This 3-day course provides participants with the tools they need to establish an analytical program for addressing significant machinery and system problems known as Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA).
Most companies accept machinery breakdown, repetitive equipment or component failures and suboptimal machinery operating life as inevitable costs of doing business. The unrecognized consequences of this attitude are inferior product quality, erratic production schedules, and reduced profitability. Advanced maintenance technologies with the proven capacity for minimizing actual machinery breakdown and more efficiently managing maintenance resources are widely available.
By systematically evaluating hypotheses against proven evidence, the possible identity of the underlying root cause can be determined. An Action Plan may be formulated that either eliminates the root cause, mitigates the adverse effects of the root cause or provides sufficient early warning that the failure cycle has begun. This process is highly proactive, and can be utilized readily with preventive and predictive maintenance systems in an integrated maintenance strategy such as a Reliability-Based Maintenance program.
Emerson designed this course for managers, engineers and technicians who are looking to establish a Root Cause Failure Analysis program as a way of enhancing an existing Predictive/Preventive Maintenance program. Emerson recommends one to two years of experiences with a predictive maintenance program, but no specific knowledge of predictive technologies is required.
The course consists of a number of modules that provide the participant with an introduction to the various facets of benchmark RCFA programs.
Topics include:
- Failure definitions and types of failure
- Establishing a Root Cause Failure Analysis program
- When to initiate investigation
- RCFA investigation methodology
- Cost/benefit evaluation and performance metrics
- Review of machinery and component failure modes
- Case Histories
