Prevention programs preventive maintenance

Most emphasis is placed on a program of rigorous preventive maintenance. Appropriate climate conditions can help to prevent mold attack, which typically only occurs at elevated relative humidity. Storage furniture which provides an effective barrier for insects, regular inspection of the collections, monitoring of all collection areas with insect traps, and access control measures which minimize the chance of insect entry into the collection areas, are some aspects of an effective pest control management program (175). 

Developing a Simple Predictive and Preventive Maintenance Program... 

A PPM program is needed to avoid equipment failures, utiHty outages, and production intermptions. From a cost savings angle it is extremely important to do preventive maintenance in order to avoid breakdowns. Periodic inspections and a good lubrication program uncover conditions that could lead to breakdowns. When problems are found eady, they can be taken care of without work intermption and costly repairs. Sometimes faciHty managers are so afraid of downtime that preventive maintenance is done too often. In other cases production does not allow adequate time to provide proper maintenance. 

Modification of Equipment. (/) Install equipment that produces minimal or no waste. 2) Modify equipment to enhance recovery or recycling options. (I) Redesign equipment or production lines to produce less waste. (4) Improve operating efficiency of equipment. (5) Maintain strict preventive maintenance program. 

Ensuring that good housekeeping and strong preventive-maintenance programs exist and are followed... 

Implement routine inspections, monitoring and preventive maintenance programs... 

Preventive maintenance on vital equipment should be properly scheduled, carried out and documented. This program must be separate from the regulatory inspection. 

Does facility have a documented preventative maintenance program to minimize equipment downtime ... 

Is there a documented preventive maintenance program for major equipment ... 

Preventive maintenance on vital equipment, such as tractor units, tanks, pumps, hoses, hard arms, pipelines, and mooring facilities, should be properly scheduled, carried out and documented. This program should be separate from the regulatory inspection. Verify from records. 

Reliability of a plant depends on many parameters, such as the type of fuel, the preventive maintenance programs, the operating mode, the control systems, and the firing temperatures. 

As with any power equipment, gas turbines require a program of planned inspections with repair or replacement of damaged components. A properly designed and conducted inspection and preventive maintenance program can do much to increase the availability of gas turbines and reduce unscheduled maintenance. Inspections and preventive maintenance can be expensive, but not as costly as forced shutdowns. Nearly all manufacturers emphasize and describe preventive maintenance procedures to ensure the reliability of their machinery, and any maintenance program should be based on manufacturer s recommendations. Inspection and preventive maintenance procedures can be tailored to individual equipment application with references such as the manufacturer s instruction book, the operator s manual, and the preventive maintenance checklist. 

It is critical to the integrity of flame arresters that they he inspected and serviced on a regnlarly schednled basis (preventive maintenance program) so that they continne to he effective. 

The change management process should also ensure that a root cause analysis has been conducted to make sure the real problem has been identified and corrected. For example, if a pump seal fails it could simply be replaced with an identical seal. However, it may have failed because it was left in service beyond its natural life and the real failure was in the preventative maintenance program that should have replaced it earlier. 

A full preventive maintenance program will pick up potential failures as incipient failures rather than delaying until they become catastrophic. 

Periodic alignment checks on all coupled machinery are considered one of the best tools in a preventive maintenance program. Such checks are important because the vibration effects of misalignment can seriously damage a piece of equipment. Misalignment of more than a few thousandths of an inch can cause vibration that significantly reduces equipment life. 

Although computer equipment is used differently to other field equipment, raw data are being generated consequently, maintenance records are required. All maintenance and repairs to the computer system need to be recorded. For example, software and hardware maintenance records would include system/program updates, disk scans, and defragmentation (e.g., preventative maintenance). Repair records might include communication with the software developer about problems/bugs and steps taken to fix any software or hardware problems. Documentation must include whether the... 

These examples illustrate the importance of careful design, careful monitoring of conditions, and the need for periodic preventive maintenance programs when working with flammable gases and compressors. This is especially important today, because high-pressure process conditions are becoming more common in modern chemical plants. 

Maintenance programs The best way to prevent fires and explosions is to stop the release of flammable materials. Preventive maintenance programs are designed to upgrade system before failures occur. 

Most engineers are aware of the importance of preventive maintenance programs, especially those owning automobiles or homes. A little neglect can cause serious property damage and may be the genesis of serious accidents for example, poorly maintained brake systems have inevitable consequences. 

Preventive maintenance programs must be organized, managed, and fully supported by management. Good results may not be immediately apparent, but bad results are apparent when plants are not appropriately maintained. 

Describe a preventive maintenance program that is designed to prevent automobile accidents. 

Preventive maintenance program, in commercial- scale pharmaceutical operations, 13 735 Preventive maintenance systems, components of, 15 466-467 Preventive medicine, through vaccination, 25 487... 

Problem is being managed through an aggressive preventive maintenance program. 

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