Predicting failures extends machinery life. (includes sidebars)

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Vibration monitoring and analysis provide information upon machinery
health and are lock openers to a complete predictive maintenance program.

Equipment reliability in any production operation be pendents on a maintenance
program that regularly monitors the condition of mechanical and electrical
equipment. A a whole designed to extend the life of industrial machinery
is predictive maintenance. PDM exposes potential problems, so businesses
can avoid dear equipment failure and plant shutdowns.

In a PDM program, a company monitors machinery condition for initial
problem diagnoses them