Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM3)

Marius Basson, Aladon

Cover (RCM3™: Risk-Based Reliability Centered Maintenance); Front Matter; Title Page; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1; RCM3 Background; About This Book; Chapter 2; Introduction to RCM; 2.1 The changing World of Maintenance; Safety and Reliability Are Directly Related; The First-Generation Maintenance; The Second-Generation Maintenance; The Third-Generation Maintenance; The Fourth-Generation Maintenance; New Expectations and Reality; New Techniques; New Developments; The Challenges Facing Maintenance; 2.2 Maintenance and RCM; 2.3 RCM3: The Eight Questions Operating ContextFunctions and Performance Standards; Failed States (Functional Failures); Failure Mode; Failure Effects and Consequence Severity; Inherent Risk; Risk Management; Proactive Risk Management Strategies; Default Actions for Tolerable Risk Decisions; The RCM Strategy Selection Process; 2.4 Applying...