3.00 Credits
This course will cover preventive maintenance program through different types of maintenance, such as breakdown, corrective, and renovated maintenance; how management benefits from preventive maintenance program; computerized maintenance including the importance of recordkeeping, and how computers can be used in troubleshooting equipment; inspection guides for mechanical drives, such as bearings, chains, belts, gears and couplings; and fluid power systems, such as pumps, compressors, accumulators, control valves, and actuators. Valves, steam traps and safety valves maintenance will also be covered. Some of the major methods explained will be pipe strain, vibration analysis, thermal graphic imaging, oil analysis and ultra sound.