What is Predictive Maintenance?
Predictive maintenance uses condition monitoring data to predict when equipment will fail, enabling maintenance to be performed just before failure occurs. Unlike preventive maintenance (time-based schedules) or reactive maintenance (run-to-failure), predictive maintenance optimizes the timing of maintenance activities based on actual equipment condition.
Condition Monitoring
Continuous measurement of equipment parameters—vibration, temperature, current, pressure—that indicate health and degradation trends.
Failure Prediction
Using historical data, physics-based models, and machine learning to predict when equipment will fail or require maintenance.
Maintenance Optimization
Scheduling maintenance activities based on predicted condition to minimize downtime, maximize equipment life, and reduce costs.