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What (who) is preventive maintenance - definition

INVOLVES FUNCTIONAL CHECKS, SERVICING, REPAIRING OR REPLACING OF NECESSARY DEVICES, EQUIPMENT, MACHINERY, BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE, AND SUPPORTING UTILITIES IN INDUSTRIAL, BUSINESS, AND RESIDENTIAL INSTALLATIONS
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  • A tractor being mechanically repaired in [[Werneuchen]], 1966.
  • C-130J Hercules preventive cleaning at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi after a period of operation over the Gulf of Mexico (salt and moisture which lead to active corrosion require regular cleaning)
  • Field repair of aircraft engine (1915–1916)
  • Road repair

preventive maintenance         
(PM) To bring down a machine for inspection or test purposes. See provocative maintenance, scratch monkey. (1995-02-15)
Preventive maintenance checks and services         
Preventative Maintenance Checks and Services; Preventive Maintenance Checks & Services; Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services; Preventive maintenance inspection
Preventive maintenance checks and services (PMCS) in the United States Army or preventive maintenance inspections (PMI) in the United States Air Force are the checks, services, and maintenance performed before, during, and after any type of movement or before the use of all types of military equipment. Most pieces of military equipment have PMCS charts used to go over every detail needed or noted to ensure the proper function of every mechanical item or non-mechanical surface.
maintain         
¦ verb
1. cause or enable (a condition or situation) to continue.
keep at the same level or rate.
2. keep (a building, machine, etc.) in good condition by checking or repairing it regularly.
3. provide with necessities for life or existence.
archaic give one's support to; uphold.
4. assert something to be the case.
Derivatives
maintainability noun
maintainable adjective
maintainer noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. maintenir, from L. manu tenere 'hold in the hand'.

Wikipedia

Maintenance

The technical meaning of maintenance involves functional checks, servicing, repairing or replacing of necessary devices, equipment, machinery, building infrastructure, and supporting utilities in industrial, business, and residential installations. Over time, this has come to include multiple wordings that describe various cost-effective practices to keep equipment operational; these activities occur either before or after a failure.

Examples of use of preventive maintenance
1. But the company continually performs preventive maintenance and replaces wheels, gears and carriages before they wear out.
2. Could this have discouraged preventive maintenance, asked Stupak. It not only could have, we believe it did,‘‘ replied Malone.
3. EXAMPLE: The Iraqis don‘t take care of their equipment – preventive maintenance is an alien concept,‘‘ the report says.
4. The Iraqis don‘t take care of their equipment _ preventive maintenance is an "alien concept," the report said.
5. The agency misspent an additional $15 million on inspections that it could not prove were performed, preventive maintenance for which contractors falsified documents, and emergency repairs on trailers that FEMA did not own, the GAO said.