Reliability-Centered Maintenance¶
Nowlan, F. S., & Heap, H. F. (1978). Reliability-Centered Maintenance.
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Primes¶
- Maintenance
- Maintenance assumes the asset remains worth preserving; replacement assumes preservation is no longer economical—an economic-rather-than-technical boundary first formalized rigorously by Nowlan and Heap (1978) in the founding RCM analysis of aircraft component policies.
This sourceUnited Airlines / Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense. Founding RCM document: economic-rather-than-technical analysis of when components warrant continued maintenance versus replacement; reduced DC-10 scheduled overhaul items from hundreds to single digits.
- Maintenance assumes the asset remains worth preserving; replacement assumes preservation is no longer economical—an economic-rather-than-technical boundary first formalized rigorously by Nowlan and Heap (1978) in the founding RCM analysis of aircraft component policies.
Mechanisms¶
- Preventive Maintenance Check
- Its failure mode is over-maintenance: servicing too often not only wastes part life but can introduce faults — a reassembled system fails from a maintenance error it wouldn't have had if left alone, the hazard captured by the early portion of the bathtub curve
This sourceExplains that excessive scheduled maintenance can waste useful life and introduce reassembly or human-error failures, including renewed early-life hazard after maintenance.
- Its failure mode is over-maintenance: servicing too often not only wastes part life but can introduce faults — a reassembled system fails from a maintenance error it wouldn't have had if left alone, the hazard captured by the early portion of the bathtub curve
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