(38b) How to Structure a Basic Care Strategy for Rotating Equipment

Do your operators and management know the real health of your

machinery?. Do they depend too much on the alarm notification of the

abnormal condition which may be too late to react? Every operation

unit needs to have a Basic Care based management system which includes

operator walkabouts, management interaction, spare parts and stewardship

reports. In this paper, the authors discuss the basic frame work of a

Basic Care management system and highlight the roles of machinery

engineers, operators, technicians and managers.