Predictive maintenance database development

Alert and alarm limits The microprocessor should include the ability to automatically alert the user to changes in machine, equipment or system condition. Most of the predictive maintenance techniques rely on a change in the operating condition of plant equipment to identify an incipient problem. Therefore, the system should be able to analyze data and report any change in the monitoring parameters that were established as part of the database development. 

The initial database development required to successfully implement a predictive maintenance program will require man-months of effort. The extensive labor required to properly establish a predictive database often results in either a poor or incomplete database. In some cases, the program is discontinued because of staff limitations. If the extensive labor required establishing a database is not available in-house, there are consultants available that will provide the knowledge and labor required to accomplish this task. 

EUROPOEM (1996). The Development, Maintenance and Dissemination of a European Predictive Operator Exposure Model (EUROPOEM) Database, AIR3 CT93-1370, TNO-BIBRA International, Carshalton, Survey, UK. 

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