1. HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF MAINTENANCE
The concept has evolved from the simple function to fix and repair equipment to ensure
production (ENTERTAINMENT) to the current conception MAINTENANCE functions to
prevent, correct, and check the equipment in order to optimize the overall cost.
The story accompanying maintenance-Industrial Technical development of mankind. At the
end of the nineteenth century, with the mechanization of industry, the need arose for the first
repairs.
Since the Industrial Revolution, we can define, in broad terms, the following stages in the
evolution of maintenance:
- Until 1945
• Repair Troubleshooting.
• Corrective Maintenance.
- 1945-1980
• Relationship between Probability of Failure and Age.
• Scheduled Preventive Maintenance.
• Planning System.
- 1980-1990
• Conditional Preventive Maintenance.
• Cause Effect Analysis.
• Production Participation (TPM).
- 1990 +
• Maintenance Process.
• Total Quality.

2. • Source of Income Maintenance.
• Commitment of All Departments.
• Risk Based Maintenance (RBM).
Maintenance Organization
The two organizational aspects that affect the structuring of maintenance are:
a) Hierarchical Unit.
- Apartments dependent on the direction and at the same level as manufacturing.
- Integrated in production to facilitate communication, collaboration and combination.
b) Centralization / decentralization.
- Pyramidal structure, with one head unit for the entire organization.
- Existence of various maintenance departments established by production plants or other
geographical bases
From the analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of each type of organization it follows
that the ideal organization "centralization with decentralization Hierarchical Geographic".
Questions.
What year was applied Corrective Maintenance?
A) 1990 B)1945 C) 1980
What are the main functions of maintenance?
A)Prevent, correct B)revise, prevent C) repair, revise
Which are the two aspects that affect the organizational structure of the maintenance?
A) Hierarchical Unit., Centralization / decentralization. B)Total Quality.
C) Cause Effect Analysis.
What the needs of the first repairs?
A) Repair Troubleshooting.B)Corrective Maintenance. C)None
Which was the first maintenance history?
A) PreventB) CorrectiveC)Scheduled Preventive Maintenance