Introduction to Reliability Engineering

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This course is your introduction to the powerful RCM methodology, and provides an ideal starting point if you plan to participate in RCM studies. In the course, you will use instructor-led scenarios as a fast-tracked method of learning how to interact with the RCM process

Duration:
8 hours
Schedule:
1
day
Delivery:
Audience:
  • RCM Team Members
  • Reliability Engineers
  • Project Engineers
  • Maintenance Analysts
  • Maintenance Superintendents
  • Design Engineers
  • Plant Performance Engineers
Objectives:
  • To get the entire team to buy into Reliability Centered Maintenance and speak the same language using the same parameters and goals.
  • To understand how direct mitigation of failure modes will drive up your equipment and plant reliability
  • Working through the key steps of an RCM program and finalize with implementation
Required Prerequisites:

  • None

Recommended Prerequisites:

  • None

Additional Requirements:
Next Steps: RCM201 – Maintenance Strategy Development, RBD101 – Improving Plant Availability using Reliability Block Diagrams
Program:

Day 1 

  • The current environment
  • The reactive maintenance cycle
  • Benefits of a reliability based maintenance system
  • Definitions of reliability and maintainability
  • Introduction to the Weibull distribution
  • What is Reliability Centered Maintenance?
  • What are the 7 questions of RCM?
  • Performing an RCM study
  • Identification of failure modes
  • Preventative and predictive maintenance
  • Choosing the optimal package

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