Course Details
Course Outline
5 days course
INTRODUCING RELIABILITY-CENTERED MAINTENANCE
- What is maintenance?
- Why maintain?
- Traditional maintenance methods.
- Common current practices and trends.
DEFINING THE PROBLEM AND GATHERING INFORMATION
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Defining functions and desired performance standards
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Defining failure (functional failures)
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Establishing the root causes of failure (failure modes)
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What happens when failures occur (failure effects)
ASSESSING FAILURE CONSEQUENCES
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Protective and warning devices which are not fail-safe
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Failures which threaten safety or the environment
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Failures which affect production/operations
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Failures which only entail the direct cost of repair
THE VALIDITY OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF FAILURE PREVENTION AND SETTING TASK FREQUENCY
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Condition-based maintenance
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Scheduled restoration tasks
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Scheduled discard tasks
WHAT TO DO IF A SUITABLE PROACTIVE TASK CANNOT BE FOUND
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When to do failure-finding
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When to redesign
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When to run to failure
APPLYING THE RCM PROCESS
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RCM review groups
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The RCM facilitator
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Implementation strategies
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Getting started
