CBM: Condition Based Maintenance

All these are real questions for Maintenance and Engineering professionals tasked with having efficient and effective Asset Care programs. Measuring the condition of your equipment, and then making an assessment as to whether or not it will fail in the future allows us to take the appropriate action to avoid the consequences of that failure. This is "Predictive Maintenance" or ”Condition Based Maintenance - CBM”.

What is CBM and why does it work? Should I apply it to all my equipment? How do you get the right balance between condition monitoring, preventive and maintain on failure maintenance? How do you ensure that the return from an investment in condition monitoring is maximised? What Value is my external provider of CBM services adding?

Our solutions workshop is designed to answer these questions. It covers the latest tools, techniques and practices and how best to apply them for maximum impact on the bottom line. It isn’t being claimed that you will be a qualified CBM expert after this but you will be able to make decisions on CBM based on real information.

This course is also available as an on-site customised course

Course Cost: €750	Duration:2 days	Date: January 2011
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Course Objectives

Extensive knowledge of Condition Based Maintenance (CBM); the techniques & tools used, the diagnostics and advanced methods of CBM

Course Content

Day 1: Foundation level with the Techniques and Tools being introduced:

• What is CBM and why it can be successful
• How to target CBM for maximum benefit
• Techniques Old and New – what really works in Condition Based Maintenance?
• A method for implementing CBM
• Interpreting reports – what do they really tell you?
• CBM Case Studies

Day 2: Builds on that learning and moves into Diagnostics and Advanced methods:

• CBM Methods
• Maintenance strategies, Equipment criticality and where to apply CBM
• Practicalities of Measurement - how to apply what measurements to where
• Planning for CBM, its application in industry

Participant Profile

The target audience is for Maintenance and Engineering Managers, Reliability Engineers, Team Leaders, Supervisors, Planners, Technicians, Crafts and Engineers. Participants may be new to Condition Based Maintenance or have some experience in the field but lack a fully structured understanding of how to use it to your advantage in the workplace. Previous delegates have come from a range of industries including pharmaceutical, food, electronics, oil & gas, utilities, health care and public sector.

Trainer Profile

Kevin O'Shaughnessy MSc is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow with Engineers Ireland. He studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Limerick and has also completed a Masters Degree (Distinction) in Maintenance and Asset Management from the University of Manchester.

Kevin’s presentation of papers has twice won prizes at the MEETA ‘National Maintenance Manager’ of the Year awards. He has also presented papers on Asset Management for the European Maintenance Managers Convention in Amsterdam. He has over 20 years experience in maintenance and plant management in the Alumina industry.