Condition-Based & Predictive Maintenance Practices

Practical guidance on sensors, models, data needs, and pilot design for CBM/PM.


Checklist

Condition-Based Maintenance Pilot Checklist

Interactive checklist and pilot plan to design, run, verify, and operationalize a condition-based maintenance (CBM) pilot. Guides teams through defining failure modes, collecting baselines, sensor and data plans, model targets, alerting and operator responses, verification, and acceptance criteria.

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Template

Preventive & Predictive Maintenance Plan Template

A fillable PM plan template to define assets, failure modes, recommended tasks (preventive and condition-based), task frequencies, spare parts, skills, safety steps, data collection, escalation triggers, and KPI targets. Designed to capture structured PM information teams can save and export into CMMS or analytics tools.

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Template

Condition-Based Maintenance: Sensor & Data Specification (Interactive Template)

A fillable sensor and data specification template teams can use to capture clear, structured requirements for CBM pilots — sensor types, mounting, sampling, data formats, interfaces, preprocessing, governance, pilot validation criteria, and quick placement/grounding tips. Submissions are saved as structured JSON for reuse, review, and pilot planning.

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Guide

Condition-Based Maintenance: Sensor Selection & Placement Quickguide

Practical, actionable guidance to choose sensor types and placement strategies for condition-based maintenance. Covers which physical signals map to common failure modes, pros and cons of vibration, temperature, acoustic, electrical, and environmental sensors, sampling and connectivity guidance, mounting and installation best practices, a practical sensor-selection rubric, a short pilot checklist, and common pitfalls to avoid.

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Guide

Condition-Based Maintenance — Sensor Selection, Data & Pilot Checklist

Practical, use-case oriented guidance for choosing sensors, recommended sampling guidance, mounting and installation best practices, essential metadata and data-quality checks, and a short pilot design checklist to get CBM pilots producing useful analytics.

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