Condition Monitoring
Machines are one of the major resources of production process and play a vital role in converting the inputs into desired outputs. Any failure of these machines would cause an unpredictable losses or damages. Therefore, it is worthwhile to maintain these machines so as not to fail. In this direction, there are several policies/methods developed and have been used from years, yet felt insufficient. Moreover, the Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) methods have gained importance in the recent past. In this unit we shall study the concepts and methods of Condition Based Maintenance.
Objectives
After studying this unit, you should be able to
- Define and explain various philosophies of maintenance,
- Explain what CBM is,
- Set a CBM activity and implement, if you are provided with the resources,
- Understand the diagnosing methods to find the fault in a machine, and
- Know various destructive and non destructive tests to estimate the machine condition.