5 CBM Facts

CBM or Condition-Based Maintenance is a maintenance approach that includes these five facts:

1. CBM doesn’t prevent failure.
2. How often a CBM task is done is based on the P-F interval.
3. How often something fails or the criticality of failure does not dictate how often a CBM task is performed.
4. When it comes to CBM task intervals, what matters is how quickly falure occurs once the Potential Failure Condition is detectable.
5. CBM is powerful because it allows impending failure to be identified before the failure occurs so that proactive action can be taken in enough time to manage the consequences of failure.

The slideshow expands on these facts and provides examples.