Reliability Centered Maintenance
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RCM is an analytical process based on reliability techniques and encompasses well-known analysis methods to determine the appropriate failure management strategies in a maintenance environment. RCM module contains 7 standard questions in an interactive form and uses an interactive decision workflow recommendation. RCM activities include Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Event Tree Analysis (ETA) and Failure Modes and Effect Analysis (FMEA).
RCM procedures uses the preventive maintenance intervals from the PMO module after optimization. The primary objective of the RCM analysis is to reduce or avoid risk of failures which, if allowed to occur, will adversely impact operational goals, cost, personnel safety, environmental health and mission accomplishment. In order to avoid risk, RCM module provides a decision support tool in regards to perform redesign, preventive maintenance, on-condition maintenance, inspection, etc.
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Key Benefits of the RCM Module:
- Simplifies the RCM process
- Enhances the RCM by adding PMO results
- Improves maintenance efficiency
- Reduces maintenance failure risk
- Minimizes maintenance costs
- Meets with safety and environmental goals
- Meets with operational goals
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1. What are the functions of the considered item?
2. What are its failure modes?
3. What are the causes & effects of all failures modes in Fault Tree view?
4. What are the end causes of a system failure, their frequencies, probabilities, restoration cost, time and full damage?
5. What are the end effects of each lower cause, their absolute & conditional probability?
6. What actions should prevent the failure mod? (Preventive Maintenance Schedule dialog is opened where user can define PM actions & see the PMO module recommendations)
7. What actions should correct the failure mode if it occurs anyway? (Failure modes dialog are opened with corrective tasks for each step of the failure cause restoration and all required resources: personnel, materials, support equipment, facilities and utilities)
- User interface presents a decision work flow to help user selecting appropriate answers for question 6 and question 7
- Reports are generated by using input data and user decisions:
- All required tasks which eliminate critical Lowest Failure Cause by performing Preventive or Corrective maintenance.
- All required resources for maintenance in each repair site.
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