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Term of the Road Dictionary

preventive maintenance

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / English
  • Theme : Operations Asset Management and Maintenance Asset Management
  • Definition : Maintenance carried out at predetermined intervals or according to prescribed criteria and intended to reduce the probability of failure or the degradation of the functioning of an item [EN 13306].

präventive Instandhaltung

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / German
  • Theme : Betrieb Erhaltung und Instandhaltung (syn. Asset management AT) Erhaltung
  • Definition : Instandhaltung, ausgeführt in festgelegten Abständen oder nach vorgeschriebenen Kriterien zur Verminderung der Ausfallwahrscheinlichkeit oder der Wahrscheinlichkeit einer eingeschränkten Funktion einer Einheit [EN 13306].