Improving Plant Availability using Reliability Block Diagrams

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Learn what a Reliability Block Diagram is used for and how to construct the logic to replicate a plant or system process. Acquire the skills to calculate system availability and capacity (throughput) figures over a lifetime. Build the model at a high level, or low level and capture maintenance task data, spares usage data and perform spares holding cost optimisation. Extend your knowledge to increase the complexity of the modelling to more closely replicate the actual plant reality. Start your growth of RAM (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability) modelling using powerful software (Isograph’s Availability Workbench^™ AvSim module).

Duration:

15 hours

Schedule:

days

Delivery:

Audience:

Reliability Engineers
Asset Performance Managers
Project Engineers
Maintenance Analysts
Maintenance Supervisors
Design Engineers
Plant Performance Engineers

Objectives:

Engage in RAM (Reliability Availability Maintainability) modelling to drive plant improvements.
Learn how to perform system availability simulation modelling using Reliability Block Diagrams (RBDs).
Leverage powerful reliability software to create RBDs quickly and efficiently with multiple features to replicate reality.
Perform numerous interactive real world exercises to fully understand the key factors in availability calculation and drive improvements to your system and plant performance

Required Prerequisites:

None

Recommended Prerequisites:

None

Additional Requirements:

Next Steps: FMECA101 – Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis, RCM201 – Maintenance Strategy Development

Program:

Day 1

Introduction to System Availability Analysis
Types of Reliability Block Diagram modelling
Creating Reliability Block Diagrams; Series vs Parallel
How to represent Capacity or Throughput
The Process; including Consequences & Simulation
Alternate Scenario Analysis
Interactive Exercises to Build-up the RBD complexity

Day 2

RBD Software Exposure
Adding Failure Modes & Maintenance
Increasing Complexity with Nodes & Phases
Interactive Exercises to Build-up RBD Skills
Non Linear Capacity Loss
Putting it all together
Importing Data to Accelerate Model Building

Day 3 (Optional)

Further learning by building an RBD as a group using a client system

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