Reliability-Based Maintenance (RBM)

Reliability-Based Maintenance (RBM) is a process that describes maintenance as a reliability function….not a repair function.  

Traditionally, maintenance has been expected to repair equipment when it malfunctions or breaks down.   Maintenance has typically been centralized and has been treated as a cost center, at best. 

RBM considers maintenance to consist of 4 types:

1. Reactive Maintenance = breakdown-based, where mechanics respond to equipment problems.

2. Preventive Maintenance = time-based, where mechanics perform basic “lube & adjust”
maintenance, repair and replace parts on planned equipment “downs”, and manage spare parts inventories.

3. Predictive Maintenance = condition-based, where mechanics use condition monitoring instruments (infrared, ultrasound, motor current analysis, oil analysis, etc) to track equipment conditions and make adjustments before equipment breaks down.

4. Proactive Maintenance – design-based, where mechanics and engineers design equipment for longer service life, ease of maintainability, reliability, and serviceability. 

Learning Objectives:

Participants in the RBM workshop will be able to: 

1. Describe the 4 types of maintenance.
2. List the 5 Rights of Reliability
3. Figure out how much of their current maintenance effort…and budget…is being spent on each of the 4 types of maintenance.
4. Plan for changes in the maintenance effort to achieve RBM.

Who Should Attend:

  Maintenance Managers & Supervisors

  Manufacturing Engineers

  Plant Managers

Mechanics

Maintenance Leads

Duration: 1 – 2 Days

JCM Work Designs/The Lean Sigma Team can design and conduct this workshop to meet your specific needs.  Please contact us for a formal proposal.