Development and implementation of preventive-maintenance practices in Nigerian industries
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A methodology for the development of PM using the modern approaches of FMEA, root-cause analysis, and fault-tree analysis is presented. Applying PM leads to a cost reduction in maintenance and less overall energy expenditure. Implementation of PM is preferable to the present reactive maintenance procedures (still prevalent in Nigeria). 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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