MAINTENANCE OF TOOLS AND MACHINES

TOPIC:  MAINTENANCE

DEFINITION OF MAINTENANCE

Maintenance in engineering work is defined as the functions that should be carried out every day to keep the plant or any engineering equipment in good operating condition.  Any breakdown in plant and engineering equipment is the result of inadequate maintenance of equipment.

TYPES OF MAINTENANCE

1.           Predictive maintenance:  This method uses modern devices to predict or foresee an impending breakdown in a machine.
2.           Preventive maintenance:  This is carried out on any equipment or machinery even before the need arises.  This type of maintenance begins right from the time the equipment is first installed.
3.         Corrective maintenance is repair work carried out when equipment has broken down.

EVALUATION

1.         Define maintenance
2.         State 3 types of maintenance