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Silos, io, sos
(Computerised Maintenance Management System),
EAMs (Enerprie Aset Management msems) and CM
have ws that inhibit heir elec; ere are some of
these drawbacks—plus ugetons or ome,
|LRCM peys ite atenion to historic data and is fen
seen as competitive to the main historical dat source
(the CMS) Any objective view, though, sees them
complementary to each other. Howe for example, 0
beter tack the occurence frequency of RCM fare
‘modes tan ona CMMS work order? And how bet 0
start RCM analyisthanby examining flute modes tha,
Ive actully occurred? The relation link
RCM and CMS databases f
2.An RCM realty is that fare modet FMs) are not
comprehensive; thee dependent on Wit sensi:
‘ppled by RCM snaps, Studie show thatthe gap
Detween the FMs predicted and thote actualy observed
‘an be huge. Relig thir tation rears enhancing
"the ROM databace by ein actual maintenance exer
ec ast happens rom the CHS.
Most ure naps pres the ture by looking back
wards (Lathe CMMShisery), Thisapproach however,
"ply omis, for example the RCM concep of poten
th fares (PS). There are two exons forth Fst,
the CMMS doesnot low for sich data to be cole,
‘Second, the tehnicans are not eine 6 ecognne acta
Re Song this poten eal fr minor mada: to
the MMS work order preessand modicamofraningat
‘the proverbial ol fe (ce for he working in dy day
mattenance persion)
4.0M data should prompt intligent decion-making.
“The steps ace involved. ist collect the right data (nd
stop callecng the wrong data). Second, do the right
analysis Third use the dita for making the right dei
son In ou experience, upwards of 70% of the dt as
‘no predicive ait and, of coarse, key dss miing
‘A cited point i reution of the problem i that CM
lata must reate to the fare mode the question is how to
emorsrate this
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2. How dowe measure resitancet flr! Thi has rest
‘heoreial importance—bul asa praca ise
‘complecand not wel understood. By sabttating perfor
mance” ta pron for"relstance oar the concept
‘Dxome simpler nd eae to underand As iltrated
in Fig therefore,» 1000-GPM pur has "aed if
it pars “ony” 999 gallons per minute (he required
amount being necesary for fedtock supp cooing
‘Purpose, etc). Thus an instance of functional fare
(FB) canbe gui defined and jut a ety recorded
‘on the work order,
4.2 Tho conoptt“portrncs” sour understand
than escent alre”
_2.Asperformance slides down the slippery scope of the PF
‘ate, the point of acteration in the tte of dreds
tone fen clearly apazetin practic, thus suggerting
the PF pla Acne can dene « ec
‘condition value forthe P pont (nthe Fig 2 ea
ite1100 gon per minute) Using ePaper
tion greatly eases data collection and analy: Equally
Important the fact hat the PF acs as warning signal
needing a malstenance response
What if the PF and FF points are not predicable?
‘Or what if theyre denial? Les use eletonie and
slectrieal equipment as an example. The PF and FF
points cleat exs—but are simultaneous, Condition
‘monitoring will not help excep o advise of complete
fare Here, we tespond wih standby uns, pug-out
gin placements nd sir techniques-(Note the
‘Sagar in Fig 3)
Stow does age Bt into the equation? As Nowlan and
Heap pointed outage deel impact fare in only 2
all umber of ser. et intitivey, we el hat ae
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3. Conon nostro wil at blp when PE ad FF
nr apredcabie rental
an lnportant factor AS an aleratv lets define ia
"wothing ge” This has wo implications for poy
of failure: bad and stress neptve) and aut orice
Sa te Ln on dca eh
swe deta to operating hous hgh equls tot time
‘minus outof-service time). Thi" equires us to record
“pensions” on the work ble (aba alteratie @ 2
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we nse Proprtonl Hats Moding
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te ie pone Techie it no EXAKT,
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preicorSck dt doesnt wed colin ya
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frequen nising
7am predicting fale, the predictive ability of Co data
‘st be acre and content. EXAKT achies this
by providing probaly of fallure in «given period
(Completion of» mission, prioe to « mainunance
shutdown, ete), and applying statistical test showing
‘onfdenclevels Relating the thee elements of flare
probability confidence levels and cot of falure proves
Song insght into the “bes” maintenance tac 12
follow Low confidence levels prompt both conservative
sexion (6 preempt the FF point) and enhanced data
‘collection, specially when the cos flares high
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