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Title: WHAT IS PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE
Description: Preventive maintenance is maintenance carried out before the breakdown occurs. It tries to minimize problems of breakdown maintenance.

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PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE
Preventive maintenance is one of the four types of maintenance
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In other words, preventive maintenance
is maintenance carried out before the breakdown occurs
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The maintenance engineer locates the weak spot like parts under vibration then inspect and
repair them thereby reducing the danger of breakdown
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There are certain
items that are more essential for continuing the production than others
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Equipment to inspect include:
Process equipment (furnace, compressor, pump, motor, electric wiring etc)
Material handling equipment (cranes, lifts, conveyors, hoists etc)
Safety equipment (pressure relief valve, fire extinguisher etc)

The frequency of inspection can be decided by past data which was created by a number of
experiments
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If
the cost is very high, then it's better to reduce the frequency of inspection
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Advantages of Preventive Maintenance
1
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Low maintenance cost
3
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Chance of accidents reduced
5
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Cost of preventive maintenance is high due to regular inspection of the equipment
2
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Because there is regular inspection, it sometimes leads to over-maintenance and loss
of money


Title: WHAT IS PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE
Description: Preventive maintenance is maintenance carried out before the breakdown occurs. It tries to minimize problems of breakdown maintenance.