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Diagnostics versus prognostics

Where is the divide between the process of troubleshooting and that of predictive condition based maintenance? Both sets of procedures require condition data and knowledge of failure behavior. How do these distinct processes work with one another? Some confusion in the … Continue reading

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Service vs. maintenance

There is a noteworthy distinction between the activities of “maintenance” on one hand and “service” on the other. Maintenance is a partial or total renewal of an item. Maintenance reduces the physical age of an item or can even “zero … 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

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FMEA according to Wikipedia

FMEA stands for “Failure Modes and Effects Analysis”. It begins with a thorough functional analysis. FMEA is the core process of RCM. However, the FMEA article in Wikipedia is misleading. It uses outdated terminology that renders the subject of FMEA vague, … Continue reading

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