Definition: Condition Based Maintenance (CBM)

Direction of maintenance actions based on indications of asset health as determined from non-invasive measurement of operation and condition indicators. CBM allows preventative and corrective actions to be optimized by avoiding traditional calendar or run based maintenance.

Tip excerpted from: The Professional's Guide to Maintenance and Reliability Terminology by Ramesh Gulati, Jerry Kahn and Robert Baldwin

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