Preventive and curative maintenance
Optimized maintenance management is necessary to manage and reduce breakdowns in order to limit operational
downtime and obtain optimal productivity. There are two types of maintenance: preventive maintenance and corrective maintenance.
Preventive maintenance is the periodically scheduled overhaul of equipment, with if necessary the
replacement of worn parts, to avoid a breakdown. These maintenance operations limit additional
costs linked to equipment breakdown, operating losses and are often necessary when unscheduled
operating shutdowns are not acceptable. Preventive maintenance has a cost, but a priori lower
than that of corrective maintenance.
Corrective maintenance is the troubleshooting of equipment, a system or a machine when it is out of order. We speak respectively of curative or palliative maintenance if the repair is definitive or temporary.
Corrective maintenance is the troubleshooting of equipment, a system or a machine when it is out of order. We speak respectively of curative or palliative maintenance if the repair is definitive or temporary.
