In maintenance operations, preventive maintenance is intended for the conservation of equipment or facilities by carrying out revisions and cleaning to guarantee their proper functioning and reliability. Preventive maintenance is carried out on equipment in working condition, as opposed to corrective maintenance that repairs or puts those that stopped working or are damaged in working order.
The main objective of maintenance is to avoid or mitigate the consequences of equipment failures, managing to prevent incidents before they occur. Preventive maintenance tasks can include actions such as changing worn parts, changing oils and lubricants, etc. Preventive maintenance must prevent equipment failures before they occur.
Some of the usual methods to determine which preventive maintenance processes must be carried out are the recommendations of the manufacturers, the current legislation, the recommendations of experts and the actions carried out on similar assets.
