Rotating Equipment Optimisation with Continuous Reliability Improvement

Course Objectives Rotating Equipment Optimisation with Continuous Reliability Improvement (CRI)

• Apply the proven methodologies and templates which are introduced
• Focus on key areas of reliability
• Understand the nature of failure and how this affects the performance of rotating equipment
• Make the right maintenance choices for strategic equipment
• Reduce the impact of plant downtime
• Unlock the true potential of all of their people

Course Outline of Rotating Equipment Optimisation with Continuous Reliability Improvement (CRI)

Day 1

Understanding the link between Reliability and competitive advantage

• Definition of Reliability
• Probability of failure
• Reliability metrics
• Strategic Importance of Reliability
• Assessing current performance
• Making the right strategic choices

Day 2

Using reliability modeling to establish inherent reliability

• Basic modeling building blocks
• Deterministic models
• Probabilistic models
• Markov chains
• Monte Carlo models
• Case study examples

Day 3

Understanding the nature of failures in order to make the best response

• Origins of failure
• Failure types
• Six common patterns
• Analysing failure patterns
• Weibull analysis
• Maintenance tasks

Day 4

Optimising your failure management to ensure that maintenance is cost-effective

• Risk assessment & criticality
• Equipment functions
• Functional failures
• Failure modes and effects analysis
• Failure consequences
• Maintenance task selection
• Producing a practical maintenance plan

Day 5

Setting up a continuous reliability improvement process in order to improve performance

• Assessing the improvement potential versus the costs
• Obtaining senior management support
• Establishing the project framework
• Technical aspects
• Human considerations
• Likely results