Reliability Centered Maintenance

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This course teaches the fundamentals of Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM). The course is not process specific but gives the participant the fundamental tools and knowledge required to participate in any RCM analysis process. As an intermediate level course, the course will use statistical analysis, life-cycle cost analysis, and an understanding of equipment failure characteristics to achieve an optimal maintenance program that meets specified safety, environmental, and economic goals. Participants will learn to preserve equipment functions by identifying appropriate preventive maintenance (PM) tasks, predictive maintenance (PdM) tasks, failure finding tasks and other actions that protect against failure or mitigate the consequences of failure. Examples and exercises give participants hands on experience to help them begin to master RCM concepts.

You will learn:

• The importance of RCM 
  
• History and types of maintenance 
  
• Commercial RCM standards 
  
• Various approaches to RCM 
  
• RCM terminology 
  
• Fundamental RCM philosophies 
  
• Identifying and allocating resources for a RCM program 
  
• Preparing for an RCM analysis 
  
• Techniques for prioritizing systems for analysis 
  
• Failure Modes and Effects analysis for RCM 
  
• Evaluating failure consequences 
  
• Use of Weibull and statistical analysis in RCM processes 
  
• How to select preventive maintenance tasks and intervals 
  
• How to select predictive maintenance tasks and intervals 
  
• How to select failure finding tasks and intervals 
  
• What other function protective actions are available 
  
• When run-to-failure is appropriate 
  
• Packaging and implementing RCM analysis results 
  
• When to use a subject matter expert team 
  
• Barriers to implementation and getting buy-in from all levels 

Agenda:

INTRODUCTION TO RCM CONCEPTS

1. RCM terminology 
2. Fundamental RCM philosophies 

RCM ANALYSIS PREPARATION

1. Identifying and allocating resources for a RCM program 
2. Preparing for an RCM analysis 
3. Techniques for prioritizing systems for analysis 

FMECA FOR RCM

1. Failure Modes and Effects analysis for RCM 
2. Evaluating failure consequences 

STATISTICS IN RCM

1. Statistical principles used in RCM
2. Use of Weibull analysis in RCM processes 

SELECTING MAINTENANCE TASKS

1. How to select preventive maintenance tasks and intervals 
2. How to select predictive maintenance tasks and intervals 
3. How to select failure finding tasks and intervals 

OTHER FUNCTION PRESERVATION STRATEGIES

1. What other function protective actions are available 
2. When run-to-failure is appropriate 

PACKAGING AND IMPLEMENTING RCM RESULTS

1. Packaging and implementing RCM analysis results 
2. When to use a subject matter expert team 
3. Barriers to implementation and getting buy-in
    from all levels 

REVIEW THE WEEK’S LEARNINGS

• Fundamental RCM philosophies 
  
• Preparing for an RCM analysis 
  
• Failure Modes and Effects analysis for RCM 
  
• Evaluating failure consequences 
  
• How to select preventive maintenance tasks and intervals 
  
• How to select predictive maintenance tasks and intervals 
  
• How to select failure finding tasks and intervals 
  
• What other function protective actions are available 
  
• When run-to-failure is appropriate 
  
• Packaging and implementing RCM analysis results 

For more information about training,
please email us at langhornejason@alliedreliability.com