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.
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.
Fees: See fee information for individual classes in the registration column on the right side of this page.
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
For Course Information
Contact Kim Hunsinger
at 785-864-4758
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On-Site Course Information
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Registration Information
Mail
Aerospace Short Courses
The University of Kansas
Continuing Education
Registrations
1515 St. Andrews Drive
Lawrence, KS 66047-1619
Phone
Toll-free 877-404-5823
or 785-864-5823
Fax
785-864-4871
TDD
800-766-3777
E-mail
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