Category Archives: RCM
Thinking RCM
When attempting to maintain a large industrial facility we face a complex challenge. We search yet rarely discover a single silver bullet capable of subduing the beast. The fiend has a hundred thousand spikes with which to retaliate. Tens of … Continue reading
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How much detail?
How many failure modes should we consider? When should we group failure modes to avoid excessive detail. John Moubray pointed out that this is one of the most difficult questions in RCM. And it comes up repeatedly in day to … Continue reading
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RCM vs RA
Is RCM a form of Reliability Analysis (RA)? RA is the counting of failure and suspension events in order to understand the behavior pattern of a component or failure mode. RCM practitioners sometimes refer to the Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) … Continue reading