Systematic preventive maintenance: definition and objectives

Systematic preventive maintenance was and remains an essential step in the management of industrial assets. Students, beginning or experienced maintenance professionals, all professionals in the industry should be familiar with the concept of preventive maintenance and its benefits related to the management of the company's assets.

Definition of systematic preventive maintenance

There are 3 types of preventive maintenance:

• La systematic maintenance, defined according to a planned period of time, for example every two weeks of operation.
• La conditional preventive maintenance, which is only performed when certain equipment indicators show signs of reduced performance or impending failure. These indicators are then checked regularly.
• La remote maintenance, carried out using remote devices (monitors or probes).

The calendar feature offered by Mobility Work allows you to plan all your preventive and predictive maintenance interventions.

Each of these approaches has its own advantages and disadvantages. However, systematic maintenance routines are the simplest and provide the quickest results, including the systematic monitoring of equipment in order to detect and correct potential problems and to prevent potential equipment failures before they occur.

A problem can be detected through operations such as cleaning, lubricating, changing oil, oil changes, adjustments, replacing spare parts, etc. This detection then triggers a set of additional operations such as the purchase of spare parts, the preparation of work, or the planning of various tasks.

Systematic maintenance has 3 main characteristics:

• Defined time intervals

The systematic inspection of equipment is based on a predefined time interval. This time interval can be programmed in your Mobility Work CMMS and trigger an automatic alert that will be sent to the assigned technician, so that he can perform the planned operation. After each inspection, a control report including the condition of the equipment, remarks, etc. can be prepared to monitor the evolution of the condition of the property.

• Frequent replacement of spare parts

The systematic replacement of one or more components is an integral part of planned maintenance operations. However, it is rather advisable to carry out systematic inspections at first, which are much less expensive. Replacements are only recommended in the following cases:

• Expiry of the life of an asset. You can find the life curve of an asset in the Mobility Work CMMS analysis tool.
• Low cost of a spare part that needs to be changed systematically.
• Stopping production is much more expensive than buying the necessary spare part.
• Major security issue.
• Systematic inspections

An inspection tour is a control action (checking wear, noise, etc.) of equipment during operation. These maintenance operations are generally not time-consuming. and can also be programmed in the CMMS. Comments and remarks following an inspection can easily be recorded in Mobility Work and used to trigger an alert for the maintenance manager if necessary.

Access all documents (photos, videos, etc.) and checklists from the equipment sheet in your Mobility Work application

Systematic maintenance routines are much more than just routine inspections. They are accompanied by the creation and storage of accurate reports of each inspection and operation in the CMMS. The purpose of these reports is to help maintenance technicians choose the appropriate time to replace spare parts, but also to anticipate potential problems before they occur.

Mobility Work helps to collect, organize, store and analyze all the necessary information concerning systematic maintenance interventions so that they are easily accessible to maintenance technicians.

Improve your systematic maintenance routines

Mobility Work allows you to quickly and effectively set up your systematic preventive maintenance management routine. Thanks to the various functionalities mentioned below, Mobility Work helps you to quickly and easily improve your systematic preventive maintenance program:

• Operations planning thanks to maintenance plans and calendar functionality;
• Identification of spare parts to be replaced on the maintenance plan with the possibility of checking if the part is in stock and of ordering it automatically if this is not the case;
• Entering comments inspection tours and maintenance interventions;
• Analysis of the life curve of an equipment and operations planning to ensure that you are applying the right maintenance strategy.

The goals of systematic preventive maintenance

The implementation of a successful systematic maintenance routine can have various repercussions on your business: the first major advantage isimproving the reliability of your entire machine park. By eliminating potential problems and failures before they occur, your maintenance team observes better equipment functioning without unplanned production shutdowns.

In addition, real-time monitoring of the status of assets makes it possible to detect And of Correct immediately Occasional breakdowns. Thanks to scheduled maintenance, the machine shutdown program can be carefully planned according to production deadlines.

Finally, preventive maintenance involves a better management, which leads to more efficient work preparation and minimizes the occurrence of an unforeseen event. This reduces tensions and the potential risks of conflicts within the team.

Adopting systematic preventive maintenance routines makes it possible to anticipate unplanned downtime, and thus save costs and extend the life of equipment. Integrating such a program requires careful planning of the use of equipment and the storage of accurate reports on past inspections. Deploying a next-generation and reliable computer-aided maintenance management system (CMMS) allows you to streamline your preventive maintenance and helps businesses organize and implement their preventive maintenance strategies.