BEST PRACTICES IN PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE OF MACHINERIES AND EQUIPMENT

SYNOPSIS: There is only one way to ensure maximum uptime and minimum expenses in maintaining your equipment and systems – “catch the problem BEFORE it happens”. Implementing simple maintenance practice, routine inspections and scheduled testing, enables you to keep your plant or facility operating at absolute peak efficiency while reducing your maintenance cost. Consequently, this workshop is designed to improve the skills of the participants to carry out preventive maintenance.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

On completion of the workshop, participants should be able to:

• Prepare an equipment maintenance plan;
• Identify common causes of machine/equipment failure;
• Develop and use simple maintenance walk-through checklists;
• Conduct equipment maintenance safely;
• Carry out troubleshooting techniques for efficient and effective repairs and,
• Apply preventive maintenance strategies and techniques.

COURSE CONTENT

Maintenance Programmes

Preventive Maintenance Activities

Benefits of PM Programs

Preventive Maintenance PM Associated Costs

Setting up a Preventive Maintenance PM Programme

PM Programme Policies

PM Program Performance Indicators

Condition Based Maintenance CBM Methods and Techniques

• Vibration Analysis Trouble Shooting
• Infrared Thermograph
• Ultrasonic Analysis
• Fluid Analysis
• Lubricant Analysis / Fluid Analysis
• Motor Current Signature Analysis MCSA
• Condition Based Maintenance CBM and Predictive Maintenance Techniques
• Setting up a Condition-based Monitoring CBM and Predictive Maintenance PM Programme

TARGET AUDIENCE: Supervisors, Technicians and Maintenance and Production Personnel and Operators.