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