On the application of a model of condition-based maintenance

In this paper the modelling of condition monitoring information for three c ritical water pumps at a large soft-drinks manufacturing plant is described . The purpose of the model is to predict the distribution of the residual l ifetimes of the individual pumps. This information is used to aid maintenan ce management decision-making, principally relating to overhaul. We describ e a simple decision rule to determine whether maintenance action is necessa ry given monitoring information to date.