Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Daley, Daniel T.
Reliability assesment : a guide to aligning expectations, practices, and performance / Dan Daley.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-8311-3407-5
1. Reliability (Engineering) I. Title.
TA169.D36 2010
620'.00452--dc22
2009046977
Industrial Press, Inc.
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To Theresa, Paul, Caroline, Kate and Alex.
Thanks for listening and pretending that
engineering is interesting to you.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1A Fictional Story — What Do You Have a Right to Expect?
• Maintaining or Improving Inherent Reliability during Modification and Renewal
Chapter 3Assessing What You Have a Right to Expect
• Outline for a Wide-Hart Assessment
• Assess Commissioning / Start-Up Processes
• Assess Operating Practices
• Assess Inspection Practices
• Assess PM/PdM Practices
• Assess Maintenance Practices
• Assess Modification Project Practices
• Assess Renewal Practices
• Identify Implementation Program
Chapter 4Conducting the Assessment of Your Reliability Opportunity
• Conducting the Wide-Hart Assessment
• Organizing the Interview
• Tool #1 — List of Questions, Points to Observe, Information, and Measures
• Tool #2 — Alignment Workshop Outline
• Tool #3 — Wide-Hart Assessment Reporting Tool
Chapter 5Developing and Implementing Your Corrective Action Plan
• Articulate Expectations
• Clarify Opportunities and Create Pareto
• Identify the Gap
• Identify the Project Manager
• Study Issues and Create a Detailed Plan and Schedule
• Create a Plan for Installing Each Component of the System, Skills, and Disciplines
• Create a Comprehensive Schedule
• Assign an Implementation Team & Begin Implementation
• Work the Plan and Schedule
• Begin Using the Reliability Process and Harvesting Benefits
Chapter 6Design for Reliability
• The Elements of DFR
• Evaluating the Expected Reliability of a New Plant
• Evaluating the Expected Availability of a New Plant
• Evaluating the Expected Maintainability of a New Plant
• Organizing and Staffing for DFR
