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MRMC-627 | Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM): Strategies and Methodologies

Course Sector : Maintenance & Reliability Management

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Course Introduction

RCM has been around since long time and has been used extensively in Industry since the early 1990’s. RCM is a very structured approach however variations have been developed to streamline the process. Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) is a process used to determine what must be done to ensure that a physical asset (Machine – Production Stage – etc.) continues to do what its users want it to do in its present operating context for the longest possible period at the highest possible efficiency. RCM has a Long and Rich history of success in improving asset performance for industries and companies around the world and in many different industries. With so many different  RCM’s history and its founding principlesways to follow how can a company interested in adopting RCM determine what approach to take? RCM II is the more rigorous development of RCM. 

RCM’s history and its founding principles.

In this course participants will learn from about RCM’s history and its founding principles. We will gradually build a Maintenance System based on RCM principles. Interactive sessions simulating an RCM analysis will provide participants with some appreciation of the RCM process and its relation to other maintenance methodologies. Case studies will be presented throughout the course to relate to practical side. It focuses on RCM applied in Industry, principally the Power Sector and other discipline such as Oil & Gas Field. Modern Plants are more complex than their forerunners and hence a more scientific approach to Maintenance is required. Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) has long been recognized as an excellent methodology for applying this scientific approach to the development of maintenance plans. Maintenance Managers today realize that maintenance plans must also be based on sound reliability principles. Guesswork is simply not good enough any- more. Also, safety has become paramount. It is no longer accepted to expose personnel, plant and the environment to the results of poor maintenance practices. RCM considers all these issues and is invaluable for addressing modern 


Course objective

  • Make operating plant and equipment more Reliable and Available for utilization to reach to Optimization Condition.
  • Audit Operational and Maintenance Performance to identify Improvement Opportunities.
  •  Design Optimum Maintenance Strategies for in-the-field Plant, Equipment, and Sub-systems.
  • Make proper use of RCM results to deliver the High Performance Maintenance Activities.
  • Identify a clear approach to Reliability improvement for both Fixed Plant and Moving Equipment.
  • Select applicable technologies for Condition Monitoring and Predictive Maintenance.
  • Appreciate how to use failure data and Industry Failure Databases and Standards.
  • Introduce Reliability growth Principles on New, Existing or old Life Spain Equipment or Systems. 

Course Outline | 01 DAY ONE

Module (01) RCM History

  • 1.1 Historical Background
  • 1.2 Basic Renewal Theory
  • 1.3 The Nature of Failure
  • 1.4 RCM Goals & Objectives
  • 1.5 Types of Maintenance
  • 1.6 FMEA and FMECA

Module (02) Understanding Failures

  • 2.1 Failure Concepts
  • 2.2 System and System Boundary
  • 2.3 Function and Functional Failure
  • 2.4 Failure Modes
  • 2.5 Failure Causes
  • 2.6 Failure Characteristics
  • 2.7 Cascading Failure
  • 2.8 Preventing Failure 

Course Outline | 02 DAY TWO

Module (03) RCM Foundation (RCA)

  • 3.1 Chronic vs. Sporadic Problems
  • 3.2 What RCFA is and Why it is done?
  • 3.3 SEVEN Generic Steps in an RCFA
  • 3.4 FMEA Procedures
  • 3.5 The Ishikawa Diagram
  • 3.6 Fault Tree Analysis
  • 3.7 Pareto Charts

Module (04) RCM Process

  • 4.1 Building RCM Process
  • 4.2 Prioritization of Plant Items
  • 4.3 Identification of Maintenance Signification Items
  • 4.4 Determine the Functional Failures for each Function
  • 4.5 Determine the Consequence of each Failure Mode
  • 4.6 Technical Feasibility versus Economical Feasibility
  • 4.7 Selecting Suitable Maintenance Tasks
  • 4.8 Workshop (Exercises) 

Course Outline | 03 DAY THREE

Module (05) RCM Program Components

  • 5.1 Statistics in Maintenance
  • 5.2 Specifications for NEW/Re-built Equipment
  • 5.3 Precision Re-build and Installation
  • 5.4 Failed Part Analysis
  • 5.5 Re-build Certification/Verification
  • 5.6 Aga Exploration
  • 5.7 Recurrence Control
  • 5.8 Event and Causal Factor Charting
  • 5.9 P-F Intervals 

Course Outline | 04 DAY FOUR

Module (06) Maintenance Planning & Scheduling

  • 6.1 Measuring Workload Activities
  • 6.2 Expected Outcomes from Maintenance Plan
  • 6.3 Level of Planning
  • 6.4 Periodic Maintenance Scheduling (D/W/M/Y)
  • 6.5 Effective Planned Maintenance
  • 6.5.1 Manpower
  • 6.5.2 Spare Parts
  • 6.5.3 Tools
  • 6.6 Scheduling Techniques/ Procedures
  • 6.7 Establishing Priorities “Look-Ahead’ Scheduling
  • 6.8 Maintenance Scheduling Check List

Module (07) Measuring YOUR Progress (KPI’s)

  • 7.1 Selecting KEY Performance Indicators
  • 7.2 Rules to follow in Applying Metrics
  • 7.3 Maintain and Publish the Track
  • 7.4 RCM Metrics
  • 7.5 Examples 

Course Outline | 05 DAY FIVE

Module (08) RCM Relation to Other Methodologies

  • 8.1 Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
  • 8.2 Maintenance Outsourcing
  • 8.3 Documentation Excellence for RCM
  • 8.4 Risk Bases Inspection (RBI)
  • 8.5 Economic Benefits 
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