Every machine degrades with time and requires maintenance. Among all types of maintenance policies, predictive maintenance is established as the best form of maintenance policy as numerous benefits are associated with it. Despite all the benefits, it finds restrictive usage in manufacturing...

This paper proposes a predictive maintenance policy using modified failure mode effect and criticality analysis (Mod-FMECA) technique. FMECA is used to identify failure modes, reasons, effects and criticality of the system (machine/plant) but in Mod-FMECA in addition to the analysis carried for...

Maintenance is an integral part of any manufacturing organization and has become increasingly important in obtaining competitive advantage. Some of the managers are not aware of different maintenance strategies and are unable to reap maximum benefit from it. This paper is an effort to identify...