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Asset Integrity Management is an essential tool. Plant shutdowns adversely affect plant availability. Monitoring helps improve overall efficiency by keeping a close watch on the operational status of machinery on a real-time basis.

Primarily, there are four different approaches to maintenance viz., Reactive, Preventative, Condition Based, and Predictive maintenance. The most appropriate choice of course would depend on several factors such as the type of plant machinery or equipment in use, the criticality of the process, and the service conditions. RCM is an effective maintenance strategy that is proven to boost reliability, improve customer confidence, and satisfaction.

The focus of this article is on how IoT technology could be harnessed to prevent catastrophic incidents or at least reduce their consequences.