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Reliability-Centered Maintenance
Maintenance

Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM)

Reliability-Centered Maintenance

Structured method for selecting maintenance strategies based on functions, failure modes, consequences and risk.

Examples

  1. 01Using RCM, the team analyses the functions and failure modes of a cooling pump and chooses a different maintenance task for each.
  2. 02The RCM analysis is reviewed with operators and engineers to make sure all realistic failure modes are covered.
  3. 03RCM shows that two time-based tasks add no value, so they are dropped and replaced with condition checks.

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