A Reliability-Centered Maintenance Study for an Individual Section-Forming Machine

Abstract

This study investigated the breakdown trend in an automated production with an aim to recommend the application of reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) for improved productivity via a new preventive maintenance (PM) program. An individual section-forming machine (ISM)—a glass blowing machine for making glass bottles—was used as the case study for an automated production system. The machine parts and the working mechanisms were analysed with a special focus on methods of processes and procedures. This will enable the ISM maintenance department to run more effectively and achieve its essential goal of ensuring effective machine operation and reduction in machine downtime. In this work, information is provided on the steps and procedures to identify critical components of the ISM using failure modes and effect analysis (FMEA) as a tool to come up with an optimal and efficient maintenance program using the reliability data of the equipment’s functional components. A relationship between the failure rate of the machine components and the maintenance costs was established such that using the recommended PM program demonstrates evidence of an improvement in the machine’s availability, safety, and cost-effectiveness and will result in an increase in the company’s profit margin.

Proposed Maintenance Policy Design on Paving Molding Machine Using Reliability and Risk Centered Maintenance (RRCM) Method at PT XYZ

“…Menurut (Okwuobi et al, 2018) menjelaskan bahwa "RCM membahas mengenai rekomendasi terkait penerapan pemeliharaan yang terpusat pada sistem guna meningkatkan keandalan mesin saat produksi berlangsung dengan maksud memberi program pemeliharaan preventif baru". Penelitian yang dilakukan (Alrifaey et al, 2020) hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan "Untuk mendapatkan jadwal kebijakan pemeliharaan maksimal untuk seluruh sistem, maka diperlukan langkah-langkah penerapan metode RCM yaitu pembuatan prioritas failure mode untuk setiap sistem penyusun mesin hingga tahap keputusan dilakukan pemeliharaan pada setiap sistem".…”

New FMEA Risks Ranking Approach Utilizing Four Fuzzy Logic Systems

“…In a paper published in the Machines journal, S. Okwuobi et al [5] emphasized the importance of the application of reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) for improved productivity via establishing optimal and efficient preventive maintenance (PM) programs, using FMEA as a tool. Drawbacks were discovered regarding the reporting of malfunctions by the workshop floor when the causes of a malfunction could not be determined on a piece of equipment (input from the workshop floor on failure causes that are not determined on the machine).…”

“…The failure mode prioritization method approach, according to the reviewed literature, can be generally placed into one of five main categories, namely: (1) multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) [7][8][9][10][11][12]; (2) mathematical programming (MP) [13]; (3) artificial intelligence (AI) [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]; (4) hybrid approaches [22,23]; (5) cost-based models as an additional factor in decision making [24,25]. From the literature, the input parameters for the proposed models have used the conventional approach of FMEA analysis, taking into account the uncertainty of the assessment of risk variables by experts [15][16][17]25,26].…”

Applying Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) to Sampling Subsystem in Continuous Emission Monitoring System

“…Today, the RCM theory is the internationally used method to determine equipment preventive maintenance demand and optimize maintenance strategies [16], [17]. Besides, RCM is a tool commonly used to study system failure patterns so that propose optimal maintenance strategies to ensure system reliability, and finally ensure safety in the most economical way [18]- [21].…”