What is RCM?
Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) is a process that evaluates your equipment’s condition and then determines the maintenance requirements for each piece of equipment in operating context.Why should you use RCM?
RCM is designed to help you maximize the life of your fixed assets.Advantages
- Can be the most efficient maintenance program
- Increased component reliability
- Incorporates root cause analysis
- Eliminates unnecessary maintenance or overhauls
- Minimizes frequency of overhauls
- Reduces probability of sudden equipment failures
- Focusing maintenance activities on critical components
- Can have significant startup costs, training, equipment, etc
- Savings potential not readily seen by management
RCM Methodology
- Develop a Master equipment list identifying the equipment in your facility.
- Prioritize the listed components based on importance to process.
- Assign components into logical groupings.
- Determine the type and number of maintenance activities required and periodicity using:
- Manufacturer technical manuals
- Machinery history
- Root cause analysis findings - Why did it fail?
- Good engineering judgment
- Assess the size of maintenance staff.
- Identify tasks that may be performed by operations maintenance personnel.
- Analyze equipment failure modes and effects.
- Identify effective maintenance tasks or mitigation strategies.
RCM Consulting
Dyadem's Engineering Services Division offers a proven track record of helping our clients achieve success in reliability and is committed to providing industry professionals with constructive solutions to meet their reliability assessment and management objectives. Dyadem can provide the resources that you need to complement your existing project team. We will review the project and its goals at the beginning of the project to ensure that it provides the information, analysis and solutions that meet your needs.For more information on our services, training and software related to RCM, contact us at (905)882-5055.
