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What is meant by improvement maintenance?

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In the world of facility and asset management, we often talk about corrective, preventive and predictive maintenance. But what is improvement maintenance and how does it differ from the others?

Improvement maintenance refers to a set of activities aimed not only at fixing or preventing failures but at enhancing the performance and reliability of equipment. It is a proactive approach based on historical data and performance analysis, with the goal of optimizing lifetime, reducing energy consumption and increasing overall system efficiency.

What is improvement maintenance used for?

It allows teams to act intelligently throughout the equipment’s lifecycle, eliminating recurring failure causes and upgrading components or processes according to new technologies or operating conditions. Examples include replacing materials with more efficient alternatives, adopting new sensors for monitoring, or revising operating parameters.

In industrial environments, improvement maintenance becomes a strategy to reduce long-term costs, increase productivity and support corporate sustainability. By integrating a CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System), it’s possible to record every intervention, analyze failure causes and plan improvement actions based on real data.

UTwin helps companies move toward a more advanced maintenance strategy. The platform integrates CMMS and Digital Twin, enabling the analysis of asset history, 3D visualization of systems and planning of targeted improvement actions. With UTwin, maintenance becomes a strategic process of continuous innovation.