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The science, art, and history of reliability management.

Hosted by Ryan Conger. Condition monitoring, predictive maintenance, and the ideas behind keeping equipment running.

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Episode 7 · August 23, 2024 · 16:26

Healthcare as an analogy to APM - the difference between condition monitoring and predictive maintenance

What can medicine teach us about keeping machines healthy? Using healthcare as an analogy (with credit to Peter Attia's book Outlive), this episode works through strategy and tactics, why you should only measure something if the result could change what you do, and the difference between condition monitoring and predictive maintenance.

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  1. The original RCM - Reliability Centered Maintenance Jul 2025 · 13:11
  2. What's in a model library? Jun 2025 · 15:04
  3. Healthcare as an analogy to APM - the difference between condition monitoring and predictive maintenance Aug 2024 · 16:26
  4. Machine learning models in plain English Aug 2024 · 19:04
  5. Good vibrations - modeling methods part 2 Jul 2024 · 24:03
  6. What we’re talking about when we talk about modeling - part 1 Jul 2024 · 16:04
  7. How APM generates value Jun 2024 · 10:51
  8. A short history of (vibration) condition based maintenance Jun 2024 · 11:03
  9. Why APM exists as an industry May 2024 · 12:27

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