Run-to-failure (RTF) maintenance is a deliberate maintenance strategy in which equipment is operated until it fails, with no preventive or predictive interventions performed beforehand. Unlike unplanned breakdowns caused by neglected maintenance, RTF is a calculated decision based on cost-benefit analysis, asset criticality, and operational impact. Though often misunderstood as a passive or reactive approach, RTF can be a highly efficient method when applied correctly to the right class of assets—typically those that are non-critical, inexpensive to replace, or have a random failure pattern that cannot be reliably predicted.
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