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1. Maintenance challenges
Maintenance
The operation of a plant, even under normal conditions, leads to the ageing of equipment, and sometimes even to incidents or accidents. To ensure proper operation, it is essential to maintain the plant in good condition.
Maintenance has a cost, and it's important to find the optimum level that will keep the plant up to standard at the lowest possible cost, without endangering human safety. As illustrated in figure 1 , if we don't maintain the installation, we'll have too many incidents, and their cost will increase. Conversely, if too much preventive maintenance is carried out, total costs will rise.
Optimum maintenance is therefore a harmonious blend of systematic preventive and...
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Association française de normalisation (AFNOR) http://www.afnor.fr
- Vibrations des machines tournantes ou alternatives. Spécifications des appareils de mesurage de l'intensité vibratoire. - NF E 90-100 - 12-1985
- Surveillance et diagnostic d'état des machines. Surveillance des vibrations. Partie 1 : procédures générales. - NF ISO 13373-1 - 6-2003
- Surveillance et diagnostic d'état des machines. Lignes...
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