Reliability-centered MaintenanceInitially developed by the aviation industry, RCM is rapidly becoming fundamental to the practice of maintenance management and is now in use at hundreds of industrial and service organizations around the world. This book provides an authoritative and practical explanation of what RCM is and how it can be applied. It is of vital importance to anyone concerned with productivity, quality, safety, and environmental integrity. Written by an expert in the field who has helped users apply RCM and its more modern derivative, RCM2, at more than 600 sites in 32 countries. The second edition includes more than 100 pages of new material on:
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Contents
Functions | 21 |
Functional Failures | 45 |
Failure Consequences | 90 |
Preventive Tasks | 129 |
Predictive Tasks | 144 |
Failurefinding | 170 |
Other Default Actions | 187 |
Implementing RCM Recommendations | 212 |
Actuarial Analysis and Failure Data | 235 |
Applying the RCM Process | 261 |
What RCM Achieves | 292 |
A Brief History of RCM | 318 |
Human error | 335 |
Condition monitoring | 348 |
Glossary | 412 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Reliability-centered Maintenance G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series |
| Author | John Moubray |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Industrial Press Inc., 2001 |
| ISBN | 0831131462, 9780831131463 |
| Length | 448 pages |
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