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MAINTENANCE
DR O.A MAMUDU
• The goal of this approach is to reduce the Life-Cycle Cost (LCC) of a facility to a
minimum while continuing to allow the facility to function as intended with required
reliability and availability
Chemical Engineering Design
Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM)
Integrates Preventive
Maintenance (PM), Predictive
Testing & Inspection (PT&I),
Repair (also called reactive
maintenance), and Proactive
Maintenance to increase the
probability that a machine or
component will function in the
required manner over its
design life-cycle with a
minimum amount of
maintenance and downtime
Chemical Engineering Design
Benefits of RCM
• Security/ Safety
• Cost
• Reliability
• Scheduling
• Efficiency
• Low cost
• Less staff
Disadvantages
• Energy savings.
Disadvantages
• Labor intensive.
• The PT&I data is collected via trend Vibration Monitoring & Analysis,
Infrared Thermography, Ultrasonic Noise Detection, Lubricant and
Wear Particle Analysis, Electrical Condition Monitoring and Non-
Destructive Testing
• • Energy savings.