Reliability Centered maintenance (RCM)


Reliability Maintenance
The ability of an apparatus, machine, or system to consistently perform its intended or required function or mission, on demand and without degradation or failure.

The quality of a product or a process that can maintain the intended functions under specific conditions and within a prescribed period is called reliability
improving reliability and maintenance practices will reduce manufacturing and maintenance costs
operations, maintenance, and engineering must work in a partnership to improve reliability and maintenance basic practices must be implemented first improving reliability and maintenance is 90% about people people cannot be more effective than the system they work in allows them to be busy people are not necessarily effective, people must be busy with the right things most organisation knows what to do, but they often struggle to execute Overall reliability is the product of process and equipment reliability Successful implementation of RCM will lead to increase in cost effectiveness, machine uptime. And a greater understanding of the level of risk that the organization is presently
managing.

Introduction - Reliability is a very large field with plenty of influencing factors. Many of these factors such as e.g. “Planning and Scheduling” and “Preventive Maintenance” are being tackled Generally speaking Reliability can be defined as the ability of a person or system to perform and maintain its functions in routine circumstances, as well as hostile or unexpected circumstances. As shown in the below figure there are several factors that have an influence on reliability.



Condition-based maintenance is selected when it is technically and economically feasible to detect the onset of the failure mode.

Time or usage-based preventative maintenance is selected when it is technically and economically feasible to reduce the risk of failure using this method.

Unplanned Maintenance Unplanned, reactive maintenance is the most likely type of maintenance that will occur. Despite the fact that no strategy exists, most types of maintenance tasks are still possible. For example: Unplanned, reactive maintenance will occur any time the asset breaks down.

Failure Mode effect Analysis - Step by step techniques
Root Cause Failure Analysis - Step by step techniques
Hydraulic system - Fundamental of Hydraulic system
Vibration Analysis - Fundamental of Vibration
Scaffolding and its Componantes
Lubrication - Fundamental of lubrication and analysis

Reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) is a process to ensure that systems continue to do what their users require in their present operating context.It is generally used to achieve improvements in fields such as the establishment of safe minimum levels of maintenance. Successful implementation of RCM will lead to increase in cost effectiveness, Reliability, machine up time, and a greater understanding of the level of risk that the organisation is managing.


Do you belong here?
Does your plant have frequent unplanned breakdowns?
Is your maintenance team operating in a fire fighting mode?
Is your machine downtime ever-increasing?
Is searching and sourcing of spares affecting plant performance?
Is the condition of your plant and machinery deteriorating?
Are your maintenance costs and inventory level rising?

If your answer to these questions is yes, it is obvious that your plant is operating in a reactive maintenance mode.

As a thumb rule, reactive or unplanned maintenance work is at least 50% more expensive and emergency work 300% to 500% more expensive than planned work. The cost of unplanned maintenance includes loss of production, higher labour costs, higher material and shipping costs as well as time lost responding to emergencies while the equipment/machine is not working. With planned maintenance, equipment can be shut down to coincide with production downtime. All the required parts, supplies, tools, support equipments and personnel can be gathered and made available in advance to minimize the time taken for repair. These measures help decrease the total cost of maintenance and also improve quality of work.
Define planning and scheduling
Understand the necessity of planned work
Understand it’s effect on interest groups
Understand it’s effect on maintenance performance
Understand the role of a Planner
Better understanding of maintenance Planning and Scheduling
Importance of defect identification
What it takes to plan a job
How to efficiently schedule daily and future work
How to increase wrench time
How to control Backlog
How to optimize spares and material inventories
How to conduct maintenance meetings
How to measure maintenance performance
Maintenance strategy
Purpose of planning and scheduling
Benefits of planning and scheduling
Work identification
Work prioritization
Planning
Backlog management
Scheduling
Work execution
Work closure and documentation
Work order status control
Analysis and continuous improvement
Performance metrics
Meetings
Materials management
Preventive maintenance
Shutdown management
CMMS
Test questions and answers
Questions and discussions

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