PM Basics
PM stands for this type of maintenance.
What is Preventive Maintenance?
This tool is used to measure system pressure.
What is a gauge?
The percentage of time equipment is working.
What is uptime?
This system keeps buildings hot in winter and cool in summer.
What is HVAC?
Before working on equipment, we use this safety procedure.
What is Lockout/Tagout (LOTO)?
Doing work before something breaks is called this.
What is preventive maintenance?
This handheld device detects hot spots in equipment.
What is an infrared/thermal camera?
Having two pumps in parallel provides this.
What is redundancy?
Cooling towers save water by measuring this.
What is conductivity?
Wearing gloves, goggles, or hard hats is called this.
What is PPE (Personal Protective Equipment)?
PMs are usually scheduled by this.
What is time (daily, weekly, monthly)
This tool measures vibration in motors and pumps.
What is a vibration sensor?
The average time between breakdowns.
What is MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)?
This equipment moves water through systems.
What is a pump?
This document gives step-by-step instructions for safe work.
What is a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)?
Adding photos and steps to PMs improves this.
What is clarity/consistency?
Instead of paper, we now use these to complete PMs.
What are tablets/iPads?
Investigating why something failed.
What is Root Cause Analysis?
This purified water system supports labs and manufacturing.
What is RO/WFI system?
Checking safety showers, fire pumps, and alarms are examples of these.
What are safety-critical PMs?
Optimizing PMs to avoid too much or too little maintenance is called this.
What is Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM)
This tool detects electrical issues without touching live wires.
What is a clamp meter?
Ranking equipment by importance to operations.
What is criticality ranking?
This device transfers heat between fluids without mixing.
What is a heat exchanger?
The main goal of maintenance is to keep systems safe, reliable, and this.
What is efficient?