Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to ascertain overall system health and maintenance needs with degree of certainty using condition‐monitoring data with hierarchical fuzzy inference system. Design/methodology/approach – In process plants, equipment condition is ascertained using...

Purpose – This paper aims to prioritize preventive maintenance actions on process equipment by evaluating the risk associated with failure modes using predictive maintenance data instead of maintenance history alone. Design/methodology/approach – In process plants, maintenance task...