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MRO & Maintenance
21 terms from the field of MRO & Maintenance.
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- CMMS (maintenance management software)A CMMS (computerised maintenance management system) is maintenance software for planning and documenting servicing, repairs and spare parts.
- Condition-based maintenanceCondition-based maintenance is a strategy that monitors equipment using measured condition parameters and only intervenes when limit values are …
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- MaintenanceUnder DIN 31051, maintenance covers all measures that retain or restore the functional condition of a plant or piece of equipment.
- Maintenance plan (maintenance schedule)A maintenance plan specifies for plants and assemblies which servicing and inspection tasks are carried out, at what interval, by whom and with which …
- MRO (maintenance, repair and operations)MRO stands for maintenance, repair and operations and covers all goods and services that keep a plant running, serviced and repaired.
- MTBF (mean time between failures)MTBF (mean time between failures) is the average operating time between two failures of a repairable system and a measure of its reliability.
- MTTR (mean time to repair)MTTR (mean time to repair) is the average time that elapses between the failure of a plant and the restoration of its functionality.
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- Predictive maintenancePredictive maintenance is a maintenance strategy that forecasts failures from condition and operating data and schedules intervention just beforehand.
- Preventive maintenancePreventive maintenance is a strategy in which components are serviced or replaced at fixed time or usage intervals before they fail.
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- Reactive maintenanceReactive maintenance is a strategy in which action is only taken after a failure; components are deliberately run until they break down.
- Reliability-centred maintenance (RCM)Reliability-centred maintenance (RCM) is a method that determines the appropriate maintenance strategy for each plant function on the basis of its …
- Repair (maintenance)Under DIN 31051, repair covers all measures that return a failed or damaged item to a functioning condition.
- RetrofitRetrofit refers to modernising existing machines with new controls, drives or safety technology instead of replacing them entirely.
- Root cause analysis (RCA)Root cause analysis (RCA) is a structured approach to finding the actual cause of a failure and preventing it from recurring.
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