Maintenance can do no more than ensure that plant will perform to its built in (or inherent) reliability. If plant is not capable of delivering the desired performance to begin with, maintenance alone cannot enable it to do so. The plant (or components) must either be modified, or production’s expectations lowered.

An essential part of the maintenance of plant is the identification of the need for work to be carried out before failure occurs with all its consequent costs – the adage “a stitch in time will save nine” is right. Remember, maintenance is more than just “fixing things up”; it is the appropriate management of the health and well being of a physical asset over its lifetime.

An essential part of the maintenance of plant is the identification of the need for work to be carried out before failure occurs with all its consequent costs – the adage “a stitch in time will save nine” is right. Remember, maintenance is more than just “fixing things up”; it is the appropriate management of the health and well being of a physical asset over its lifetime.

An essential part of the maintenance of plant is the identification of the need for work to be carried out before failure occurs with all its consequent costs – the adage “a stitch in time will save nine” is right. Remember, maintenance is more than just “fixing things up”; it is the appropriate management of the health and well being of a physical asset over its lifetime.

An essential part of the maintenance of plant is the identification of the need for work to be carried out before failure occurs with all its consequent costs – the adage “a stitch in time will save nine” is right. Remember, maintenance is more than just “fixing things up”; it is the appropriate management of the health and well being of a physical asset over its lifetime.

An essential part of the maintenance of plant is the identification of the need for work to be carried out before failure occurs with all its consequent costs – the adage “a stitch in time will save nine” is right. Remember, maintenance is more than just “fixing things up”; it is the appropriate management of the health and well being of a physical asset over its lifetime.