Unit 1: Failure of Machines and Inspection Based Failure Analysis - Causes of Machinery Failure in Rotating Equipment:
- Cavitation in Pumps
- Tripping of Turbines
- Surging in Compressors
- Wear Mechanisms: Fatigue, Fretting and Corrosion
- Fundamental Machine Problems: Balance Problems, Alignment Problems, Machinery Mounting Problems
- Fundamentals of Maintenance and Asset Management
Unit 2: Failure Analysis and Reliability:
- Elementary Statistics and Standards
- Reliability Models
- Learning from Major Failures Case Studies in Process Industries
- Learning from Major Failures Case Studies in Oil and Gas Industries
- Root Cause Analysis and Extractions of Specific and Generic Lessons
- Reflection on Why Systems Fail
Unit 3: Statistical Failure Analysis and Reliability:
- Further Reliability Definitions and Standards
- Examples of the Planning Process
- Hazard Function and Bath Tub Curve
- Weibull Analysis
- Rotating Equipment
- Major Failures in other Industries
Unit 4: Condition Based Maintenance:
- General Purpose CBM
- The P-F Curve
- Principles of Vibration Monitoring
- Thermal Monitoring
- Acoustic Emission
- Lubricant Monitoring
Unit 5: Decision Analysis in Asset Management:
- Main Criticism of Existing Management of Computerized Maintenance Systems
- The Asset Management Framework
- The Decision-Making Grid Approaches
- Selection of Appropriate Maintenance Strategies
- Integration of RCM, TPM and CBM Approaches