Industrial Maintenance

Abstract

The increasing complexity and cost of production equipment have led to a significant rise in their usage intensity, highlighting the need for effective maintenance to ensure optimal performance of installations and machinery. Maintaining production equipment is a key issue for factory productivity as well as for product quality. This industrial challenge requires a reassessment of current rigid structures and the promotion of methods adapted to the evolving nature of equipment. Any sector of activity that needs to maintain a continuous level of production or service activity. Today, companies can no longer neglect the upkeep of their production equipment. They are becoming aware of the economic stakes and are including maintenance in their investment decisions. Maintenance is considered a source of optimization for production equipment and even a driver of profit. The maintenance of industrial systems has become an essential point during their design and operation, both for reasons of safety and operational reliability, and for reasons of profitability. Inadequate maintenance for a system can lead to critical situations, posing dangers to people, equipment, and the environment. Maintenance isn't always about being able to restart faulty equipment; it's about mastering that equipment to the point of creating a maintenance schedule. This function should be a means of optimizing downtime and reducing production losses. The purpose of this handout is to provide students with a means to strengthen their knowledge of Maintenance. Through this material, students will gain knowledge of the role of maintenance in the company; its organization, as well as its various objectives; they will also be able to perform calculations related to reliability. This course will be divided into five chapters, structured as follows: Chapter I: Generalities of Maintenance. Chapter II: Maintenance Strategies. Chapter III: Organization and Management of Maintenance. Chapter IV: Troubleshooting the different parts of electrical machines. Chapter V: General information on computer-aided maintenance (CAM).