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RCM - A Practical Guide

Contents

Introduction .............................................................................................. 5
Welcome .......................................................................................... 5
Why use RCM? ................................................................................. 5
A word on Preventive Maintenance ......................................................... 6
What is it? ........................................................................................ 6
What can it achieve? ....................................................................... 6
Reliability-centred maintenance Overview .............................................. 8
What is it? ........................................................................................ 8
How does it do it? ............................................................................ 8
What does RCM give us? ................................................................. 8
Where did RCM come from? ......................................................... 10
How do we know that what we’re doing is RCM? ........................ 11
What effect does implementing RCM have? ................................. 11
Does RCM make equipment less safe? .......................................... 12
Overview of a RCM process ........................................................... 12
RCM Explained ........................................................................................ 14
Conditional probability of failure .................................................. 14
The six patterns of failure .............................................................. 15
The analysis process ............................................................................... 22
Getting Started .............................................................................. 22
Operating Context ......................................................................... 24
Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) .................................. 24
Mitigation strategy ........................................................................ 33
Approach to RCM ................................................................................... 52
Desktop approach.......................................................................... 52
Facilitated approach ...................................................................... 53
Audit Procedure ............................................................................. 54
Supportability Analysis (ILS) .......................................................... 57
Glossary .................................................................................................. 60
Bibliography ............................................................................................ 64

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