Predictive maintenance in a small plant: your first six weeks
How to start predictive maintenance without a big project: which three to five machines to pick, what data you already have, how to agree success criteria and what to do each week.
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Practical notes on predictive maintenance, industrial digital twins and keeping equipment running.
Spare parts and lead time: when to order before a part fails
How to link a failure forecast to purchasing: a simple rule for the order date, criticality classes for spare stock, and how to plan when delivery times are long or uncertain.
How to work out what an unplanned stop really costs your plant
A practical way to put a number on an hour of unplanned downtime: what to count, what to leave out, a worked example and the mistakes that make the figure too low or too high.
Vibration, temperature, current: what each signal tells you about pumps, motors and compressors
A practical guide to the main condition signals of rotating equipment: what vibration, temperature, current, pressure and cycle counts reveal, how early, and where each one is blind.