Developing a Premier Aircraft Preventive Maintenance Program Based on the Principles of Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)

Instructor(s)

Description

This course explores in detail, the background, history, fundamentals and concepts of aircraft preventive maintenance. The course also includes learning how to avoid the pitfalls when attempting to develop a preventive maintenance program. Participants will learn the process and methodology for establishing, developing and implementing a premier preventive maintenance program based on the principles of Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM).

Airline Maintenance Steering Group Logic (MSG) and SAE Document JA1011 are thoroughly discussed. Participants will learn when a single-failure analysis is acceptable, when a multiple-failure analysis is required, and when a run-to-failure (RTF) strategy may be invoked. Participants will be able to recognize and appreciate the differences between critical, potentially critical, commitment and economic components as they relate to the consequences of equipment failures.

Target Audience

The target audience includes aircraft systems engineers, designers, quality assurance specialists, maintenance specialists, production planners, pilots, airframe manufacturer representatives, airline maintenance and engineering personnel, FAA personnel, and even senior-level management-selected aircraft mechanics and technicians. In essence, the target audience is anyone who is responsible for or associated with ensuring the operational safety and reliability of an aircraft.

Fee Includes

Includes instruction, a course notebook, Reliability Centered Maintenance—Implementation Made Simple, by Neil Bloom, refreshments and three lunches. The course notes are for participants only and are not for sale.

Please note the course fee includes the textbook Reliability Centered Maintenance—Implementation Made Simple, by Neil Bloom. It does not include MATLAB M-file source code of solved example problems as incorrectly stated in our 2009 brochure.

Fees: See fee information for individual classes in the registration column on the right side of this page.

Class Time

Class time: 21 hours • 2.1 CEUs

Course Outline

Day One

Introduction to Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM)
Background of MSG Logic and RCM
Real-life disasters caused by inadequate preventive maintenance programs
Challenges of implementing an RCM-Based PM Program
How to avoid the pitfalls
Explanation of the RCM concepts
The three phases of an RCM-Based PM Program
Understanding different failure modes
Understanding the cannon law for run-to-failure
Understanding hidden failures
The Missing Link of RCM
What RCM is and what it is not
Understanding the differences between redundant, standby and backup functions

Day Two

Preventive maintenance program implementation
Databases
Informational resources
Information technology—software
RCM made simple: The implementation process defining an asset reliability strategy
Minimum equipment list for aircraft departure eligibility
Understanding the Consequence of Failure Analysis (COFA)
Completing the COFA worksheet
The RCM decision logic process
Preventive maintenance—task selection
Time-directed tasks
Condition-directed tasks
Failure-finding tasks
Completing the PM task worksheet
Predictive Maintenance (PdM) techniques
Probabilities as they relate to preventive maintenance
Sampling techniques

Day Three

RCM for instruments
Instrument categories
Instrument design tolerance criteria
The Instrument Logic Tree
The RCM Living Program
Craft feedback evaluation element
Corrective Maintenance (CM) evaluation element
Vendor manuals and bulletins
FAA Airworthiness Directives
Root cause analyses
Preventive maintenance program audits
A monitoring and trending strategy
How to measure reliability
How to monitor reliability
How to trend reliability
Aggregate metrics
Avoiding misleading KPI metrics
RCM as an aerospace culture
Step-by-step review of the entire process

How You May Benefit

Understand the concepts of reliability that embrace aircraft operational safety via preventive maintenance initiatives
Learn the pitfalls to avoid when developing a reliability program
Understand the synergy between preventive maintenance and corrective maintenance
Participate in an actual hands-on analysis of a typical system
Understand the principles of SAE JA1011 which is the SAE Standard for developing an RCM Program

Dates and Locations

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Registration Information

Mail
Aerospace Short Courses
The University of Kansas
Continuing Education
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1515 St. Andrews Drive
Lawrence, KS 66047-1625

Phone
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