Overview
Maintenance plays a very important role in all kinds of manufacturing industries. Each maintenance has its characteristics, importance and drawbacks. The performance of a machine depends on the type of maintenance strategies employed on it. Machines used in industries need proper maintenance, because the failure of the machine may cause production loss. Maintenance techniques may vary from one machine to another machine because of various conflicting factors like safety, cost, customer satisfaction, etc. Factors affecting the machine’s performance need to be identified and used to control. The use of inappropriate maintenance plans may increase the maintenance cost. An increase in maintenance cost will increase the production cost. Selection of a maintenance approach to a particular machine or group of machines is a problem of decision making and it is always a challenging task for the maintenance Manager/Engineer.