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Real meaning of the six RCM curves

You may be wondering about the famous “RCM curves” shown below in Figure 1. They are the Age-Reliability behavior curves which graph the Conditional Probability of failure against age. A common question is the following. “For the 139 items covered … Continue reading

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Failure declaration standards

A reliability engineer points out that in a mining operation hydraulic leaks in the fleet equipment are a major source of lost production. So during regular inspections the technicians are looking for leaks and if they find them they change … Continue reading

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