Effective and well-proven condition monitoring system using portable and permanently installed instrumentation
Brian H. Thomas, Duncan C. McKellar, Margaret Melbourne · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 1992
Condition monitoring programs form the basis of predictive maintenance technology which is used by many major companies worldwide to reduce costs, enhance reliability and improve safety. This paper discusses how these techniques could be beneficially applied to scientific environments and plants, such as observatories.