Simplifying Maintenance Strategies with the P-F Curve

Trying to understand the P-F Curve can feel impossible. However, it is an illustration of how equipment fails and the various early warning techniques we can use to get ahead of the curve. The name of the game is reducing defects and doing our best to ensure our assets run at desired operating condition. The further up the curve we climb, the more time we have to plan, procure, schedule and accomplish work that returns the asset to normal condition in a proactive way.