Abstract
Reliability Centered Maintenance is a logical methodology derived from research in the aviation sector and uses the failure mode, effect, and criticality analysis (FMECA) tool. RCM is a process used to identify the most applicable and effective maintenance action(s) to ensure the highest practical standard of operating performance of a system or a component. The purpose of this chapter is to present RCM as a viable approach for optimizing maintenance of systems by having an optimal mix of run to failure, time-based, condition-based, and design modification maintenance tasks. RCM principles and benefits reaped from RCM are presented first, followed by the concept of failure and its nature and RCM steps. In addition, RCM implementation is outlined.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Anderson RT, Neri L (1990) Reliability centered maintenance: management and engineering methods. Elsevier Applied Sciences, London
August J (1999) Applied reliability-centered maintenance. Pen Well, Oklahoma
Moubray J (1997) Reliability centered maintenance. Butterworths-Heineman, Oxford
NASA Reliability Centered Maintenance Guide for Facilities and Collateral Equipment, 3–24 February 2000
Nowlan FS, Heap HF (1978) Reliability centered maintenance, United Airlines and Dolby Press, sponsored and published by the Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense
Siddiqui AW, Ben Daya M (2009) Reliability centered maintenance. In: Ben-Day M, Duffuaa S, Raouf A, Knezevic J, Ait-Kadi D (eds) Handbook of maintenance management and engineering, edited by. Springer, London
Smith AM, Hinchcliffe GR RCM Gateway to world class maintenance. Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, Burlington
The Collinson Corporation Introduction to reliability-centered. reprinted courtesy of: P.O. Box 495578 Garland, Texas 75049–5578
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Exercises
Exercises
-
1.
Define reliability-centered maintenance (RCM).
-
2.
List the goals and the objectives of RCM.
-
3.
What are the main principles of RCM?
-
4.
State the steps of RCM.
-
5.
Make a mapping between the RCM seven steps and RCM questions to demonstrate their alignment.
-
6.
How are the system functions determined?
-
7.
What is a functional failure?
-
8.
What are the criteria for system selection?
-
9.
What are the main criteria for task selection?
-
10.
What are the main roles and the outcomes of the logic tree analysis?
-
11.
What is the rationale for the sanity check?
-
12.
Describe the checks conducted in the sanity check.
-
13.
Collect all the different standards for RCM and compare and contrast them.
-
14.
Select a system in an organization in your area and apply RCM.
-
15.
Explain how to establish a baseline for the current performance of the existing maintenance program.
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2015 Springer International Publishing Switzerland
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Duffuaa, S.O., Raouf, A. (2015). Reliability-Centered Maintenance. In: Planning and Control of Maintenance Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19803-3_11
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19803-3_11
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-19802-6
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-19803-3
eBook Packages: EngineeringEngineering (R0)