As a maintenance professional it’s important to be knowledgeable of terms in the industry. It’s even more essential when the difference between two things could mean increased cost or less efficiency. But, is there a difference between maintenance and repair?
Repair and maintenance are often used interchangeably throughout the industry, but they have key differences that set them apart.
Knowing these differences is crucial to running not only a successful production, but a successful maintenance department and company.
What Is Maintenance?
In the industry, maintenance is how assets are preserved or protected. It’s how maintenance teams keep assets running at their highest levels today, and in the future.
Most maintenance teams have two goals:
- To make machines as reliable as possible
- To keep machines available and operating for as long as possible
Utilizing maintenance – especially the right types – makes those goals a real possibility!
Proactive Maintenance vs Repair
So, how do maintainers keep up with routine maintenance of all of their assets? Simply put, they monitor machines and catch failures before they happen. One way to monitor every asset is with the TRACTIAN sensor, Smart Trac. It collects real-time data, making it available to maintenance teams on their phone, tablet, or computer, 24/7.
The sensor measures asset vibration and temperature, generating prescriptive insights about various failure modes and operation status. This data enables you to create a predictive maintenance strategy, optimized maintenance tasks, and work orders – keeping your production on track.
With the help of machine learning and artificial intelligence, we’ve created a condition monitoring system. It alerts you before repairs are necessary, helping companies create proactive maintenance strategies they can follow into the future.
Our fault detection technology has been patented by the USPTO – the world’s leading patenting institution. Our goal is to help maintenance teams optimize their strategies and reduce unplanned downtime, and this patent helps us do that.
To learn more about how Smart Trac can optimize your asset management, click here and speak with a specialist!
