Reliability Centred Maintenance, RCM
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RCM developed by Stanley Nowlan and Howard Heap of United Airlines in 1980
Radically changed the way aircraft were maintained from that date onwards
As a result aircraft safety increased by orders of magnitude
Coincident with a significant reduction in maintenance costs
Used today to develop maintenance programmes for modern aircraft
RCM has been adopted by many industrial sectors recognising that equipment reliability not only encompasses avoiding breakdowns but has a major impact on safety, quality, customer service level, costs and equipment life cycle costing.
Today, RCM is the most important of all maintenance tools and an essential skill for the modern maintainer.
Reliability Centred Maintenance - Benefits
RCM evolved in the aircraft industry and through twenty five years plus of application, aircraft reliability is second to none.
Improved operating performance
Lower maintenance costs
Reduced Inventory
Improved Safety
Greater ownership from individuals
Better teamwork
We have facilitated successful projects in Food, Packaging, Plastics & other industrial sectors.
Facilitation of RCM projects
Training in RCM
Training in RCM Facilitation Skills
Understanding how equipment is meant to operate
Using production & engineering experience to predict the ways in which it can fail
Evaluating the importance of these failures
Applying knowledge of failure patterns & failure curves to predict & prevent these failures through carefully chosen maintenance tasks
Eliminating other failures through re-design, fool-proofing & procedures
Teamwork
Attention to detail
Use of good data
Achieving very high levels of reliability
Performing more maintenance with equipment operational
Using operators for basic maintenance tasks
Getting the most cost effective maintenance solution
Learning from the aircraft industry
Today aircraft safety is second to none - only 1 catastrophic failure per 75 years continuous flying
Click to see a Slide Show presentation about RCM
RCM developed by Stanley Nowlan and Howard Heap of United Airlines in 1980Radically changed the way aircraft were maintained from that date onwardsAs a result aircraft safety increased by orders of magnitudeCoincident with a significant reduction in maintenance costsUsed today to develop maintenance programmes for modern aircraft |
RCM has been adopted by many industrial sectors recognising that equipment reliability not only encompasses avoiding breakdowns but has a major impact on safety, quality, customer service level, costs and equipment life cycle costing.
Today, RCM is the most important of all maintenance tools and an essential skill for the modern maintainer.
Reliability Centred Maintenance - Benefits
RCM evolved in the aircraft industry and through twenty five years plus of application, aircraft reliability is second to none.
Improved operating performanceLower maintenance costsReduced InventoryImproved SafetyGreater ownership from individualsBetter teamwork| Reliability Centred Maintenance - What EMS Offers EMS is one of the UK's leading experts in the application of RCM. We have had news of our work and success with RCM published recently in Food Manufacture. See '...what the press say' or go directly to the article. |
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We have facilitated successful projects in Food, Packaging, Plastics & other industrial sectors.
Facilitation of RCM projectsTraining in RCM Training in RCM Facilitation SkillsRCM is about
Understanding how equipment is meant to operateUsing production & engineering experience to predict the ways in which it can failEvaluating the importance of these failuresApplying knowledge of failure patterns & failure curves to predict & prevent these failures through carefully chosen maintenance tasksEliminating other failures through re-design, fool-proofing & proceduresRCM is about
TeamworkAttention to detailUse of good dataAchieving very high levels of reliabilityPerforming more maintenance with equipment operationalUsing operators for basic maintenance tasksGetting the most cost effective maintenance solutionRCM is about
Learning from the aircraft industryToday aircraft safety is second to none - only 1 catastrophic failure per 75 years continuous flying