What it is
Predictive maintenance forecasts equipment failure from data and fixes issues before they cause a breakdown, in contrast to reactive or fixed-interval maintenance.
How it works
Models learn the normal behaviour of machinery and detect early drift in vibration, temperature or consumption, estimating how much useful life remains.
The value
The payoff is less unplanned downtime, fewer emergency repairs and smarter spare-part planning across the fleet. Where the programme is approved by a classification society, the same measurements also earn survey credit, so monitoring stands in for opening machinery up.