Integration of RCM (Reliability Centered Maintenance) into the S-3A maintenance Program
Abstract
In recent years, it has been discovered that it may not be wish to do extensive preventive maintenance on a system. The system may actually tend to fail more often than if such maintenance was eliminated. The (Reliability Centered Maintenance) (RCM) program identifies only those preventive maintenance tasks which will provide increased reliability while, at the same time, reducing expenditures. The S-3A is a shipboard based anti-submarine warfare aircraft and was built by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation for the United States Navy. The S-3A entered service in the mid 1970's, well before the current refinements to the RCM program had been developed. As a consequence, its maintenance plan did not embody all of the changes that today's RCM program includes. A complete RCM analysis has never been performed on the S-3A aircraft because excessive amounts of resources would be required. This thesis shows where RCM can be selectively applied to the existing S-3A maintenance program.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1986
- Accession Number
- ADA177421
Entities
People
- Kenneth D. Harris
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School