Tag Archives: Conditional MTTF

The elusive P-F interval

Posted on April 10, 2011 by Murray Wiseman

This article discusses the P-F Interval for CBM decision making, its areas of usefulness, and those areas where it is inadequate as a predictive maintenance strategy. An alternative more general approach based on the EXAKT system is proposed. Two categories … Continue reading →

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Confidence in predictive maintenance

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Murray Wiseman

Without a mechanism to evaluate a Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) program’s evolving performance CBM activities will degenerate to “busy work”. Data will continue to be collected, manipulated and filed as a matter of routine. To counter this tendency towards apathy, … Continue reading →

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