ATS' predictive maintenance (PdM) techniques help determine the condition of equipment in order to predict when and what type of maintenance should be performed. This approach offers cost savings over routine or time-based preventive maintenance because tasks are performed only when needed. There are many predictive services and maintenance technologies, and some have become standard in many industries. Those standard technologies include: thermography assessments, vibration monitoring, oil analysis combined with wear particle analysis, ultrasound measurements and motor current analysis.
Predictive maintenance technologies enable the gathering of equipment health data much like a doctor does a physical, blood analysis and X-ray on a human. These actions do not fix the problems, but can find them in a very early stage, not easily detected by visual or other basic inspection of the equipment. In short, monitoring the equipment health and making maintenance decisions based on these conditions can prevent disastrous failures and extensive downtime.