Reliability centered maintenance
AssigneeBAE SYSTEMS plc
InventorMatthew Derek Bell
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Abstract
A control process, which may be known as a toolset, for control of part or all of a maintenance method based on reliability centred maintenance (RCM) includes: a significant item selection (SIS) element a failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) element; an algorithm element; a tasks element; a sampling element; and a reports element. The SIS element produces one or more of the following: reference data; and progress data. The SIS element makes use of input from design approved organisation functionality. The FMEA element makes use of input from maintenance approved organisation functionality.
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A control process for control of part or all of a maintenance method based on reliability centred maintenance (RCM), comprising the following steps performed in the following sequence:
- selecting an element via a significant item selection (SIS) element;
- and
- analyzing failure modes and effects, via a failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) element,
- wherein the SIS element produces reference data that is forwarded to the FMEA element, and wherein the FMEA element makes use of input from maintenance approved organization functionality comprising sortie data functionality.
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