Thus, in addition to helping the company maintain a good SLA (Service Level Agreement), repairs are lower. An accident entails other expenses, such as damaged parts and various parts, indemnities, and fines. However, to implement them, it is necessary to know each one better and know in what context they should be used. Want to learn more about preventive and predictive maintenance? So, keep reading as we’ll talk about each of them later!
Preventive Maintenance: Follow Manufacturers’ Recommendations
The preventive maintenance is a way to keep the vehicle’s operation as close as possible to factory conditions, without forcing its mechanics, preventing problems with worn components or end of their useful life.
To implement it, it is necessary to monitor the usage time (in months) and the running of each unit (mileage), while at the same time, there is control over the component replacement cycles.
As a most common example, we can mention the engine lubricating oil changes, which must be done according to the mileage established by the manufacturers or the time of use of the products, whichever comes first. This concept should be taken to all parts and lubricants of each vehicle, from the most important ones, such as brake fluids, timing belt, and spark plug, to the most forgotten ones, such as windshield wiper blades and the system vehicle cooling system.
Predictive Maintenance: Diagnose And Review To Prevent
On the other hand, predictive maintenance goes a step beyond preventive maintenance, as it uses diagnostic equipment and constant revisions to check the functioning and efficiency of each component.
Equipment such as ultrasound, vibration analysis, electronic injection center scanning, battery tests, thermography, and the use of monitoring vehicle parameters by telemetry are used. As the wear of components varies a lot to the conditions of use and environmental issues, predictive maintenance allows a greater gain over the useful life of each part, replacing it only when it presents a loss of efficiency.
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In addition, it anticipates problems, maintaining fleet performance, and lowering your maintenance costs by minimizing unnecessary changeovers and repairs arising from avoidable claims.
Predictive maintenance is the most suitable method for tires, brake pads, and suspension kits. They are parts of indefinite validity, which have their lifetimes closely related to the conditions of use of vehicles and tracks. Therefore, the difference between preventive maintenance and predictive maintenance is related to the way to anticipate problems. While the first use periodic exchanges of parts, the second monitors the efficiency parameters of each component.