Section: Week 4&5: LO 1 Understand the maintenance function | EAL Level 3 QET3/029 Maintenance of mechanical systems 23-24 | Grŵp NPTC Group Moodle

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Week 4&5: LO 1 Understand the maintenance function

  • Week 4&5: LO 1 Understand the maintenance function

    • Please read through the Condition Monitoring PowerPoint and watch the videos contained within it.
    • Useful document indicating the types of bearing fault that can be detected using vibration monitoring. Good description of each type of bearing fault.

    • Here is a Word document summarising the main techniques used in condition monitoring and highlighting, their pros and cons.


    • Paper from the Maintenance and Engineering Journal describing how maintenance strategies should be combined to get the best outcome from any equipment.
    • Please complete the activity. These answers will form part of your assessment for this module. Think carefully about your answers.