Achieving excellence in your condition-based maintenance plan is not a simple task. Therefore, Preditec has developed a method that identifies the points of improvement and defines the necessary actions to move towards excellence in the application of predictive techniques and in the use of the information they generate.
Through a clear and well-defined plan, you will proceed with awareness, training, implementation or re-implementation and final evaluation of your condition-based maintenance plan.
The implementation of CBM will help you to…
- Lead the way and create the necessary pressure for the predictive strategy to be successfully implemented.
- Verify that the current predictive maintenance plan is optimal.
- Achieve the benefits of condition-based maintenance and not remain exclusively in the monitoring of machinery.
- Create a commitment to optimize the scheduling of maintenance reviews.
- Advance in the application of predictive techniques.
- Quantify the economic benefits obtained.
- Facilitate the ISO 55000 certification process.
ALL consultants agree that following the recommendations of the different methods and procedures that have emerged in recent years: RCM, TPM; RBM, ….., PdM (predictive) should be used whenever possible and all its associated condition monitoring techniques should be applied: vibration, thermography, ultrasound, MCA, … in the early detection of the different failure modes that an asset may present.
Up to this point we can say that this would be “the easy part” of the audit. The picture becomes more complicated when we must audit whether the PdM is correctly implemented in those plants that have it in operation or when we must implement it together with the techniques that allow detecting the different failure modes in a safe way that makes it possible to replace PM ranges with PdM ranges.
Preditec/IRM has more than thirty years of experience in PdM implementations and all its associated techniques which, together with the knowledge developed by our technicians and engineers in the knowledge of all types of industrial machinery as well as in the aspects more directly related to maintenance management and reliability engineering, place us in an outstanding position to successfully carry out this type of diagnostic work and to look for improvement points that allow our clients to reach the objective of “excellence in maintenance”.
Implementation of PdM techniques
This support service for the implementation of the predictive maintenance plan is essential in those predictive departments that are newly implemented or undergoing a reorganization.
The points to be addressed are as follows:
- Basic PDM training: We provide specialized training for your team, ensuring that they are prepared to use PDM tools effectively and maintain a culture of continuous improvement. In our program there are specialized courses in the different predictive techniques (vibration, thermography, ultrasound, tribology, electrical testing such as current analysis, MCA and Partial Discharge…).
- Marking and identification of measurement points on the machines: During the implementation, we plan days in the plant to mark the measurement points, reducing the errors that may appear due to confusion of the location of the sensors by the people in charge of data collection.
- Training in field data collection
- Communication between data collector and predictive analytics software
- Training in the realization of reports and courses with real cases.
- Communication with Preditec for remote support
- Database generation
Database Generation and Optimization
Preditec makes available to its customers all the knowledge of its expert predictive analysts, in order to optimize the results of predictive maintenance plans, this includes:
- Selection of measurement points.
- Configuration of database and alarms according to calculated criteria, international standards and the indications of our experts.
- Configuration of measurement parameters: maximum frequency, cut-off frequency, averages, window, monitoring parameters, overlapping, sensitivity…
- Definition of monitoring parameters for the most common failure modes depending on the type of machinery.
- Configuration of typical failure frequencies of bearings, gears, fans, pumps, compressors and electric motors.
- Configuration of additional parameters for manual input in the field such as temperatures, pressures, flow rates, consumptions…
- Configuration of coded notes on visual inspections of machines.
- Alarm configuration for each monitoring parameter based on historical data (if any), international standards and Preditec analyst’s estimates.
- Definition and configuration of measurement routes.
- Generation of the baseline.
- Documentation of the work performed.
PdM/Preconcert database generation
The quality in the reporting of failures and incidents is a fundamental pillar for the success and performance of the predictive maintenance plan. This is why Preditec offers the Preconcerto platform in order to gather in a single place the diagnostics and the interventions carried out.
