Index

A
Abbreviated Classical RCM TM,
175-177
Acronyms:
list of, 309
Age Exploration (AE), 124-127
Applicable PM task:
definition of, 113
Arnold Engineering Development Center
(AEDC), 290-299
Availability:
definition of, 54
role in PM, 54-56
B

Bathtub curve:
definition of, 48
Benchmarking:
definition of, 9-10
use of best practices, 10-11
Boeing Commercial Airplane,
281-289
C
Case studies, 243-308
Classical RCM:
classical RCM process, 72-124
definition of, 72
CMMS:
interfacing with, 193-194
requirements for RCM, 194-197
traceability and coding, 220-221
typical content, 36

Component:
definition of, 75
listing of, 92
RCM rollup, 197-198
Condition-directed (CD) task:
definition of, 24
distinction from FF, 27
hurdle in using, 186
selection of, 116
Corrective maintenance:
definition of, 20
D

Deming, Dr. W. Edwards

Deming application prize, xvi
quality wheel, 189
Department of Defense (DOD):
RCM involvement, 62
E

Eighty/Twenty (80/20) rule:

definition of, 7, 76
in system selection, 76-79
Effective PM task:
definition of, 113
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI),
xiv, 3, 63, 68-69, 171-172
Experience-Centered Maintenance TM
(ECM), 177-182
F

Failure:
definition of, 50

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Failure: (Continued)
failure cause, 50
failure effect, 50
failure mode, 50
failure symptom, 50
incipient failure, 35
Failure analysis, 34
Failure Cause:
consequential cause, 105
root cause, 105
Failure-finding (FF) task:
definition of, 25
distinction from CD, 27
hurdle in using, 186
selection of, 116
Failure Mode & Effects Analysis (FMEA)
49-54, 100-107, 147-154
G
Georgia-Pacific Corp., 274-280
H
Human Errror:
as a failure cause, 104-105
in maintenance, 3-4, 32-33
related statistics, 33
I
Items of Interest (IOI), 127-132

L
Levels of assembly:
definition of, 75
M
Matteson, Thomas D., xiii-xiv, xx, 62
MidAmerican Energy, 174, 255-264
Moubray, John, xvii, 69, 172

N
NASA-Ames Research Center, 300-308
Nicholas, Jack R., Jr., xiii-xvii
P
Predictive maintenance (PdM):
definition of, 6
examples of, 35
interfacing with operations, 186

Preventive maintenance:
definition of, 20
economic value of, 317-330
some common problems, 3-9
R
Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM):
birth and evolution, 61-63
case studies, 243-308
lessons learned, 203-221
living RCM program, 223-229
seven-step systems analysis process,
71-124
streamlined RCM, 172-173
supporting software, 231-238
swimming pool example, 133-170
Reliability Engineering:
probability concepts, 40-43
reliability theory, 43-49, 311-316
RCM "Worksaver", 237
Run-To-Failure (RTF):
criteria for, 95, 107, 112
definition of, 28
S
System:
definition of, 75

T
Time-directed (TD) task:
definition of, 23
selection of, 113-116
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA),
265-273
Three Mile Island---Unit I, 244-254
U
United Airlines:
age-reliability data, 59
maintenance strategy, 62
United States Air Force (USAF)--see
Arnold Engineering Development
Center
W
World Class Maintenance:
authors' view of, 16-18