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Ricky Smith CMRP

Thursday, January 20, 2011

What is wrong with your PM Program?

I know this may shock many of you but most companies PM programs are not tied to specific Failure Modes, even their Lubrication Programs are not. I know most of you find this shocking but how does this happen when we know Preventive Maintenance is to Prevent Failure or Identify a Potential Failure.

Failure Modes is what we are looking to prevent or identify early enough so we can plan and schedule the work. The only change to this are PMs tied to regulatory requirements.

I use this analogy "if you are performing PM on equipment that continues to fail you have a problem" (unless your maintenance strategy is Run to Failure).

Have you noticed this to be an issue?



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Ricky Smith CMRP said...

What is the truth about Preventive Maintenance?
One Fact is most oil and gas operations PM Programs are focused around the prevention or identification of specific failure modes. Am I right or wrong? How does your company design their PM Program.

February 22, 2011 at 10:39 AM

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