ABSTRACT
Integrated reliability condition monitoring and maintenance (IRCMM) focuses on continuous improvement throughout the life cycle of the material-part-equipment system. The knowledge of the equipment life cycle is important because it provides a basis for understanding how and where reliability engineers enter into the process of designing, manufacturing, maintaining, and operating the part-equipment system. The life cycle of the part and equipment system consists of seven phases:
1. Concept and feasibility phase 2. Design phase 3. Part manufacturing phase 4. Part surface nish phase 5. Installation and assembly phase 6. Equipment and part operation phase 7. Phase-out and part wear-out phase
These phases provide the framework for tracking and monitoring reliability improvement throughout the equipment life cycle phase and guidance on when and where to apply resources. Life cycle cost concepts are introduced to help understand the impact on expenditures and cost of ownership when reliability is initiated at different phases of the life cycle. The integrated reliability monitoring and maintenance process provides a means for systematically improving reliability throughout the equipment
life cycle. It is an iterative process of setting goals, evaluating, comparing, and improving systems that consists of ve basic steps:
1. Establishing maximum achievable reliability as the goal and maximum wear-resistant design requirements for materials and surface nished equipment parts
2. Application of the technological inheritance (TI) technique for achieving maximum reliability of components and systems
3. Evaluation of material, surface nish, and equipment reliability with the TI technique
4. Comparing the results of evaluation to the goals and requirements as well as making decisions for the step in the technological system for reliability CM and maintenance of components and systems
5. Identication of common failures in the IOFs and root causes of failures and eliminating the failures during manufacturing and equipment operations using the IRCMM program
The process then returns to step 2 and repeats steps 2 through 5 until the goals and requirements are met. The role of management in implementing the integrated reliability monitoring and maintenance program will be discussed in the last chapter. Management has responsibilities in establishing and implementing the process. These responsibilities include establishing the right environment and choosing individuals to supervise the effort. The activities and tools used in applying the integrated reliability monitoring and maintenance process are discussed in more detail in the later chapters. There is an effective and systematic way to include reliability in material, surface nish, and part design. This is done with the help of the TI technique that is used to implement the required task from the initial operation to the nal operation following the shortest costeffective monitoring and maintenance route in the structure of a technological chain.
