Category Archives: Reliability Analysis
Data is the key to the way forward
We all believe or we suspect that data is the key to the way forwards – i.e. the quality, type and timely input into a software program will turn out optimal inspection frequencies and other types of maintenance decisions. More … Continue reading
RCM – Living RCM
When most people discuss or practice RCM, they are really referring to initial RCM, the process by which the Functions, Failures, Failure Modes, Effects, Consequences, and mitigating actions are analyzed and documented based on the knowledge available to the analysts at … Continue reading
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EXAKT’s Three Modules
EXAKT is a set of software modules for accomplishing physical asset reliability from maintenance related data that is commonly available in an industrial organization. There are three EXAKT modules. They are listed in the following paragraphs: EXAKT for Modeling. This is … Continue reading
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Measuring and Improving CBM Effectiveness
Maintenance departments regularly implement policies and technology aimed at improving maintenance effectiveness. However engineers who implement and justify such projects in the maintenance department often encounter difficulty when trying to quantify, credibly, a project’s impact on maintenance or on asset … Continue reading
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A survey of signal processing and decision technologies for CBM
Introduction Condition-based Maintenance recommends actions based on information acquired through observation and analysis. We note, moreover, that the CBM process, itself contains three sub-processes or steps: data acquisiton, signal processing, and maintenance decision making.
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