Predictive maintenance review: its characteristics, methods and development prospects

Authors: Mahmoud R.
Published in issue: #3(98)/2025
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Category: Informatics, Computer Engineering and Control | Chapter: Automation, Control of Technological Processes, and Industrial Control
Keywords: predictive maintenance, Fourth Industrial Revolution, reactive maintenance, protective service, vibration analysis, thermal imaging, friction analysis, ultrasonic analysis
Published: 29.06.2025

The paper is devoted to the concept of maintenance at the industrial enterprises. It analyses various types of maintenance with an emphasis on their advantages and disadvantages. Particular attention is paid to the predictive maintenance, which is caused by its association with the concept of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and its technologies. The paper shows significant impact of the predictive maintenance on improving the production processes and reducing costs in comparison with the more common maintenance types: reactive and protective. It considers specific predictive maintenance technologies, such as vibration analysis, thermal imaging, friction analysis and ultrasonic analysis, as well as costs of these technologies. The paper demonstrates how the predictive maintenance technologies could be applied to achieve the optimal maintenance goals.

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