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Reliability, availability, maintainability and safety (RAMS)

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Tailored solutions

Failures and disruption to rail services incur delays and can lead to penalty payments or nes for poor performance.

In addition, there are the less quanti able costs, such as damage to reputation and increased sta workload, and opportunity costs as a result of 'knock-on'
e ects on other activities and ventures.

Scope of services

Ricardo provides tailored solutions to help organizations to assess potential scenarios and their possible costs, and then to develop the proportionate and
appropriate strategies to reduce the risk of service failure and ensure assets remain reliable, maintainable and available for use.

Our Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety (RAMS) services include:

De ning the strategy and plans for the management of the RAMS performance of new systems
Application and interpretation of international and European standards for RAMS management, such as CENELEC EN50126, BS5760, MIL-HDBK-217 and Def
Stan 00-40
Deriving RAMS requirements and targets
Carrying out detailed RAMS studies, using techniques such as FME(C)A, FTA and RBD, supported by industry standard tools such as FaultTree+ and AvSim
Analysing the reliability and availability of designs and systems, identifying failures, assessing their consequences and developing appropriate control
measures
Analysing failure data, developing reliability predictions and implementing reliability improvement programmes
Managing subcontractors to ensure their RAMS targets are achieved
Developing life cycle cost models to optimize reliability, availability and maintenance costs

The bene ts

We help organizations to e ectively integrate RAMS management with safety management, ensuring compliance with both CENELEC EN50126 and asset
management standards required by PAS 55. And, by actively managing RAMS, we will help clients to enhance their operational performance by optimizing
existing equipment and systems, assuring the reliability, availability and maintainability of new equipment, and by reducing operational and maintenance
costs.

The key RAMS deliverables include:

 Analysis work
Technical support
General project support during all RAMS phases
Development of RAMS management systems
Development of processes for continuous improvement

Example projects

We have completed a wide range of projects, including:

Supporting the set up of a reliability assessment and demonstration programme for light transit systems in Asia
Assessment of performance (RAM) of the Taiwan High Speed Railway and its systems – throughout design and construction of the railway – as part of
overall technical assessment and certi cation
Developing the RAM programme, performing RAM modelling (using Reliability Growth Models, FMECA, FTA and RBDs) and reporting against performance
targets for the Hitachi Class 395 Rolling Stock
Developing a RAM Programme Plan for a high-speed project
Reviewing current design and alternative arrangements for both high-voltage (HV) and low-voltage (LV) switchgear, and providing independent
recommendations for future switchgear designs for London Underground
Undertaking a range of RAM studies for the development of the Korean tilting train
Review of signalling system reliability for Queensland Rail, Australia
Development of a whole-life asset plan, including all electrical and mechanical (E&M) infrastructure and rolling stock, for London Underground
Performing RAM modelling (FMECA, FTA and RBDs) for the London Underground Cooling The Tube Project Mid Tunnel Ventilation System, including
recommending design improvements based on the RAM results
Performing RAM (FMECA and RBDs) and Life Cycle Cost (LCC) modelling for the Network Rail Modular Signalling Project

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