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RCFA
Maintenance

RCFA (Root Cause Failure Analysis)

Root Cause Failure Analysis

Structured investigation of significant or recurring equipment failures to eliminate underlying causes.

Examples

  1. 01After the third gearbox failure in six months, an RCFA finds that the oil level sensor was installed too high and never warned of low oil.
  2. 02The weekly maintenance review lists all open RCFA cases on critical assets with the current status of actions.
  3. 03RCFA results are linked to the asset history and spare parts plan, so the same failure is prevented on similar machines.

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