At Failure Prevention Associates, we offer consulting, training and tools for a new approach
to improving speed, efficiency, and profitability of industrial processes or critical processes.
I have attached our line card for the tools we rep and deliver training on.
The new concept is called, Condition-based maintenance (CBM) or Reliability-centered
maintenance (RCM). These are two names applied to the latest method companies are
employing to increase productivity and profits by avoiding unplanned downtime and sudden
failure.
After a company installs its equipment the job is thought to be done. The equipment is
supposed to run for its life cycle and wears out after a long period of time. Most
maintenance departments are set up to operate in a “run-to-failure” mode. Which is really
saying they have no idea when something will break down until it is obvious the asset is
having a problem or it just stops working.
Several industries have been studied to find out what the pattern of failure looks like. It has
not surprised maintenance managers that the majority of failures comes from random
events with age related failures creating only 11% of the total number of failures. These
curves have been found in the paper industry, airlines, and the US Navy.
A wide variety of industries continue to exhibit the same patterns of failure.
RCM has one aspect that uses high-tech tools to predict how healthy an asset is and
whether it requires a small repair or replacement. It is called Predictive Maintenance (PdM)
when you are monitoring and trending the condition of your equipment using these high-the
diagnostic tools.
The monitoring of the trend of an asset helps to predict when the best time to render
maintenance actions would be. These actions are usually less costly in terms of collateral
damage, parts, downtime and man hours.
Several industries have a great history of using Preventative Maintenance (PM)
procedures. But this is a time based approach that can violate the maxim “if it ain’t broke,
don’t fix it”. But additionally, PM does not have a way to discover when failure is imminent
due to a random event, an infantile part failure, an installation that was not within spec or
other non-time based approach.
Having the knowledge of how healthy or ill your machines are, places you in control over
planning when the best time to repair or replace components. PdM can help on a
production line in a manufacturing environment, a waste water treatment plant, in power
plant, a mine, a bakery, etc.
The benefits from an RCM approach are determined by how expensive unplanned
downtime is to the entity.
Just like a doctor checks your blood pressure, temperature, lung sounds, etc. Maintenance
personnel can use PdM tools to collect valuable information about the health of your
machines. Both at installation and farther along in time.
Repairs take less time and money compared to replacement of failed equipment. When or
what to fix is where Failure Prevention Associates helps.
By knowing how to implement an RCM program and having the correct PdM assessment
tools, allows you to begin recapturing lost time and money.
Failure Prevention Associates (FPA) is here to provide you with the knowledge, tools and
training to start or expand your RCM program today.
to improving speed, efficiency, and profitability of industrial processes or critical processes.
I have attached our line card for the tools we rep and deliver training on.
The new concept is called, Condition-based maintenance (CBM) or Reliability-centered
maintenance (RCM). These are two names applied to the latest method companies are
employing to increase productivity and profits by avoiding unplanned downtime and sudden
failure.
After a company installs its equipment the job is thought to be done. The equipment is
supposed to run for its life cycle and wears out after a long period of time. Most
maintenance departments are set up to operate in a “run-to-failure” mode. Which is really
saying they have no idea when something will break down until it is obvious the asset is
having a problem or it just stops working.
Several industries have been studied to find out what the pattern of failure looks like. It has
not surprised maintenance managers that the majority of failures comes from random
events with age related failures creating only 11% of the total number of failures. These
curves have been found in the paper industry, airlines, and the US Navy.
A wide variety of industries continue to exhibit the same patterns of failure.
RCM has one aspect that uses high-tech tools to predict how healthy an asset is and
whether it requires a small repair or replacement. It is called Predictive Maintenance (PdM)
when you are monitoring and trending the condition of your equipment using these high-the
diagnostic tools.
The monitoring of the trend of an asset helps to predict when the best time to render
maintenance actions would be. These actions are usually less costly in terms of collateral
damage, parts, downtime and man hours.
Several industries have a great history of using Preventative Maintenance (PM)
procedures. But this is a time based approach that can violate the maxim “if it ain’t broke,
don’t fix it”. But additionally, PM does not have a way to discover when failure is imminent
due to a random event, an infantile part failure, an installation that was not within spec or
other non-time based approach.
Having the knowledge of how healthy or ill your machines are, places you in control over
planning when the best time to repair or replace components. PdM can help on a
production line in a manufacturing environment, a waste water treatment plant, in power
plant, a mine, a bakery, etc.
The benefits from an RCM approach are determined by how expensive unplanned
downtime is to the entity.
Just like a doctor checks your blood pressure, temperature, lung sounds, etc. Maintenance
personnel can use PdM tools to collect valuable information about the health of your
machines. Both at installation and farther along in time.
Repairs take less time and money compared to replacement of failed equipment. When or
what to fix is where Failure Prevention Associates helps.
By knowing how to implement an RCM program and having the correct PdM assessment
tools, allows you to begin recapturing lost time and money.
Failure Prevention Associates (FPA) is here to provide you with the knowledge, tools and
training to start or expand your RCM program today.
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