Implementing a Reliability Centered Maintenance Program at NASA's Kennedy Space Center

Abstract

Maintenance practices have long focused on time based "preventive maintenance" techniques. Components were changed out and parts replaced based on how long they had been in place instead of what condition they were in. A reliability centered maintenance (RCM) program seeks to offer equal or greater reliability at decreased cost by insuring only applicable, effective maintenance is performed and by in large part replacing time based maintenance with condition based maintenance. A significant portion of this program involved introducing non-intrusive technologies, such as vibration analysis, oil analysis and I/R cameras, to an existing labor force and management team.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA347396

Entities

People

  • Raymond E. Tuttle
  • Robert R. Pete

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Condition Based Maintenance
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Costs
  • Cycles
  • Electric Power
  • Electric Power Distribution
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Life Cycles
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Costs
  • Maintenance Requirements
  • Preventive Maintenance
  • Risk
  • Risk Analysis

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Space