RCM Taking the Guesswork out of Maintenance

At the end of this course, participants will have:-

• An in-depth appreciation of Reliability Centred Maintenance and the role it plays in defining maintenance requirements and its limitations.
• Know how to apply it to it's best effect
• The knowledge to plan and implement a maintenance policy development/review project
• An introduction to appropriate software tools
• The ability to develop and refine practical maintenance policies using information feedback.

This seminar is directed towards:-

• Design Engineers
• Maintenance Engineers
• Engineering Managers
• Engineering Supervisors
• Operations Supervisors/Operations Managers
• Technicians/Operators

Introduction

• Maintenance objectives
• Contribution of maintenance to competitive advantage
• History of RCM
• Benefits of its use

Functional Analysis

• Primary functions
• Secondary functions
• Overall functions
• Sub-functions
• IDEF modelling
• Functional failures

Criticality Analysis

• Risk assessment
• Probability of failure
• Consequences of failure
• Case study examples
• Focusing RCM activities

Failure modes

• Assessing the consequences of failure
• Failure characteristic analysis
• Typical failure families

Condition monitoring techniques

• Where best to apply them

Maintenance strategy selection

• RCM selection methodology
• Optimisation of tasks
• Software tools available

Implementation

• Setting objectives
• Developing a plan
• Establishing a team
• Role of facilitator
• Managing team sessions
• Maintaining an audit trail
• Refining the first attempt

Conclusion

• Summary
• Round Up

This course is workshop based with practical examples being used to emphasise key points. It is based on the RCM standard JA1011.200908.

Workshop is led by Paul Wheelhouse

Paul Wheelhouse worked in the Specialty Chemicals business for 18 years where he was responsible for Pan-European Engineering and Production organizations. A large part of his time was devoted to enhancing the performance of plant, work processes and the functioning of groups.

For the past 21 years Paul has been engaged in Operations, Maintenance and Asset Management Consulting. This has involved identifying solutions for clients to enhance their return on assets through improved equipment reliability, reduced working capital and effective use of resources. His assignments have been across a range of industries located in Europe, Middle East, North America and the Far East.

Paul also lectures on strategy, organizational development and auditing for the Asset Management & Reliability Improvement MSc at Manchester University. He is a former council member for the Institute of Asset Management in the UK