Reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) is a unique tool used for developing optimum maintenance plans which define requirements and tasks to be performed in achieving, restoring, or maintaining the operational capability of a system or equipment. Implementing the RCM process requires the application of a decision logic that enables systematic analysis of failure mode, rate, and criticality data to determine the most effective maintenance requirements for maintenance-important items. Choose a suitable asset (industrial or domestic)

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Coursework on Reliability Cantered Maintenance (RCM)

Reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) is a unique tool used for developing optimum maintenance plans which define requirements and tasks to be performed in achieving, restoring, or maintaining the operational capability of a system or equipment. Implementing the RCM process requires the application of a decision logic that enables systematic analysis of failure mode, rate, and criticality data to determine the most effective maintenance requirements for maintenance-important items. Choose a suitable asset (industrial or domestic). Discuss the asset characteristics including the functions. Write a clear description of how RCM concepts work and come up with an improvement plan for the assets. Your description should include the benefits of the RCM process. Then carry out a full RCM analysis on the assets by producing an Information Worksheet and a Decision Worksheet diagram. There should be at least 6 functions and a reasonable number of failure modes (identify the critical functional failure modes and their ranking). You should also briefly describe the critical components and those having significant impact on safety, environmental or operational consequences. Finally describe the RCM costs and explain how the RCM procedure is applied to obtain the maintenance task selection.

NOTE: A clear understanding of your description of the subject area should be demonstrated and aligned to the assets in question (see assessment criteria