring can isolate this type of
problem and provide the data required to correct many of the difficulties
which result in reduced product quality. Condition monitoring involves:
 Visual Monitoring
 Vibration Monitoring
 Thermography (Thermal monitoring using infrared thermograph)
a. Liquid in glass thermometers
b. Thermocouple thermometers
c. Bimetal thermometers
d. Resistance thermometers (RIDs)
e. Thermistors
 Tribology (the study of friction, wear, lubrication, and the design of bearings; the
science of interacting surfaces in relative motion.)
 Oil analysis has become an important aid to preventive maintenance. Laboratories
recommend that samples of machine lubricant be taken at scheduled intervals to
determine the condition of the lubricating film that is critical to machine train
operation. Typically, the following ten tests are conducted on lube oil samples.
a. Viscosity
b. Contamination of oil by water or coolant
c. Fuel dilution of oil in an engine
d. Solids content
e. Fuel soot
f. Oxidation of lubricating oil
g. Nitration
h. Total Acid Number (TAN)
i. Total Base Number (TBN)
j. Particle count tests

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