Abstract
Various maintenance programs and techniques have been implemented for roating machineries, since machines were invented for commerical use. The earliest type of maintenance was run-to-failure, where the machine was run until a fault caused to fail in service. It was obviously an expensive approach due to the unpredictability of the machine condition. Another type is the periodic maintenance, where machines are disassembled and overhauled on regular schedules. With the advent of reliable data collectors including FFT analyzer and developing of versatile supporting software such as ExpertALERT system, the predictive maintenance is known to be the most feasible maintenance type these days. The vibration analysis enables for a maintenance crew to find the exact cause of fault on a machine and to make a proper maintenance schedule with a trend analysis. The predicitive maintenance is considered to be the most important part of pro-active maintenance.