Jerry Peerbolte
J. Peerbolte & Associates
Fort Smith, Arkansas
How do most plant maintenance personnel characterize their overall maintenance strategy for the electric motors operating in their facility? EASA posed this question in the 2014 end-user customer research project. The most common response (42%) was “reactive maintenance.” Another 30% described their strategy as “preventive maintenance” defined as “performed primarily following a prescribed program.” Another 20% characterized theirs as a “predictive maintenance” strategy that is one “performed pursuant to a monitored/condition-based criterion.”
EASAns may assist customers in following any of these strategies. However, some important insights came from a series of follow-up questions that tried to identify future trends in these strategies and any corresponding outsourcing opportunities.
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