A team of engineers at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) are leading a collaborative U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) readiness initiative focused on the development and implementation of data analysis and sustainment technology capabilities to improve the reliability and maintenance effectiveness of U.S. Navy systems and components.
Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) is a maintenance strategy that monitors the actual state of machinery equipment in order to indicate what repairs or actions should be performed. These recommended repairs, generated and provided to maintenance and technical communities, are based on specific indicators that show performance degradation or an upcoming potential failure. This differs from existing time-based maintenance, which is performed at a predetermined time interval without regard to the condition of the equipment.