What is Condition Monitoring?

This chapter presents condition monitoring. According to British standard BS 3811:1984, the continuous or periodic measurement and interpretation of an item to determine the need for maintenance is known as condition monitoring. Condition monitoring is normally carried out with the item in operation, in an operable state or removed but not subject to major stripdown. As condition monitoring is normally used within a condition-based maintenance (CBM) strategy, it is also worthwhile at this point, to record the formal definition of “CBM”.