Start Date : 28 July ,2025
End Date : 1 Aug ,2025
Duration : 5 Days
Overview:
Reliability centered maintenance (RCM) which is a corporate-level maintenance strategy that is implemented to optimize the maintenance program of a company or facility. The final result of an RCM program is the implementation of a specific maintenance strategy on each of the assets of the facility. The maintenance strategies are optimized so that the productivity of the plant is maintained using cost-effective maintenance techniques.
Course Objectives:
At the end of this course the participants will be able to:
Explore the components that comprise an effective maintenance program
Understand the place of Reliability-Centered Maintenance in the business of maintenance and its role in determining the optimum maintenance program
Review the history and principles of RCM along with the various approaches
Present a methodology for applying RCM using examples and working sessions
Understand what is needed to implement RCM and its results
Understand the role of condition monitoring and information systems in the implementation of RCM
Course Content:
1- Introduction to Maintenance
o History of maintenance?
o Components of maintenance
2- Current Approaches to Maintenance:
o Total Productive Maintenance
o Condition-Based Maintenance
o Proactive Maintenance
3- Optimum Maintenance Program:
o Maintenance planning approaches
o Maintenance processes
4- Introduction to RCM:
o History of RCM
o Principles of RCM
o Benefits of RCM
o RCM and risk
o Types of maintenance tasks
5- The Nature of Failure:
o What is failure?
o The failure process
o The failure mechanism
o The bathtub curve?
6- The RCM Process:
o Classical RCM process
o Streamlined RCM process
o RCM as a project
7- Functional Failure Analysis:
o Data gathering
o System boundaries
o Functions and performance standards
o Functional failures
8- Failure Modes and Effects Analysis:
o Failure modes
o Failure effects and consequences
o Equipment criticality, working session
9- Task Selection:
o Failure causes
o Applicable and effective tasks
o Task logic tree
o Cost benefit analysis
o Working session
10- Implementation:
o Task comparison
o Task packaging
o Redesign
o Criticality checklist
o Implementation planning
o Project completion
o Implementation
11- Ongoing Role of RCM:
o Organizational issues
o The living program
o Performance measures
12- Documentation and Information Systems:
o Operating and maintenance documentation
o Computerized Maintenance Management Systems
o RCM analysis system
Targeted Audience:
RCM team members
Reliability engineers
Project engineers
Maintenance analysts
Maintenance superintendents
Design engineers
Plant Performance engineers
