Glossary of Terms
Practical maintenance terms, CMMS language, reliability abbreviations, and plant maintenance definitions in one place.
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Emergency Maintenance
Emergency maintenance is immediate work required to control an unacceptable safety, environmental, quality, compliance, or production consequence.
Emergency Shutdown System
An Emergency Shutdown System automatically or manually moves equipment or a process toward a safe state during a defined hazardous condition.
Emergency Work Percentage
Emergency Work Percentage is the share of total maintenance work or labor hours consumed by jobs requiring immediate response.
Energy Isolation
Energy isolation is the physical separation and control of hazardous energy sources before maintenance, inspection, or entry work.
Energy Monitoring
Energy monitoring is the measurement and review of electricity, fuel, steam, compressed air, water, or other utility consumption to identify cost, efficiency, and equipment-performance changes.
Enterprise Asset Management
Enterprise Asset Management, or EAM, is the coordinated management of physical assets, maintenance, costs, risk, contracts, inventory, and lifecycle decisions across an organization.
Equipment Availability
Equipment availability is the percentage of required or scheduled time during which an asset is capable of performing its intended function.
Equipment Cannibalization
Equipment cannibalization is the controlled removal of usable components from one asset to restore or support another asset.
Equipment Datasheet
An equipment datasheet is a structured record of an asset's technical design, operating, material, capacity, and specification information.
Equipment Downtime
Equipment downtime is the period when an asset is required or scheduled to operate but is unavailable or unable to perform its intended function.
Equipment History
Equipment history is the chronological record of an asset's failures, maintenance, inspections, changes, costs, parts, readings, and operating events.
Equipment Reliability
Equipment reliability is the probability that an asset will perform its required function without failure for a defined time under stated operating conditions.
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