Preventive maintenance is a schedule of planned maintenance actions aimed at the prevention of breakdowns and failures.  The primary goal of preventive maintenance is to protect your investment by preventing the failure of equipment before it actually occurs.

Long-term benefits of preventive maintenance include:

• Improved system reliability
• Decreased cost of replacement
• Decreased system downtime
• Expanded equipment life expectancy
• Better spares inventory management
• Improved safety and quality conditions