Category Archives: Reliability Analysis
CMMS Impediments to Reliability Analysis
In the maintenance department of a reliability-obsessed and maintenance-intensive company, both RCM (Reliability-Centered Maintenance) knowledge and work order information are stored in different databases using different software packages. CMMS v.s. RCM The two software applications have different purposes: RCM knowledge … Continue reading
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Difference between LRCM and EXAKT
What is the difference in LRCM & EXAKT EXAKT is a software application for performing Reliability Analysis (RA). RA is a general set of software enabled procedures used by Reliability/Maintenance Engineers to develop and deploy rules (called models). These models … Continue reading
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Maintenance software
Understanding how all the different products EAM/CMMS/RCM/AIP etc fit into the mining or energy space and then how they could be applied to a particular business can be daunting. Where does each product type fit? What are the differences among … Continue reading
Failure analysis for reliability analysis
The dismantling of an Engine can occur for one of several reasons, for example, as a result of failure, symptoms of impending failure, or because the unit has reached its predetermined age of overhaul. For whatever reason an overhaul represents a … Continue reading
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How much data is required for RA?
What is the minimum number of failure events needed for Reliability Analysis (RA)? If a company does not have good historical data do we have to wait for those events to occur before being able to build predictive models? A … Continue reading