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The Failure Mode Effect Analysis

Should You use a Top Down or Bottom Up Approach?

A Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA) or a Failure Mode Effect Criticality Analysis (FMECA) are great tools to help develop an effective maintenance strategy. These tools enable organizations to dive down to the failure mode level and develop preventive, predictive, or other tactics to prevent or mitigate failures.
However, there is a struggle that takes place with FMEAs of how much is enough […]
By |2019-04-19T15:49:14-04:00March 4th, 2019|Equipment Strategy, Reliability Centered Maintenance, Reliability Engineering|Comments Off on The Failure Mode Effect Analysis

Using Reliability Analysis to Determine Spares Stocking

How to use an FMECA or RCM Analysis to Determine What Spares to Stock

Determining which parts of stock can be a very overwhelming process.  As such, many choose to blindly accept the OEM or Manufacturer’s recommendations.  And why shouldn’t they?  The OEM has many years of experience in building these types of assets and supplying spares, right?

One of the common issues with following the OEM recommended spare part lists, is that there are often there are parts that may not be used, […]

By |2019-04-19T15:49:21-04:00February 5th, 2018|Basic Spare Parts Management, Spare Parts Management|Comments Off on Using Reliability Analysis to Determine Spares Stocking

Using Failure Mode Effects Criticality Analysis as a Reliability Tool

How to use FMECA to drive reliability improvements in your organization

An important part of the Reliability Centered Maintenance process, or used as a standalone approach for less critical assets; the Failure Mode Effect Criticality Analysis is vital reliability tool.   However, a large percentage of organizations do not take advantage of the tool during the design phase of the asset, or to develop the maintenance strategy once the asset is installed.

Why this tool is not used often, I […]

By |2019-04-19T15:49:21-04:00January 29th, 2018|Equipment Strategy, Reliability Centered Maintenance|Comments Off on Using Failure Mode Effects Criticality Analysis as a Reliability Tool